linux/arch/x86
Peter Zijlstra a8b0ca17b8 perf: Remove the nmi parameter from the swevent and overflow interface
The nmi parameter indicated if we could do wakeups from the current
context, if not, we would set some state and self-IPI and let the
resulting interrupt do the wakeup.

For the various event classes:

  - hardware: nmi=0; PMI is in fact an NMI or we run irq_work_run from
    the PMI-tail (ARM etc.)
  - tracepoint: nmi=0; since tracepoint could be from NMI context.
  - software: nmi=[0,1]; some, like the schedule thing cannot
    perform wakeups, and hence need 0.

As one can see, there is very little nmi=1 usage, and the down-side of
not using it is that on some platforms some software events can have a
jiffy delay in wakeup (when arch_irq_work_raise isn't implemented).

The up-side however is that we can remove the nmi parameter and save a
bunch of conditionals in fast paths.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Michael Cree <mcree@orcon.net.nz>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: Deng-Cheng Zhu <dengcheng.zhu@gmail.com>
Cc: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
Cc: Eric B Munson <emunson@mgebm.net>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Cc: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-agjev8eu666tvknpb3iaj0fg@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2011-07-01 11:06:35 +02:00
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boot x86, setup: When probing memory with e801, use ax/bx as a pair 2011-04-25 14:52:37 -07:00
configs cgroup: remove the ns_cgroup 2011-05-26 17:12:34 -07:00
crypto crypto: aesni-intel - fix aesni build on i386 2011-05-18 09:03:34 +10:00
ia32 ns: Wire up the setns system call 2011-05-28 10:48:39 -07:00
include/asm Fix node_start/end_pfn() definition for mm/page_cgroup.c 2011-06-27 14:13:09 -07:00
kernel perf: Remove the nmi parameter from the swevent and overflow interface 2011-07-01 11:06:35 +02:00
kvm KVM: MMU: fix opposite condition in mapping_level_dirty_bitmap 2011-06-19 19:23:13 +03:00
lguest lguest: fix timer interrupt setup 2011-05-30 11:14:10 +09:30
lib Merge branches 'x86-apic-for-linus', 'x86-asm-for-linus' and 'x86-cleanups-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2011-05-19 17:49:35 -07:00
math-emu
mm perf: Remove the nmi parameter from the swevent and overflow interface 2011-07-01 11:06:35 +02:00
net net: filter: Just In Time compiler for x86-64 2011-04-27 23:05:08 -07:00
oprofile Merge branch 'urgent' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rric/oprofile into perf/urgent 2011-06-08 15:49:03 +02:00
pci x86/PCI/ACPI: fix type mismatch 2011-06-01 11:51:05 -07:00
platform x86, efi: Do not reserve boot services regions within reserved areas 2011-06-18 22:48:49 +02:00
power
tools
vdso x86: vdso: Remove unused variable 2011-05-26 13:17:35 +02:00
video
xen xen/setup: Fix for incorrect xen_extra_mem_start. 2011-06-16 13:51:32 -04:00
.gitignore
Kbuild net: filter: Just In Time compiler for x86-64 2011-04-27 23:05:08 -07:00
Kconfig arch: remove CONFIG_GENERIC_FIND_{NEXT_BIT,BIT_LE,LAST_BIT} 2011-05-26 17:12:38 -07:00
Kconfig.cpu x86, cpu: Move AMD Elan Kconfig under "Processor family" 2011-04-08 13:01:25 -07:00
Kconfig.debug lib: consolidate DEBUG_STACK_USAGE option 2011-05-25 08:39:54 -07:00
Makefile
Makefile_32.cpu x86, cpu: Move AMD Elan Kconfig under "Processor family" 2011-04-08 13:01:25 -07:00