linux/include/asm-x86_64
Tim Hockin e02e68d31e x86_64: support poll() on /dev/mcelog
Background:
 /dev/mcelog is typically polled manually.  This is less than optimal for
 situations where accurate accounting of MCEs is important.  Calling
 poll() on /dev/mcelog does not work.

Description:
 This patch adds support for poll() to /dev/mcelog.  This results in
 immediate wakeup of user apps whenever the poller finds MCEs.  Because
 the exception handler can not take any locks, it can not call the wakeup
 itself.  Instead, it uses a thread_info flag (TIF_MCE_NOTIFY) which is
 caught at the next return from interrupt or exit from idle, calling the
 mce_user_notify() routine.  This patch also disables the "fake panic"
 path of the mce_panic(), because it results in printk()s in the exception
 handler and crashy systems.

 This patch also does some small cleanup for essentially unused variables,
 and moves the user notification into the body of the poller, so it is
 only called once per poll, rather than once per CPU.

Result:
 Applications can now poll() on /dev/mcelog.  When an error is logged
 (whether through the poller or through an exception) the applications are
 woken up promptly.  This should not affect any previous behaviors.  If no
 MCEs are being logged, there is no overhead.

Alternatives:
 I considered simply supporting poll() through the poller and not using
 TIF_MCE_NOTIFY at all.  However, the time between an uncorrectable error
 happening and the user application being notified is *the*most* critical
 window for us.  Many uncorrectable errors can be logged to the network if
 given a chance.

 I also considered doing the MCE poll directly from the idle notifier, but
 decided that was overkill.

Testing:
 I used an error-injecting DIMM to create lots of correctable DRAM errors
 and verified that my user app is woken up in sync with the polling interval.
 I also used the northbridge to inject uncorrectable ECC errors, and
 verified (printk() to the rescue) that the notify routine is called and the
 user app does wake up.  I built with PREEMPT on and off, and verified
 that my machine survives MCEs.

[wli@holomorphy.com: build fix]
Signed-off-by: Tim Hockin <thockin@google.com>
Signed-off-by: William Irwin <bill.irwin@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-21 18:37:10 -07:00
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8253pit.h
a.out.h arch: personality independent stack top 2007-07-19 10:04:45 -07:00
acpi.h x86_64: fake pxm-to-node mapping for fake numa 2007-07-21 18:37:10 -07:00
agp.h [AGPGART] Move [un]map_page_into_agp into asm/agp.h 2007-04-26 14:22:50 -04:00
alternative-asm.i Remove all inclusions of <linux/config.h> 2006-10-04 03:38:54 -04:00
alternative.h Unify the CPU features vectors between i386 and x86-64 2007-07-12 10:55:54 -07:00
apic.h x86_64: Fix APIC typo 2007-07-21 18:37:09 -07:00
apicdef.h x86_64: Remove stale lapic definition from apicdef.h 2006-04-01 22:50:03 -05:00
atomic.h x86: create asm/cmpxchg.h 2007-05-08 11:15:20 -07:00
auxvec.h x86_64: Add vDSO for x86-64 with gettimeofday/clock_gettime/getcpu 2007-07-21 18:37:08 -07:00
bitops.h [PATCH] x86-64: Fix wrong gcc check in bitops.h 2007-02-13 13:26:25 +01:00
boot.h Make struct boot_params a real structure, and remove obsolete fields 2007-07-12 10:55:54 -07:00
bootparam.h Make struct boot_params a real structure, and remove obsolete fields 2007-07-12 10:55:54 -07:00
bootsetup.h [PATCH] Dynamic kernel command-line: x86_64 2007-02-12 09:48:39 -08:00
bug.h [PATCH] Generic BUG for x86-64 2006-12-08 08:28:39 -08:00
bugs.h [PATCH] x86-64: Clean up asm-x86_64/bugs.h 2007-05-02 19:27:12 +02:00
byteorder.h
cache.h fix file specification in comments 2006-10-03 23:01:26 +02:00
cacheflush.h [PATCH] Optimize D-cache alias handling on fork 2006-12-13 09:27:08 -08:00
calgary.h Detach sched.h from mm.h 2007-05-21 09:18:19 -07:00
calling.h Don't include linux/config.h from anywhere else in include/ 2006-04-26 12:56:16 +01:00
checksum.h [NET]: X86_64 checksum annotations and cleanups. 2006-12-02 21:23:14 -08:00
cmpxchg.h x86: create asm/cmpxchg.h 2007-05-08 11:15:20 -07:00
compat.h Introduce compat_u64 and compat_s64 types 2007-07-16 09:05:48 -07:00
cpu.h
cpufeature.h Unify the CPU features vectors between i386 and x86-64 2007-07-12 10:55:54 -07:00
cputime.h
current.h
debugreg.h
delay.h [PATCH] x86: comment magic constants in delay.h 2006-12-07 02:14:07 +01:00
desc_defs.h [PATCH] x86-64: Extract segment descriptor definitions for use outside 2006-12-07 02:14:04 +01:00
desc.h [PATCH] x86-64: Introduce load_TLS to the "for" loop. 2007-05-02 19:27:09 +02:00
device.h ACPI: Change ACPI to use dev_archdata instead of firmware_data 2006-12-01 14:52:01 -08:00
div64.h
dma-mapping.h [PATCH] x86-64: dma_ops as const 2007-05-02 19:27:06 +02:00
dma.h [PATCH] x86_64: Remove long obsolete CVS 2006-06-26 10:48:16 -07:00
dmi.h x86_64: remove extra extern declaring about dmi_ioremap 2007-07-21 18:37:08 -07:00
dwarf2.h [PATCH] i386/x86-64: Work around gcc bug with noreturn functions in unwinder 2006-09-26 10:52:41 +02:00
e820.h Make definitions for struct e820entry and struct e820map consistent 2007-07-12 10:55:54 -07:00
edac.h [PATCH] EDAC: core EDAC support code 2006-01-18 19:20:31 -08:00
elf.h x86_64: Add vDSO for x86-64 with gettimeofday/clock_gettime/getcpu 2007-07-21 18:37:08 -07:00
emergency-restart.h
errno.h
fb.h fbdev: detect primary display device 2007-07-17 10:23:11 -07:00
fcntl.h
fixmap.h serial: convert early_uart to earlycon for 8250 2007-07-16 09:05:35 -07:00
floppy.h IRQ: Maintain regs pointer globally rather than passing to IRQ handlers 2006-10-05 15:10:12 +01:00
fpu32.h
futex.h [PATCH] mm: pagefault_{disable,enable}() 2006-12-07 08:39:21 -08:00
genapic.h [PATCH] x86-64: always use physical delivery mode on > 8 CPUs 2007-05-02 19:27:04 +02:00
hardirq.h [PATCH] genirq: irq: generalize the check for HARDIRQ_BITS 2006-10-04 07:55:28 -07:00
hpet.h x86: share hpet.h with i386 2007-07-21 18:37:09 -07:00
hw_irq.h [PATCH] x86_64 irq: Fix comments after changing IRQ0_VECTOR from 0x20 to 0x30 2007-03-29 08:16:23 -07:00
hypertransport.h [PATCH] Initial generic hypertransport interrupt support 2006-10-04 07:55:29 -07:00
i387.h [PATCH] Add __must_check to copy_*_user 2006-09-26 10:52:39 +02:00
ia32_unistd.h [PATCH] x86_64: Remove most of ia32_unistd.h 2006-06-26 10:48:15 -07:00
ia32.h Don't include linux/config.h from anywhere else in include/ 2006-04-26 12:56:16 +01:00
ide.h
idle.h [PATCH] x86_64: Add idle notifiers 2006-01-11 19:04:55 -08:00
intel_arch_perfmon.h [PATCH] x86: i386/x86-64 Add nmi watchdog support for new Intel CPUs 2006-09-26 10:52:27 +02:00
io_apic.h [PATCH] io_apic.h needs apicdef.h 2007-03-05 07:57:50 -08:00
io.h serial: convert early_uart to earlycon for 8250 2007-07-16 09:05:35 -07:00
ioctl.h [PATCH] Generic ioctl.h 2006-01-10 08:01:34 -08:00
ioctls.h [PATCH] termios: Enable new style termios ioctls on x86-64 2006-12-08 08:28:57 -08:00
ipcbuf.h
ipi.h [PATCH] x86-64: Use safe_apic_wait_icr_idle in __send_IPI_dest_field - x86_64 2007-05-02 19:27:18 +02:00
irq_regs.h IRQ: Maintain regs pointer globally rather than passing to IRQ handlers 2006-10-05 15:10:12 +01:00
irq.h [PATCH] genirq: x86_64 irq: make vector_irq per cpu 2006-10-04 07:55:29 -07:00
irqflags.h [PATCH] x86-64: Use X86_EFLAGS_IF in x86-64/irqflags.h. 2007-05-02 19:27:11 +02:00
k8.h [PATCH] x86_64: Clean and enhance up K8 northbridge access code 2006-06-26 10:48:15 -07:00
Kbuild consolidate asm/const.h to linux/const.h 2007-05-08 11:15:13 -07:00
kdebug.h Revert "ipmi: add new IPMI nmi watchdog handling" 2007-05-14 15:24:24 -07:00
kexec.h kdump/kexec: calculate note size at compile time 2007-05-08 11:15:07 -07:00
kmap_types.h
kprobes.h jprobes: remove JPROBE_ENTRY() 2007-07-19 10:04:44 -07:00
ldt.h
linkage.h [PATCH] Add proper alignment to ENTRY 2006-09-26 10:52:29 +02:00
local.h local_t: x86_64 extension 2007-05-08 11:15:20 -07:00
mach_apic.h [PATCH] x86_64 irq: Allocate a vector across all cpus for genapic_flat. 2006-10-08 12:24:02 -07:00
mc146818rtc.h
mce.h x86_64: support poll() on /dev/mcelog 2007-07-21 18:37:10 -07:00
mman.h [PATCH] add asm-generic/mman.h 2006-02-15 15:32:22 -08:00
mmsegment.h
mmu_context.h [PATCH] x86: PARAVIRT: add hooks to intercept mm creation and destruction 2007-05-02 19:27:14 +02:00
mmu.h x86_64: Add vDSO for x86-64 with gettimeofday/clock_gettime/getcpu 2007-07-21 18:37:08 -07:00
mmzone.h [PATCH] x86-64: configurable fake numa node sizes 2007-05-02 19:27:09 +02:00
module.h
mpspec.h [PATCH] Replace mp bus array with bitmap for bus not pci 2006-09-26 10:52:30 +02:00
msgbuf.h
msidef.h [PATCH] genirq: x86_64 irq: Move msi message composition into io_apic.c 2006-10-04 07:55:28 -07:00
msr-index.h [PATCH] x86: Clean up x86 control register and MSR macros (corrected) 2007-05-02 19:27:12 +02:00
msr.h i386: Add safe variants of rdmsr_on_cpu and wrmsr_on_cpu 2007-05-08 17:22:01 +02:00
mtrr.h [PATCH] x86: Save the MTRRs of the BSP before booting an AP 2007-05-02 19:27:17 +02:00
mutex.h [PATCH] x86-64: Remove fastcall references in x86_64 code 2007-02-13 13:26:22 +01:00
namei.h
nmi.h [PATCH] x86-64: Use the 32bit wd_ops for 64bit too. 2007-05-02 19:27:20 +02:00
node.h
numa.h [PATCH] Unify pxm_to_node() and node_to_pxm() 2006-06-23 07:42:48 -07:00
page.h Add __GFP_MOVABLE for callers to flag allocations from high memory that may be migrated 2007-07-17 10:22:59 -07:00
param.h Don't include linux/config.h from anywhere else in include/ 2006-04-26 12:56:16 +01:00
parport.h
pci-direct.h [PATCH] x86: add write_pci_config_byte() to direct PCI access routines 2006-12-07 02:14:10 +01:00
pci.h PCI: remove pci_dac_dma_... APIs 2007-07-11 16:02:11 -07:00
pda.h [PATCH] x86-64: Fix race in exit_idle 2006-11-14 16:57:46 +01:00
percpu.h define new percpu interface for shared data 2007-07-19 10:04:44 -07:00
pgalloc.h x86_64: Quicklist support for x86_64 2007-07-21 18:37:09 -07:00
pgtable.h x86_64: Quicklist support for x86_64 2007-07-21 18:37:09 -07:00
poll.h Consolidate asm/poll.h 2007-05-11 08:29:34 -07:00
posix_types.h
prctl.h
processor-flags.h [PATCH] x86: Clean up x86 control register and MSR macros (corrected) 2007-05-02 19:27:12 +02:00
processor.h Use a new CPU feature word to cover features that are spread around 2007-07-12 10:55:54 -07:00
proto.h [PATCH] x86-64: Move mtrr prototypes from proto.h to mtrr.h 2007-05-02 19:27:17 +02:00
ptrace-abi.h [PATCH] Split i386 and x86_64 ptrace.h 2006-09-26 08:49:10 -07:00
ptrace.h x86_64: asm/ptrace.h needs linux/compiler.h 2007-07-21 18:37:07 -07:00
required-features.h Use a new CPU feature word to cover features that are spread around 2007-07-12 10:55:54 -07:00
resource.h
rio.h [PATCH] Calgary: check BBAR ioremap success when ioremapping 2006-12-07 02:14:06 +01:00
rtc.h
rwlock.h [PATCH] Clean up spin/rwlocks 2006-09-26 10:52:32 +02:00
scatterlist.h PCI: scatterlist.h needs types.h 2007-05-02 19:02:34 -07:00
seccomp.h
sections.h
segment.h x86-64: add symbolic constants for the boot segment selectors 2007-07-12 10:55:54 -07:00
semaphore.h [PATCH] Use early clobber in semaphores 2006-09-30 01:47:55 +02:00
sembuf.h
serial.h x86, serial: convert legacy COM ports to platform devices 2007-05-08 11:15:23 -07:00
setup.h [PATCH] x86_64: 2048-byte command line 2007-02-12 09:48:39 -08:00
shmbuf.h
shmparam.h
sigcontext32.h
sigcontext.h
siginfo.h
signal.h [PATCH] Add TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK 2006-09-26 10:52:26 +02:00
smp.h Use the APIC to determine the hardware processor id - x86_64 2007-05-09 12:30:48 -07:00
socket.h [NET]: Adding SO_TIMESTAMPNS / SCM_TIMESTAMPNS support 2007-04-25 22:24:21 -07:00
sockios.h [NET]: Introduce SIOCGSTAMPNS ioctl to get timestamps with nanosec resolution 2007-04-25 22:24:04 -07:00
sparsemem.h
spinlock_types.h [PATCH] Remove 'volatile' from spinlock_types 2006-12-06 14:39:53 -08:00
spinlock.h [PATCH] x86-64: Don't keep interrupts disabled while spinning in spinlocks 2006-12-07 02:14:00 +01:00
stacktrace.h [PATCH] x86: add sysctl for kstack_depth_to_print 2006-12-07 02:14:11 +01:00
stat.h
statfs.h
string.h x86_64: Always use builtin memcpy on gcc 4.3 2007-07-21 18:37:08 -07:00
suspend.h [PATCH] x86-64: wakeup.S rename registers to reflect right names 2007-05-02 19:27:07 +02:00
swiotlb.h Revert "[IA64] swiotlb abstraction (e.g. for Xen)" 2007-03-06 13:31:45 -08:00
system.h x86_64: wbinvd macro fix 2007-07-21 17:49:13 -07:00
tce.h [PATCH] Calgary IOMMU: consolidate per bus data structures 2006-09-26 10:52:31 +02:00
termbits.h tty: i386/x86_64 arbitary speed support 2007-05-08 11:15:03 -07:00
termios.h [PATCH] consolidate line discipline number definitions 2007-02-11 10:51:26 -08:00
therm_throt.h [PATCH] x86: Refactor thermal throttle processing 2006-09-26 10:52:42 +02:00
thread_info.h x86_64: support poll() on /dev/mcelog 2007-07-21 18:37:10 -07:00
timex.h x86_64: Untangle asm/hpet.h from asm/timex.h 2007-07-21 18:37:08 -07:00
tlb.h
tlbflush.h Detach sched.h from mm.h 2007-05-21 09:18:19 -07:00
topology.h [PATCH] sched: remove SMT nice 2007-03-05 07:57:51 -08:00
tsc.h [PATCH] i386: make x86_64 tsc header require i386 rather than vice-versa 2007-03-06 09:30:24 -08:00
types.h [PATCH] Centralise definitions of sector_t and blkcnt_t 2006-12-04 19:41:15 -08:00
uaccess.h [PATCH] kill bogus casts in amd64 uaccess.h 2007-03-14 15:27:50 -07:00
ucontext.h
unaligned.h
unistd.h sys_fallocate() implementation on i386, x86_64 and powerpc 2007-07-17 21:42:44 -04:00
unwind.h Remove stack unwinder for now 2006-12-15 08:47:51 -08:00
user32.h
user.h
vga.h [PATCH] vgacon: make VGA_MAP_MEM take size, remove extra use 2006-06-22 15:05:58 -07:00
vgtod.h x86_64: Add vDSO for x86-64 with gettimeofday/clock_gettime/getcpu 2007-07-21 18:37:08 -07:00
vsyscall32.h
vsyscall.h x86_64: Add vDSO for x86-64 with gettimeofday/clock_gettime/getcpu 2007-07-21 18:37:08 -07:00
xor.h