linux/arch/sparc
Ingo Molnar c5905afb0e static keys: Introduce 'struct static_key', static_key_true()/false() and static_key_slow_[inc|dec]()
So here's a boot tested patch on top of Jason's series that does
all the cleanups I talked about and turns jump labels into a
more intuitive to use facility. It should also address the
various misconceptions and confusions that surround jump labels.

Typical usage scenarios:

        #include <linux/static_key.h>

        struct static_key key = STATIC_KEY_INIT_TRUE;

        if (static_key_false(&key))
                do unlikely code
        else
                do likely code

Or:

        if (static_key_true(&key))
                do likely code
        else
                do unlikely code

The static key is modified via:

        static_key_slow_inc(&key);
        ...
        static_key_slow_dec(&key);

The 'slow' prefix makes it abundantly clear that this is an
expensive operation.

I've updated all in-kernel code to use this everywhere. Note
that I (intentionally) have not pushed through the rename
blindly through to the lowest levels: the actual jump-label
patching arch facility should be named like that, so we want to
decouple jump labels from the static-key facility a bit.

On non-jump-label enabled architectures static keys default to
likely()/unlikely() branches.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Acked-by: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl
Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com
Cc: davem@davemloft.net
Cc: ddaney.cavm@gmail.com
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120222085809.GA26397@elte.hu
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2012-02-24 10:05:59 +01:00
..
boot sparc32: added U-Boot build target: uImage 2011-03-16 18:19:04 -07:00
configs defconfig reduction 2010-08-14 22:26:53 +02:00
include/asm static keys: Introduce 'struct static_key', static_key_true()/false() and static_key_slow_[inc|dec]() 2012-02-24 10:05:59 +01:00
kernel Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc 2012-01-26 17:00:38 -08:00
lib lib: Fix multiple definitions of clz_tab 2012-02-02 10:34:23 +11:00
math-emu perf: Remove the nmi parameter from the swevent and overflow interface 2011-07-01 11:06:35 +02:00
mm Merge branch 'memblock-kill-early_node_map' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/misc into core/memblock 2011-12-20 12:14:26 +01:00
oprofile sparc: using HZ needs an include of linux/param.h 2009-10-05 00:46:08 -07:00
prom sparc: Remove unnecessary semicolons 2011-06-07 16:06:34 -07:00
Kconfig lib: Fix multiple definitions of clz_tab 2012-02-02 10:34:23 +11:00
Kconfig.debug lib: consolidate DEBUG_STACK_USAGE option 2011-05-25 08:39:54 -07:00
Makefile sparc32: added U-Boot build target: uImage 2011-03-16 18:19:04 -07:00