Commits · 2144bc78d41fe31ba58ffdd48571a54d3ca6b5fe · Kirill Smelkov / linux

19 Jun, 2013 8 commits

cachefiles: remove unused macro list_to_page() · 2144bc78

Haicheng Li authored May 16, 2013

Signed-off-by: Haicheng Li <haicheng.li@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Tested-By: Milosz Tanski <milosz@adfin.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>

2144bc78

FS-Cache: Simplify cookie retention for fscache_objects, fixing oops · 1362729b

David Howells authored May 10, 2013

Simplify the way fscache cache objects retain their cookie.  The way I
implemented the cookie storage handling made synchronisation a pain (ie. the
object state machine can't rely on the cookie actually still being there).

Instead of the the object being detached from the cookie and the cookie being
freed in __fscache_relinquish_cookie(), we defer both operations:

 (*) The detachment of the object from the list in the cookie now takes place
     in fscache_drop_object() and is thus governed by the object state machine
     (fscache_detach_from_cookie() has been removed).

 (*) The release of the cookie is now in fscache_object_destroy() - which is
     called by the cache backend just before it frees the object.

This means that the fscache_cookie struct is now available to the cache all the
way through from ->alloc_object() to ->drop_object() and ->put_object() -
meaning that it's no longer necessary to take object->lock to guarantee access.

However, __fscache_relinquish_cookie() doesn't wait for the object to go all
the way through to destruction before letting the netfs proceed.  That would
massively slow down the netfs.  Since __fscache_relinquish_cookie() leaves the
cookie around, in must therefore break all attachments to the netfs - which
includes ->def, ->netfs_data and any outstanding page read/writes.

To handle this, struct fscache_cookie now has an n_active counter:

 (1) This starts off initialised to 1.

 (2) Any time the cache needs to get at the netfs data, it calls
     fscache_use_cookie() to increment it - if it is not zero.  If it was zero,
     then access is not permitted.

 (3) When the cache has finished with the data, it calls fscache_unuse_cookie()
     to decrement it.  This does a wake-up on it if it reaches 0.

 (4) __fscache_relinquish_cookie() decrements n_active and then waits for it to
     reach 0.  The initialisation to 1 in step (1) ensures that we only get
     wake ups when we're trying to get rid of the cookie.

This leaves __fscache_relinquish_cookie() a lot simpler.


***
This fixes a problem in the current code whereby if fscache_invalidate() is
followed sufficiently quickly by fscache_relinquish_cookie() then it is
possible for __fscache_relinquish_cookie() to have detached the cookie from the
object and cleared the pointer before a thread is dispatched to process the
invalidation state in the object state machine.

Since the pending write clearance was deferred to the invalidation state to
make it asynchronous, we need to either wait in relinquishment for the stores
tree to be cleared in the invalidation state or we need to handle the clearance
in relinquishment.

Further, if the relinquishment code does clear the tree, then the invalidation
state need to make the clearance contingent on still having the cookie to hand
(since that's where the tree is rooted) and we have to prevent the cookie from
disappearing for the duration.

This can lead to an oops like the following:

BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 000000000000000c
...
RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8151023e>] _spin_lock+0xe/0x30
...
CR2: 000000000000000c ...
...
Process kslowd002 (...)
....
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffffa01c3278>] fscache_invalidate_writes+0x38/0xd0 [fscache]
 [<ffffffff810096f0>] ? __switch_to+0xd0/0x320
 [<ffffffff8105e759>] ? find_busiest_queue+0x69/0x150
 [<ffffffff8110ddd4>] ? slow_work_enqueue+0x104/0x180
 [<ffffffffa01c1303>] fscache_object_slow_work_execute+0x5e3/0x9d0 [fscache]
 [<ffffffff81096b67>] ? bit_waitqueue+0x17/0xd0
 [<ffffffff8110e233>] slow_work_execute+0x233/0x310
 [<ffffffff8110e515>] slow_work_thread+0x205/0x360
 [<ffffffff81096ca0>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40
 [<ffffffff8110e310>] ? slow_work_thread+0x0/0x360
 [<ffffffff81096936>] kthread+0x96/0xa0
 [<ffffffff8100c0ca>] child_rip+0xa/0x20
 [<ffffffff810968a0>] ? kthread+0x0/0xa0
 [<ffffffff8100c0c0>] ? child_rip+0x0/0x20

The parameter to fscache_invalidate_writes() was object->cookie which is NULL.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Tested-By: Milosz Tanski <milosz@adfin.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>

1362729b

FS-Cache: Fix object state machine to have separate work and wait states · caaef690

David Howells authored May 10, 2013

Fix object state machine to have separate work and wait states as that makes
it easier to envision.

There are now three kinds of state:

 (1) Work state.  This is an execution state.  No event processing is performed
     by a work state.  The function attached to a work state returns a pointer
     indicating the next state to which the OSM should transition.  Returning
     NO_TRANSIT repeats the current state, but goes back to the scheduler
     first.

 (2) Wait state.  This is an event processing state.  No execution is
     performed by a wait state.  Wait states are just tables of "if event X
     occurs, clear it and transition to state Y".  The dispatcher returns to
     the scheduler if none of the events in which the wait state has an
     interest are currently pending.

 (3) Out-of-band state.  This is a special work state.  Transitions to normal
     states can be overridden when an unexpected event occurs (eg. I/O error).
     Instead the dispatcher disables and clears the OOB event and transits to
     the specified work state.  This then acts as an ordinary work state,
     though object->state points to the overridden destination.  Returning
     NO_TRANSIT resumes the overridden transition.

In addition, the states have names in their definitions, so there's no need for
tables of state names.  Further, the EV_REQUEUE event is no longer necessary as
that is automatic for work states.

Since the states are now separate structs rather than values in an enum, it's
not possible to use comparisons other than (non-)equality between them, so use
some object->flags to indicate what phase an object is in.

The EV_RELEASE, EV_RETIRE and EV_WITHDRAW events have been squished into one
(EV_KILL).  An object flag now carries the information about retirement.

Similarly, the RELEASING, RECYCLING and WITHDRAWING states have been merged
into an KILL_OBJECT state and additional states have been added for handling
waiting dependent objects (JUMPSTART_DEPS and KILL_DEPENDENTS).

A state has also been added for synchronising with parent object initialisation
(WAIT_FOR_PARENT) and another for initiating look up (PARENT_READY).
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Tested-By: Milosz Tanski <milosz@adfin.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>

caaef690

FS-Cache: Wrap checks on object state · 493f7bc1

David Howells authored May 10, 2013

Wrap checks on object state (mostly outside of fs/fscache/object.c) with
inline functions so that the mechanism can be replaced.

Some of the state checks within object.c are left as-is as they will be
replaced.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Tested-By: Milosz Tanski <milosz@adfin.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>

493f7bc1

FS-Cache: Uninline fscache_object_init() · 610be24e

David Howells authored May 10, 2013

Uninline fscache_object_init() so as not to expose some of the FS-Cache
internals to the cache backend.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Tested-By: Milosz Tanski <milosz@adfin.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>

610be24e

FS-Cache: Don't sleep in page release if __GFP_FS is not set · 0c59a95d

David Howells authored May 10, 2013

Don't sleep in __fscache_maybe_release_page() if __GFP_FS is not set.  This
goes some way towards mitigating fscache deadlocking against ext4 by way of
the allocator, eg:

INFO: task flush-8:0:24427 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
flush-8:0       D ffff88003e2b9fd8     0 24427      2 0x00000000
 ffff88003e2b9138 0000000000000046 ffff880012e3a040 ffff88003e2b9fd8
 0000000000011c80 ffff88003e2b9fd8 ffffffff81a10400 ffff880012e3a040
 0000000000000002 ffff880012e3a040 ffff88003e2b9098 ffffffff8106dcf5
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff8106dcf5>] ? __lock_is_held+0x31/0x53
 [<ffffffff81219b61>] ? radix_tree_lookup_element+0xf4/0x12a
 [<ffffffff81454bed>] schedule+0x60/0x62
 [<ffffffffa01d349c>] __fscache_wait_on_page_write+0x8b/0xa5 [fscache]
 [<ffffffff810498a8>] ? __init_waitqueue_head+0x4d/0x4d
 [<ffffffffa01d393a>] __fscache_maybe_release_page+0x30c/0x324 [fscache]
 [<ffffffffa01d369a>] ? __fscache_maybe_release_page+0x6c/0x324 [fscache]
 [<ffffffff81071b53>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x114/0x170
 [<ffffffffa01fd7b2>] nfs_fscache_release_page+0x68/0x94 [nfs]
 [<ffffffffa01ef73e>] nfs_release_page+0x7e/0x86 [nfs]
 [<ffffffff810aa553>] try_to_release_page+0x32/0x3b
 [<ffffffff810b6c70>] shrink_page_list+0x535/0x71a
 [<ffffffff81071b53>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x114/0x170
 [<ffffffff810b7352>] shrink_inactive_list+0x20a/0x2dd
 [<ffffffff81071a13>] ? mark_held_locks+0xbe/0xea
 [<ffffffff810b7a65>] shrink_lruvec+0x34c/0x3eb
 [<ffffffff810b7bd3>] do_try_to_free_pages+0xcf/0x355
 [<ffffffff810b7fc8>] try_to_free_pages+0x9a/0xa1
 [<ffffffff810b08d2>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x494/0x6f7
 [<ffffffff810d9a07>] kmem_getpages+0x58/0x155
 [<ffffffff810dc002>] fallback_alloc+0x120/0x1f3
 [<ffffffff8106db23>] ? trace_hardirqs_off+0xd/0xf
 [<ffffffff810dbed3>] ____cache_alloc_node+0x177/0x186
 [<ffffffff81162a6c>] ? ext4_init_io_end+0x1c/0x37
 [<ffffffff810dc403>] kmem_cache_alloc+0xf1/0x176
 [<ffffffff810b17ac>] ? test_set_page_writeback+0x101/0x113
 [<ffffffff81162a6c>] ext4_init_io_end+0x1c/0x37
 [<ffffffff81162ce4>] ext4_bio_write_page+0x20f/0x3af
 [<ffffffff8115cc02>] mpage_da_submit_io+0x26e/0x2f6
 [<ffffffff811088e5>] ? __find_get_block_slow+0x38/0x133
 [<ffffffff81161348>] mpage_da_map_and_submit+0x3a7/0x3bd
 [<ffffffff81161a60>] ext4_da_writepages+0x30d/0x426
 [<ffffffff810b3359>] do_writepages+0x1c/0x2a
 [<ffffffff81102f4d>] __writeback_single_inode+0x3e/0xe5
 [<ffffffff81103995>] writeback_sb_inodes+0x1bd/0x2f4
 [<ffffffff81103b3b>] __writeback_inodes_wb+0x6f/0xb4
 [<ffffffff81103c81>] wb_writeback+0x101/0x195
 [<ffffffff81071b53>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x114/0x170
 [<ffffffff811043aa>] ? wb_do_writeback+0xaa/0x173
 [<ffffffff8110434a>] wb_do_writeback+0x4a/0x173
 [<ffffffff81071bbc>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xd/0xf
 [<ffffffff81038554>] ? del_timer+0x4b/0x5b
 [<ffffffff811044e0>] bdi_writeback_thread+0x6d/0x147
 [<ffffffff81104473>] ? wb_do_writeback+0x173/0x173
 [<ffffffff81048fbc>] kthread+0xd0/0xd8
 [<ffffffff81455eb2>] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x29/0x3e
 [<ffffffff81048eec>] ? __init_kthread_worker+0x55/0x55
 [<ffffffff81456aac>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0
 [<ffffffff81048eec>] ? __init_kthread_worker+0x55/0x55
2 locks held by flush-8:0/24427:
 #0:  (&type->s_umount_key#41){.+.+..}, at: [<ffffffff810e3b73>] grab_super_passive+0x4c/0x76
 #1:  (jbd2_handle){+.+...}, at: [<ffffffff81190d81>] start_this_handle+0x475/0x4ea


The problem here is that another thread, which is attempting to write the
to-be-stored NFS page to the on-ext4 cache file is waiting for the journal
lock, eg:

INFO: task kworker/u:2:24437 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
kworker/u:2     D ffff880039589768     0 24437      2 0x00000000
 ffff8800395896d8 0000000000000046 ffff8800283bf040 ffff880039589fd8
 0000000000011c80 ffff880039589fd8 ffff880039f0b040 ffff8800283bf040
 0000000000000006 ffff8800283bf6b8 ffff880039589658 ffffffff81071a13
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff81071a13>] ? mark_held_locks+0xbe/0xea
 [<ffffffff81455e73>] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x3a/0x50
 [<ffffffff81071b53>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x114/0x170
 [<ffffffff81071bbc>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xd/0xf
 [<ffffffff81454bed>] schedule+0x60/0x62
 [<ffffffff81190c23>] start_this_handle+0x317/0x4ea
 [<ffffffff810498a8>] ? __init_waitqueue_head+0x4d/0x4d
 [<ffffffff81190fcc>] jbd2__journal_start+0xb3/0x12e
 [<ffffffff81176606>] __ext4_journal_start_sb+0xb2/0xc6
 [<ffffffff8115f137>] ext4_da_write_begin+0x109/0x233
 [<ffffffff810a964d>] generic_file_buffered_write+0x11a/0x264
 [<ffffffff811032cf>] ? __mark_inode_dirty+0x2d/0x1ee
 [<ffffffff810ab1ab>] __generic_file_aio_write+0x2a5/0x2d5
 [<ffffffff810ab24a>] generic_file_aio_write+0x6f/0xd0
 [<ffffffff81159a2c>] ext4_file_write+0x38c/0x3c4
 [<ffffffff810e0915>] do_sync_write+0x91/0xd1
 [<ffffffffa00a17f0>] cachefiles_write_page+0x26f/0x310 [cachefiles]
 [<ffffffffa01d470b>] fscache_write_op+0x21e/0x37a [fscache]
 [<ffffffff81455eb2>] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x29/0x3e
 [<ffffffffa01d2479>] fscache_op_work_func+0x78/0xd7 [fscache]
 [<ffffffff8104455a>] process_one_work+0x232/0x3a8
 [<ffffffff810444ff>] ? process_one_work+0x1d7/0x3a8
 [<ffffffff81044ee0>] worker_thread+0x214/0x303
 [<ffffffff81044ccc>] ? manage_workers+0x245/0x245
 [<ffffffff81048fbc>] kthread+0xd0/0xd8
 [<ffffffff81455eb2>] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x29/0x3e
 [<ffffffff81048eec>] ? __init_kthread_worker+0x55/0x55
 [<ffffffff81456aac>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0
 [<ffffffff81048eec>] ? __init_kthread_worker+0x55/0x55
4 locks held by kworker/u:2/24437:
 #0:  (fscache_operation){.+.+.+}, at: [<ffffffff810444ff>] process_one_work+0x1d7/0x3a8
 #1:  ((&op->work)){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff810444ff>] process_one_work+0x1d7/0x3a8
 #2:  (sb_writers#14){.+.+.+}, at: [<ffffffff810ab22c>] generic_file_aio_write+0x51/0xd0
 #3:  (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#19){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff810ab236>] generic_file_aio_write+0x5b/0x

fscache already tries to cancel pending stores, but it can't cancel a write
for which I/O is already in progress.

An alternative would be to accept writing garbage to the cache under extreme
circumstances and to kill the afflicted cache object if we have to do this.
However, we really need to know how strapped the allocator is before deciding
to do that.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Tested-By: Milosz Tanski <milosz@adfin.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>

0c59a95d

CacheFiles: name i_mutex lock class explicitly · 6bd5e82b

J. Bruce Fields authored May 10, 2013

Just some cleanup.

(And note the caller of this function may, for example, call vfs_unlink
on a child, so the "1" (I_MUTEX_PARENT) really was what was intended
here.)
Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Tested-By: Milosz Tanski <milosz@adfin.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>

6bd5e82b

fs/fscache: remove spin_lock() from the condition in while() · ee8be57b

Sebastian Andrzej Siewior authored May 10, 2013

The spinlock() within the condition in while() will cause a compile error
if it is not a function. This is not a problem on mainline but it does not
look pretty and there is no reason to do it that way.
That patch writes it a little differently and avoids the double condition.
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Tested-By: Milosz Tanski <milosz@adfin.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>

ee8be57b

15 May, 2013 1 commit

Add wait_on_atomic_t() and wake_up_atomic_t() · cb65537e

David Howells authored May 10, 2013

Add wait_on_atomic_t() and wake_up_atomic_t() to indicate became-zero events on
atomic_t types.  This uses the bit-wake waitqueue table.  The key is set to a
value outside of the number of bits in a long so that wait_on_bit() won't be
woken up accidentally.

What I'm using this for is: in a following patch I add a counter to struct
fscache_cookie to count the number of outstanding operations that need access
to netfs data.  The way this works is:

 (1) When a cookie is allocated, the counter is initialised to 1.

 (2) When an operation wants to access netfs data, it calls atomic_inc_unless()
     to increment the counter before it does so.  If it was 0, then the counter
     isn't incremented, the operation isn't permitted to access the netfs data
     (which might by this point no longer exist) and the operation aborts in
     some appropriate manner.

 (3) When an operation finishes with the netfs data, it decrements the counter
     and if it reaches 0, calls wake_up_atomic_t() on it - the assumption being
     that it was the last blocker.

 (4) When a cookie is released, the counter is decremented and the releaser
     uses wait_on_atomic_t() to wait for the counter to become 0 - which should
     indicate no one is using the netfs data any longer.  The netfs data can
     then be destroyed.

There are some alternatives that I have thought of and that have been suggested
by Tejun Heo:

 (A) Using wait_on_bit() to wait on a bit in the counter.  This doesn't work
     because if that bit happens to be 0 then the wait won't happen - even if
     the counter is non-zero.

 (B) Using wait_on_bit() to wait on a flag elsewhere which is cleared when the
     counter reaches 0.  Such a flag would be redundant and would add
     complexity.

 (C) Adding a waitqueue to fscache_cookie - this would expand that struct by
     several words for an event that happens just once in each cookie's
     lifetime.  Further, cookies are generally per-file so there are likely to
     be a lot of them.

 (D) Similar to (C), but add a pointer to a waitqueue in the cookie instead of
     a waitqueue.  This would add single word per cookie and so would be less
     of an expansion - but still an expansion.

 (E) Adding a static waitqueue to the fscache module.  Generally this would be
     fine, but under certain circumstances many cookies will all get added at
     the same time (eg. NFS umount, cache withdrawal) thereby presenting
     scaling issues.  Note that the wait may be significant as disk I/O may be
     in progress.

So, I think reusing the wait_on_bit() waitqueue set is reasonable.  I don't
make much use of the waitqueue I need on a per-cookie basis, but sometimes I
have a huge flood of the cookies to deal with.

I also don't want to add a whole new set of global waitqueue tables
specifically for the dec-to-0 event if I can reuse the bit tables.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Tested-By: Milosz Tanski <milosz@adfin.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>

cb65537e

14 May, 2013 25 commits

Merge tag 'ext4_for_linus_stable' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4 · b973425c

Linus Torvalds authored May 14, 2013

Pull ext4 update from Ted Ts'o:
 "Fixed regressions (two stability regressions and a performance
  regression) introduced during the 3.10-rc1 merge window.

  Also included is a bug fix relating to allocating blocks after
  resizing an ext3 file system when using the ext4 file system driver"

* tag 'ext4_for_linus_stable' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4:
  jbd,jbd2: fix oops in jbd2_journal_put_journal_head()
  ext4: revert "ext4: use io_end for multiple bios"
  ext4: limit group search loop for non-extent files
  ext4: fix fio regression

b973425c

Merge branch 'for-3.10-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq · 7fb30d2b

Linus Torvalds authored May 14, 2013

Pull workqueue fix from Tejun Heo:
 "A fix for a workqueue_congested() regression that broke fscache"

* 'for-3.10-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq:
  workqueue: workqueue_congested() shouldn't translate WORK_CPU_UNBOUND into node number

7fb30d2b

Merge branch 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc · a2c7a54f

Linus Torvalds authored May 14, 2013

Pull powerpc fixes from Benjamin Herrenschmidt:
 "This is mostly bug fixes (some of them regressions, some of them I
  deemed worth merging now) along with some patches from Li Zhong
  hooking up the new context tracking stuff (for the new full NO_HZ)"

* 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc: (25 commits)
  powerpc: Set show_unhandled_signals to 1 by default
  powerpc/perf: Fix setting of "to" addresses for BHRB
  powerpc/pmu: Fix order of interpreting BHRB target entries
  powerpc/perf: Move BHRB code into CONFIG_PPC64 region
  powerpc: select HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING for pSeries
  powerpc: Use the new schedule_user API on userspace preemption
  powerpc: Exit user context on notify resume
  powerpc: Exception hooks for context tracking subsystem
  powerpc: Syscall hooks for context tracking subsystem
  powerpc/booke64: Fix kernel hangs at kernel_dbg_exc
  powerpc: Fix irq_set_affinity() return values
  powerpc: Provide __bswapdi2
  powerpc/powernv: Fix starting of secondary CPUs on OPALv2 and v3
  powerpc/powernv: Detect OPAL v3 API version
  powerpc: Fix MAX_STACK_TRACE_ENTRIES too low warning again
  powerpc: Make CONFIG_RTAS_PROC depend on CONFIG_PROC_FS
  powerpc: Bring all threads online prior to migration/hibernation
  powerpc/rtas_flash: Fix validate_flash buffer overflow issue
  powerpc/kexec: Fix kexec when using VMX optimised memcpy
  powerpc: Fix build errors STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS
  ...

a2c7a54f

powerpc: Set show_unhandled_signals to 1 by default · e34166ad
Benjamin Herrenschmidt authored May 14, 2013
```
Just like other architectures
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
```
e34166ad

powerpc/perf: Fix setting of "to" addresses for BHRB · 69123184

Michael Neuling authored May 13, 2013

Currently we only set the "to" address in the branch stack when the CPU
explicitly gives us a value. Unfortunately it only does this for XL form
branches (eg blr, bctr, bctar) and not I and B form branches (eg b, bc).

Fortunately if we read the instruction from memory we can extract the offset of
a branch and calculate the target address.

This adds a function power_pmu_bhrb_to() to calculate the target/to address of
the corresponding I and B form branches. It handles branches in both user and
kernel spaces. It also plumbs this into the perf brhb reading code.
Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>

69123184

powerpc/pmu: Fix order of interpreting BHRB target entries · 506e70d1

Michael Neuling authored May 13, 2013

The current Branch History Rolling Buffer (BHRB) code misinterprets the order
of entries in the hardware buffer. It assumes that a branch target address
will be read _after_ its corresponding branch. In reality the branch target
comes before (lower mfbhrb entry) it's corresponding branch.

This is a rewrite of the code to take this into account.
Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>

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powerpc/perf: Move BHRB code into CONFIG_PPC64 region · d52f2dc4

Michael Neuling authored May 13, 2013

The new Branch History Rolling buffer (BHRB) code is only useful on 64bit
processors, so move it into the #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64 region.

This avoids code bloat on 32bit systems.
Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>

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