kernel-ark/include/asm-x86_64
Fernando Luis VazquezCao 8339e9fba3 [PATCH] x86-64: safe_apic_wait_icr_idle - x86_64
apic_wait_icr_idle looks like this:

static __inline__ void apic_wait_icr_idle(void)
{
  while (apic_read(APIC_ICR) & APIC_ICR_BUSY)
    cpu_relax();
}

The busy loop in this function would not be problematic if the
corresponding status bit in the ICR were always updated, but that does
not seem to be the case under certain crash scenarios. Kdump uses an IPI
to stop the other CPUs in the event of a crash, but when any of the
other CPUs are locked-up inside the NMI handler the CPU that sends the
IPI will end up looping forever in the ICR check, effectively
hard-locking the whole system.

Quoting from Intel's "MultiProcessor Specification" (Version 1.4), B-3:

"A local APIC unit indicates successful dispatch of an IPI by
resetting the Delivery Status bit in the Interrupt Command
Register (ICR). The operating system polls the delivery status
bit after sending an INIT or STARTUP IPI until the command has
been dispatched.

A period of 20 microseconds should be sufficient for IPI dispatch
to complete under normal operating conditions. If the IPI is not
successfully dispatched, the operating system can abort the
command. Alternatively, the operating system can retry the IPI by
writing the lower 32-bit double word of the ICR. This “time-out”
mechanism can be implemented through an external interrupt, if
interrupts are enabled on the processor, or through execution of
an instruction or time-stamp counter spin loop."

Intel's documentation suggests the implementation of a time-out
mechanism, which, by the way, is already being open-coded in some parts
of the kernel that tinker with ICR.

Create a apic_wait_icr_idle replacement that implements the time-out
mechanism and that can be used to solve the aforementioned problem.

AK: moved both functions out of line
AK: Added improved loop from Keith Owens

Signed-off-by: Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao <fernando@oss.ntt.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-05-02 19:27:17 +02:00
..
8253pit.h
a.out.h
acpi.h ACPICA: Allow ACPI id to be u32 instead of u8. 2007-02-02 21:14:31 -05:00
agp.h
alternative-asm.i Remove all inclusions of <linux/config.h> 2006-10-04 03:38:54 -04:00
alternative.h [PATCH] x86: PARAVIRT: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> 2007-05-02 19:27:16 +02:00
apic.h [PATCH] x86-64: safe_apic_wait_icr_idle - x86_64 2007-05-02 19:27:17 +02:00
apicdef.h
atomic.h Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://one.firstfloor.org/home/andi/git/linux-2.6 2006-12-07 08:59:11 -08:00
auxvec.h
bitops.h [PATCH] x86-64: Fix wrong gcc check in bitops.h 2007-02-13 13:26:25 +01:00
boot.h
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 [PATCH] Calgary: allow compiling Calgary in but not using it by default 2006-12-07 02:14:07 +01:00
calling.h
checksum.h [NET]: X86_64 checksum annotations and cleanups. 2006-12-02 21:23:14 -08:00
compat.h
const.h [PATCH] x86-64: Assembly safe page.h and pgtable.h 2007-05-02 19:27:06 +02:00
cpu.h
cpufeature.h [PATCH] x86-64: x86-64 add Intel BTS cpufeature bit and detection (take 2) 2006-12-07 02:14:11 +01:00
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
dmi.h
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 [PATCH] x86-64: Fix fake numa for x86_64 machines with big IO hole 2007-02-13 13:26:22 +01:00
edac.h
elf.h [PATCH] severing module.h->sched.h 2006-12-04 02:00:22 -05:00
emergency-restart.h
errno.h
fcntl.h
fixmap.h [PATCH] x86-64: adjust inclusion of asm/vsyscall32.h 2007-05-02 19:27:04 +02:00
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 [PATCH] time: x86_64: split x86_64/kernel/time.c up 2007-02-16 08:14:00 -08:00
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
ia32.h
ide.h
idle.h
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 [PATCH] x86-64: Fix preprocessor condition 2007-02-13 13:26:23 +01:00
ioctl.h
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: adjust inclusion of asm/fixmap.h 2007-05-02 19:27:04 +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
Kbuild [PATCH] x86: Clean up x86 control register and MSR macros (corrected) 2007-05-02 19:27:12 +02:00
kdebug.h [PATCH] lockdep: beautify x86_64 stacktraces 2006-07-03 15:27:02 -07:00
kexec.h [PATCH] Avoid overwriting the current pgd (V4, x86_64) 2006-09-26 10:52:38 +02:00
kmap_types.h
kprobes.h [PATCH] IA64: kprobe invalidate icache of jump buffer 2006-07-31 13:28:38 -07:00
ldt.h
linkage.h [PATCH] Add proper alignment to ENTRY 2006-09-26 10:52:29 +02:00
local.h
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 [PATCH] x86-64: Allow to run a program when a machine check event is detected 2007-02-13 13:26:23 +01:00
mman.h
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
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 [PATCH] x86: Clean up x86 control register and MSR macros (corrected) 2007-05-02 19:27:12 +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 Disable NMI watchdog by default properly 2007-03-14 17:53:43 -07:00
node.h
numa.h
page.h [PATCH] x86-64: build-time checking 2007-05-02 19:27:08 +02:00
param.h
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
pda.h [PATCH] x86-64: Fix race in exit_idle 2006-11-14 16:57:46 +01:00
percpu.h [PATCH] x86-64: Account for module percpu space separately from kernel percpu 2007-05-02 19:27:11 +02:00
pgalloc.h [PATCH] x86-64: use lru instead of page->index and page->private for pgd lists management. 2007-05-02 19:27:10 +02:00
pgtable.h [PATCH] x86-64: use lru instead of page->index and page->private for pgd lists management. 2007-05-02 19:27:10 +02:00
poll.h
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 [PATCH] x86: Clean up x86 control register and MSR macros (corrected) 2007-05-02 19:27:12 +02:00
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 [PATCH] Add regs_return_value() helper 2006-10-02 07:57:16 -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
seccomp.h
sections.h
segment.h [PATCH] x86-64: cleanup segments 2007-05-02 19:27:07 +02:00
semaphore.h [PATCH] Use early clobber in semaphores 2006-09-30 01:47:55 +02:00
sembuf.h
serial.h
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 [PATCH] x86: consolidate smp_send_stop() 2007-05-02 19:27:05 +02:00
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
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 [PATCH] x86-64: Remove duplicated code for reading control registers 2007-05-02 19:27:06 +02:00
tce.h [PATCH] Calgary IOMMU: consolidate per bus data structures 2006-09-26 10:52:31 +02:00
termbits.h [PATCH] termios: Enable new style termios ioctls on x86-64 2006-12-08 08:28:57 -08:00
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 [PATCH] PM: Fix SMP races in the freezer 2006-12-13 09:05:49 -08:00
timex.h [PATCH] x86: Log reason why TSC was marked unstable 2007-05-02 19:27:08 +02:00
tlb.h
tlbflush.h [PATCH] x86-64: Remove duplicated code for reading control registers 2007-05-02 19:27:06 +02:00
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 [PATCH] x86: sys_ioperm() prototype cleanup 2007-05-02 19:27:10 +02:00
unwind.h Remove stack unwinder for now 2006-12-15 08:47:51 -08:00
user32.h
user.h
vga.h
vsyscall32.h
vsyscall.h [PATCH] time: x86_64: re-enable vsyscall support for x86_64 2007-02-16 08:14:00 -08:00
xor.h