These are critical fast paths. Reduce overhead by using a segment override
instead of an address calculation.
Signed-off-by: Christoph LAmeter <clameter@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/nmi_64.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/nmi_64.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/nmi_64.c 2008-04-29 14:55:48.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/nmi_64.c 2008-05-21 22:49:33.000000000 -0700
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
*/
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned, last_irq_sum);
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(local_t, alert_counter);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, alert_counter);
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, nmi_touch);
void touch_nmi_watchdog(void)
@@ -356,13 +356,13 @@
* Ayiee, looks like this CPU is stuck ...
* wait a few IRQs (5 seconds) before doing the oops ...
*/
- local_inc(&__get_cpu_var(alert_counter));
- if (local_read(&__get_cpu_var(alert_counter)) == 5*nmi_hz)
+ CPU_INC(per_cpu_var(alert_counter));
+ if (CPU_READ(per_cpu_var(alert_counter)) == 5*nmi_hz)
die_nmi("NMI Watchdog detected LOCKUP on CPU %d\n", regs,
panic_on_timeout);
} else {
__get_cpu_var(last_irq_sum) = sum;
- local_set(&__get_cpu_var(alert_counter), 0);
+ CPU_WRITE(per_cpu_var(alert_counter), 0);
}
/* see if the nmi watchdog went off */
--
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