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author | Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> | 2016-12-12 20:44:25 +0100 |
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committer | Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> | 2016-12-12 20:44:25 +0100 |
commit | 2bf3b685a35c80fe368dad9da0e77ba48b460939 (patch) | |
tree | 3516a82ec33f96d5e9d3f36abef751aa0b788748 /include | |
parent | bf006e149a5717a4614d44a62090ae98775af7a0 (diff) | |
parent | d06e622d3d9206e6a2cc45a0f9a3256da8773ff4 (diff) |
Merge schedutil governor updates for v4.10.
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
53 files changed, 289 insertions, 160 deletions
diff --git a/include/acpi/pcc.h b/include/acpi/pcc.h index 17a940a14477..8caa79c61703 100644 --- a/include/acpi/pcc.h +++ b/include/acpi/pcc.h @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ extern void pcc_mbox_free_channel(struct mbox_chan *chan); static inline struct mbox_chan *pcc_mbox_request_channel(struct mbox_client *cl, int subspace_id) { - return NULL; + return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV); } static inline void pcc_mbox_free_channel(struct mbox_chan *chan) { } #endif diff --git a/include/asm-generic/export.h b/include/asm-generic/export.h index 43199a049da5..63554e9f6e0c 100644 --- a/include/asm-generic/export.h +++ b/include/asm-generic/export.h @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ KSYM(__kcrctab_\name): #include <generated/autoksyms.h> #define __EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, val, sec) \ - __cond_export_sym(sym, val, sec, config_enabled(__KSYM_##sym)) + __cond_export_sym(sym, val, sec, __is_defined(__KSYM_##sym)) #define __cond_export_sym(sym, val, sec, conf) \ ___cond_export_sym(sym, val, sec, conf) #define ___cond_export_sym(sym, val, sec, enabled) \ diff --git a/include/asm-generic/percpu.h b/include/asm-generic/percpu.h index 40e887068da2..0504ef8f3aa3 100644 --- a/include/asm-generic/percpu.h +++ b/include/asm-generic/percpu.h @@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ do { \ #define this_cpu_generic_read(pcp) \ ({ \ typeof(pcp) __ret; \ - preempt_disable(); \ + preempt_disable_notrace(); \ __ret = raw_cpu_generic_read(pcp); \ - preempt_enable(); \ + preempt_enable_notrace(); \ __ret; \ }) diff --git a/include/asm-generic/sections.h b/include/asm-generic/sections.h index af0254c09424..4df64a1fc09e 100644 --- a/include/asm-generic/sections.h +++ b/include/asm-generic/sections.h @@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ * [_sdata, _edata]: contains .data.* sections, may also contain .rodata.* * and/or .init.* sections. * [__start_rodata, __end_rodata]: contains .rodata.* sections + * [__start_data_ro_after_init, __end_data_ro_after_init]: + * contains data.ro_after_init section * [__init_begin, __init_end]: contains .init.* sections, but .init.text.* * may be out of this range on some architectures. * [_sinittext, _einittext]: contains .init.text.* sections @@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ extern char _data[], _sdata[], _edata[]; extern char __bss_start[], __bss_stop[]; extern char __init_begin[], __init_end[]; extern char _sinittext[], _einittext[]; +extern char __start_data_ro_after_init[], __end_data_ro_after_init[]; extern char _end[]; extern char __per_cpu_load[], __per_cpu_start[], __per_cpu_end[]; extern char __kprobes_text_start[], __kprobes_text_end[]; diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h index 30747960bc54..31e1d639abed 100644 --- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h +++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h @@ -259,7 +259,10 @@ * own by defining an empty RO_AFTER_INIT_DATA. */ #ifndef RO_AFTER_INIT_DATA -#define RO_AFTER_INIT_DATA *(.data..ro_after_init) +#define RO_AFTER_INIT_DATA \ + __start_data_ro_after_init = .; \ + *(.data..ro_after_init) \ + __end_data_ro_after_init = .; #endif /* diff --git a/include/drm/drm_plane.h b/include/drm/drm_plane.h index 43cf193e54d6..8b4dc62470ff 100644 --- a/include/drm/drm_plane.h +++ b/include/drm/drm_plane.h @@ -47,8 +47,14 @@ struct drm_crtc; * @src_h: height of visible portion of plane (in 16.16) * @rotation: rotation of the plane * @zpos: priority of the given plane on crtc (optional) + * Note that multiple active planes on the same crtc can have an identical + * zpos value. The rule to solving the conflict is to compare the plane + * object IDs; the plane with a higher ID must be stacked on top of a + * plane with a lower ID. * @normalized_zpos: normalized value of zpos: unique, range from 0 to N-1 - * where N is the number of active planes for given crtc + * where N is the number of active planes for given crtc. Note that + * the driver must call drm_atomic_normalize_zpos() to update this before + * it can be trusted. * @src: clipped source coordinates of the plane (in 16.16) * @dst: clipped destination coordinates of the plane * @visible: visibility of the plane diff --git a/include/linux/acpi.h b/include/linux/acpi.h index ddbeda6dbdc8..61a3d90f32b3 100644 --- a/include/linux/acpi.h +++ b/include/linux/acpi.h @@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ struct pci_dev; int acpi_pci_irq_enable (struct pci_dev *dev); void acpi_penalize_isa_irq(int irq, int active); bool acpi_isa_irq_available(int irq); +void acpi_penalize_sci_irq(int irq, int trigger, int polarity); void acpi_pci_irq_disable (struct pci_dev *dev); extern int ec_read(u8 addr, u8 *val); @@ -554,7 +555,8 @@ int acpi_device_uevent_modalias(struct device *, struct kobj_uevent_env *); int acpi_device_modalias(struct device *, char *, int); void acpi_walk_dep_device_list(acpi_handle handle); -struct platform_device *acpi_create_platform_device(struct acpi_device *); +struct platform_device *acpi_create_platform_device(struct acpi_device *, + struct property_entry *); #define ACPI_PTR(_ptr) (_ptr) static inline void acpi_device_set_enumerated(struct acpi_device *adev) diff --git a/include/linux/ceph/osd_client.h b/include/linux/ceph/osd_client.h index 96337b15a60d..a8e66344bacc 100644 --- a/include/linux/ceph/osd_client.h +++ b/include/linux/ceph/osd_client.h @@ -258,6 +258,8 @@ struct ceph_watch_item { struct ceph_entity_addr addr; }; +#define CEPH_LINGER_ID_START 0xffff000000000000ULL + struct ceph_osd_client { struct ceph_client *client; diff --git a/include/linux/clk-provider.h b/include/linux/clk-provider.h index af596381fa0f..a428aec36ace 100644 --- a/include/linux/clk-provider.h +++ b/include/linux/clk-provider.h @@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ extern struct of_device_id __clk_of_table; * routines, one at of_clk_init(), and one at platform device probe */ #define CLK_OF_DECLARE_DRIVER(name, compat, fn) \ - static void name##_of_clk_init_driver(struct device_node *np) \ + static void __init name##_of_clk_init_driver(struct device_node *np) \ { \ of_node_clear_flag(np, OF_POPULATED); \ fn(np); \ diff --git a/include/linux/console.h b/include/linux/console.h index 3672809234a7..d530c4627e54 100644 --- a/include/linux/console.h +++ b/include/linux/console.h @@ -173,12 +173,6 @@ static inline void console_sysfs_notify(void) #endif extern bool console_suspend_enabled; -#ifdef CONFIG_OF -extern void console_set_by_of(void); -#else -static inline void console_set_by_of(void) {} -#endif - /* Suspend and resume console messages over PM events */ extern void suspend_console(void); extern void resume_console(void); diff --git a/include/linux/cpuhotplug.h b/include/linux/cpuhotplug.h index 9b207a8c5af3..afe641c02dca 100644 --- a/include/linux/cpuhotplug.h +++ b/include/linux/cpuhotplug.h @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ enum cpuhp_state { CPUHP_AP_ARM_ARCH_TIMER_STARTING, CPUHP_AP_ARM_GLOBAL_TIMER_STARTING, CPUHP_AP_DUMMY_TIMER_STARTING, + CPUHP_AP_JCORE_TIMER_STARTING, CPUHP_AP_EXYNOS4_MCT_TIMER_STARTING, CPUHP_AP_ARM_TWD_STARTING, CPUHP_AP_METAG_TIMER_STARTING, diff --git a/include/linux/frontswap.h b/include/linux/frontswap.h index c46d2aa16d81..1d18af034554 100644 --- a/include/linux/frontswap.h +++ b/include/linux/frontswap.h @@ -106,8 +106,9 @@ static inline void frontswap_invalidate_area(unsigned type) static inline void frontswap_init(unsigned type, unsigned long *map) { - if (frontswap_enabled()) - __frontswap_init(type, map); +#ifdef CONFIG_FRONTSWAP + __frontswap_init(type, map); +#endif } #endif /* _LINUX_FRONTSWAP_H */ diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index 16d2b6e874d6..dc0478c07b2a 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ struct writeback_control; #define IOCB_HIPRI (1 << 3) #define IOCB_DSYNC (1 << 4) #define IOCB_SYNC (1 << 5) +#define IOCB_WRITE (1 << 6) struct kiocb { struct file *ki_filp; @@ -1709,7 +1710,6 @@ struct file_operations { int (*flush) (struct file *, fl_owner_t id); int (*release) (struct inode *, struct file *); int (*fsync) (struct file *, loff_t, loff_t, int datasync); - int (*aio_fsync) (struct kiocb *, int datasync); int (*fasync) (int, struct file *, int); int (*lock) (struct file *, int, struct file_lock *); ssize_t (*sendpage) (struct file *, struct page *, int, size_t, loff_t *, int); diff --git a/include/linux/hyperv.h b/include/linux/hyperv.h index 6824556d37ed..cd184bdca58f 100644 --- a/include/linux/hyperv.h +++ b/include/linux/hyperv.h @@ -1169,13 +1169,6 @@ int __must_check __vmbus_driver_register(struct hv_driver *hv_driver, const char *mod_name); void vmbus_driver_unregister(struct hv_driver *hv_driver); -static inline const char *vmbus_dev_name(const struct hv_device *device_obj) -{ - const struct kobject *kobj = &device_obj->device.kobj; - - return kobj->name; -} - void vmbus_hvsock_device_unregister(struct vmbus_channel *channel); int vmbus_allocate_mmio(struct resource **new, struct hv_device *device_obj, diff --git a/include/linux/io.h b/include/linux/io.h index e2c8419278c1..82ef36eac8a1 100644 --- a/include/linux/io.h +++ b/include/linux/io.h @@ -141,4 +141,26 @@ enum { void *memremap(resource_size_t offset, size_t size, unsigned long flags); void memunmap(void *addr); +/* + * On x86 PAT systems we have memory tracking that keeps track of + * the allowed mappings on memory ranges. This tracking works for + * all the in-kernel mapping APIs (ioremap*), but where the user + * wishes to map a range from a physical device into user memory + * the tracking won't be updated. This API is to be used by + * drivers which remap physical device pages into userspace, + * and wants to make sure they are mapped WC and not UC. + */ +#ifndef arch_io_reserve_memtype_wc +static inline int arch_io_reserve_memtype_wc(resource_size_t base, + resource_size_t size) +{ + return 0; +} + +static inline void arch_io_free_memtype_wc(resource_size_t base, + resource_size_t size) +{ +} +#endif + #endif /* _LINUX_IO_H */ diff --git a/include/linux/iomap.h b/include/linux/iomap.h index e63e288dee83..7892f55a1866 100644 --- a/include/linux/iomap.h +++ b/include/linux/iomap.h @@ -19,11 +19,15 @@ struct vm_fault; #define IOMAP_UNWRITTEN 0x04 /* blocks allocated @blkno in unwritten state */ /* - * Flags for iomap mappings: + * Flags for all iomap mappings: */ -#define IOMAP_F_MERGED 0x01 /* contains multiple blocks/extents */ -#define IOMAP_F_SHARED 0x02 /* block shared with another file */ -#define IOMAP_F_NEW 0x04 /* blocks have been newly allocated */ +#define IOMAP_F_NEW 0x01 /* blocks have been newly allocated */ + +/* + * Flags that only need to be reported for IOMAP_REPORT requests: + */ +#define IOMAP_F_MERGED 0x10 /* contains multiple blocks/extents */ +#define IOMAP_F_SHARED 0x20 /* block shared with another file */ /* * Magic value for blkno: @@ -42,8 +46,9 @@ struct iomap { /* * Flags for iomap_begin / iomap_end. No flag implies a read. */ -#define IOMAP_WRITE (1 << 0) -#define IOMAP_ZERO (1 << 1) +#define IOMAP_WRITE (1 << 0) /* writing, must allocate blocks */ +#define IOMAP_ZERO (1 << 1) /* zeroing operation, may skip holes */ +#define IOMAP_REPORT (1 << 2) /* report extent status, e.g. FIEMAP */ struct iomap_ops { /* diff --git a/include/linux/ipv6.h b/include/linux/ipv6.h index 7e9a789be5e0..ca1ad9ebbc92 100644 --- a/include/linux/ipv6.h +++ b/include/linux/ipv6.h @@ -123,12 +123,12 @@ struct inet6_skb_parm { }; #if defined(CONFIG_NET_L3_MASTER_DEV) -static inline bool skb_l3mdev_slave(__u16 flags) +static inline bool ipv6_l3mdev_skb(__u16 flags) { return flags & IP6SKB_L3SLAVE; } #else -static inline bool skb_l3mdev_slave(__u16 flags) +static inline bool ipv6_l3mdev_skb(__u16 flags) { return false; } @@ -139,11 +139,22 @@ static inline bool skb_l3mdev_slave(__u16 flags) static inline int inet6_iif(const struct sk_buff *skb) { - bool l3_slave = skb_l3mdev_slave(IP6CB(skb)->flags); + bool l3_slave = ipv6_l3mdev_skb(IP6CB(skb)->flags); return l3_slave ? skb->skb_iif : IP6CB(skb)->iif; } +/* can not be used in TCP layer after tcp_v6_fill_cb */ +static inline bool inet6_exact_dif_match(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb) +{ +#if defined(CONFIG_NET_L3_MASTER_DEV) + if (!net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_l3mdev_accept && + ipv6_l3mdev_skb(IP6CB(skb)->flags)) + return true; +#endif + return false; +} + struct tcp6_request_sock { struct tcp_request_sock tcp6rsk_tcp; }; diff --git a/include/linux/irqchip/arm-gic-v3.h b/include/linux/irqchip/arm-gic-v3.h index 8361c8d3edd1..b7e34313cdfe 100644 --- a/include/linux/irqchip/arm-gic-v3.h +++ b/include/linux/irqchip/arm-gic-v3.h @@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ #define GITS_BASER_TYPE_SHIFT (56) #define GITS_BASER_TYPE(r) (((r) >> GITS_BASER_TYPE_SHIFT) & 7) #define GITS_BASER_ENTRY_SIZE_SHIFT (48) -#define GITS_BASER_ENTRY_SIZE(r) ((((r) >> GITS_BASER_ENTRY_SIZE_SHIFT) & 0xff) + 1) +#define GITS_BASER_ENTRY_SIZE(r) ((((r) >> GITS_BASER_ENTRY_SIZE_SHIFT) & 0x1f) + 1) #define GITS_BASER_SHAREABILITY_SHIFT (10) #define GITS_BASER_InnerShareable \ GIC_BASER_SHAREABILITY(GITS_BASER, InnerShareable) diff --git a/include/linux/kasan.h b/include/linux/kasan.h index d600303306eb..820c0ad54a01 100644 --- a/include/linux/kasan.h +++ b/include/linux/kasan.h @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ static inline void kasan_disable_current(void) void kasan_unpoison_shadow(const void *address, size_t size); void kasan_unpoison_task_stack(struct task_struct *task); +void kasan_unpoison_stack_above_sp_to(const void *watermark); void kasan_alloc_pages(struct page *page, unsigned int order); void kasan_free_pages(struct page *page, unsigned int order); @@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ size_t kasan_metadata_size(struct kmem_cache *cache); static inline void kasan_unpoison_shadow(const void *address, size_t size) {} static inline void kasan_unpoison_task_stack(struct task_struct *task) {} +static inline void kasan_unpoison_stack_above_sp_to(const void *watermark) {} static inline void kasan_enable_current(void) {} static inline void kasan_disable_current(void) {} diff --git a/include/linux/kconfig.h b/include/linux/kconfig.h index 15ec117ec537..8f2e059e4d45 100644 --- a/include/linux/kconfig.h +++ b/include/linux/kconfig.h @@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ * When CONFIG_BOOGER is not defined, we generate a (... 1, 0) pair, and when * the last step cherry picks the 2nd arg, we get a zero. */ -#define config_enabled(cfg) ___is_defined(cfg) #define __is_defined(x) ___is_defined(x) #define ___is_defined(val) ____is_defined(__ARG_PLACEHOLDER_##val) #define ____is_defined(arg1_or_junk) __take_second_arg(arg1_or_junk 1, 0) @@ -41,13 +40,13 @@ * otherwise. For boolean options, this is equivalent to * IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FOO). */ -#define IS_BUILTIN(option) config_enabled(option) +#define IS_BUILTIN(option) __is_defined(option) /* * IS_MODULE(CONFIG_FOO) evaluates to 1 if CONFIG_FOO is set to 'm', 0 * otherwise. */ -#define IS_MODULE(option) config_enabled(option##_MODULE) +#define IS_MODULE(option) __is_defined(option##_MODULE) /* * IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_FOO) evaluates to 1 if the currently compiled diff --git a/include/linux/mlx4/device.h b/include/linux/mlx4/device.h index f6a164297358..3be7abd6e722 100644 --- a/include/linux/mlx4/device.h +++ b/include/linux/mlx4/device.h @@ -1399,7 +1399,8 @@ void mlx4_fmr_unmap(struct mlx4_dev *dev, struct mlx4_fmr *fmr, u32 *lkey, u32 *rkey); int mlx4_fmr_free(struct mlx4_dev *dev, struct mlx4_fmr *fmr); int mlx4_SYNC_TPT(struct mlx4_dev *dev); -int mlx4_test_interrupts(struct mlx4_dev *dev); +int mlx4_test_interrupt(struct mlx4_dev *dev, int vector); +int mlx4_test_async(struct mlx4_dev *dev); int mlx4_query_diag_counters(struct mlx4_dev *dev, u8 op_modifier, const u32 offset[], u32 value[], size_t array_len, u8 port); diff --git a/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h b/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h index 85c4786427e4..ecc451d89ccd 100644 --- a/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h +++ b/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h @@ -418,8 +418,12 @@ struct mlx5_core_health { u32 prev; int miss_counter; bool sick; + /* wq spinlock to synchronize draining */ + spinlock_t wq_lock; struct workqueue_struct *wq; + unsigned long flags; struct work_struct work; + struct delayed_work recover_work; }; struct mlx5_cq_table { @@ -626,10 +630,6 @@ struct mlx5_db { }; enum { - MLX5_DB_PER_PAGE = PAGE_SIZE / L1_CACHE_BYTES, -}; - -enum { MLX5_COMP_EQ_SIZE = 1024, }; @@ -638,13 +638,6 @@ enum { MLX5_PTYS_EN = 1 << 2, }; -struct mlx5_db_pgdir { - struct list_head list; - DECLARE_BITMAP(bitmap, MLX5_DB_PER_PAGE); - __be32 *db_page; - dma_addr_t db_dma; -}; - typedef void (*mlx5_cmd_cbk_t)(int status, void *context); struct mlx5_cmd_work_ent { @@ -789,6 +782,7 @@ void mlx5_health_cleanup(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev); int mlx5_health_init(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev); void mlx5_start_health_poll(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev); void mlx5_stop_health_poll(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev); +void mlx5_drain_health_wq(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev); int mlx5_buf_alloc_node(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, int size, struct mlx5_buf *buf, int node); int mlx5_buf_alloc(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, int size, struct mlx5_buf *buf); diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h index e9caec6a51e9..a92c8d73aeaf 100644 --- a/include/linux/mm.h +++ b/include/linux/mm.h @@ -1266,29 +1266,25 @@ static inline int fixup_user_fault(struct task_struct *tsk, } #endif -extern int access_process_vm(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long addr, void *buf, int len, int write); +extern int access_process_vm(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long addr, void *buf, int len, + unsigned int gup_flags); extern int access_remote_vm(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, - void *buf, int len, int write); + void *buf, int len, unsigned int gup_flags); -long __get_user_pages(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm, - unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages, - unsigned int foll_flags, struct page **pages, - struct vm_area_struct **vmas, int *nonblocking); long get_user_pages_remote(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages, - int write, int force, struct page **pages, + unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages, struct vm_area_struct **vmas); long get_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages, - int write, int force, struct page **pages, + unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages, struct vm_area_struct **vmas); long get_user_pages_locked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages, - int write, int force, struct page **pages, int *locked); + unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages, int *locked); long __get_user_pages_unlocked(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages, - int write, int force, struct page **pages, - unsigned int gup_flags); + struct page **pages, unsigned int gup_flags); long get_user_pages_unlocked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages, - int write, int force, struct page **pages); + struct page **pages, unsigned int gup_flags); int get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write, struct page **pages); @@ -1306,7 +1302,7 @@ struct frame_vector { struct frame_vector *frame_vector_create(unsigned int nr_frames); void frame_vector_destroy(struct frame_vector *vec); int get_vaddr_frames(unsigned long start, unsigned int nr_pfns, - bool write, bool force, struct frame_vector *vec); + unsigned int gup_flags, struct frame_vector *vec); void put_vaddr_frames(struct frame_vector *vec); int frame_vector_to_pages(struct frame_vector *vec); void frame_vector_to_pfns(struct frame_vector *vec); @@ -1391,7 +1387,7 @@ static inline int stack_guard_page_end(struct vm_area_struct *vma, !vma_growsup(vma->vm_next, addr); } -int vma_is_stack_for_task(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct task_struct *t); +int vma_is_stack_for_current(struct vm_area_struct *vma); extern unsigned long move_page_tables(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long old_addr, struct vm_area_struct *new_vma, @@ -2232,6 +2228,7 @@ static inline struct page *follow_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, #define FOLL_TRIED 0x800 /* a retry, previous pass started an IO */ #define FOLL_MLOCK 0x1000 /* lock present pages */ #define FOLL_REMOTE 0x2000 /* we are working on non-current tsk/mm */ +#define FOLL_COW 0x4000 /* internal GUP flag */ typedef int (*pte_fn_t)(pte_t *pte, pgtable_t token, unsigned long addr, void *data); diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h index 7f2ae99e5daf..0f088f3a2fed 100644 --- a/include/linux/mmzone.h +++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h @@ -440,33 +440,7 @@ struct zone { seqlock_t span_seqlock; #endif - /* - * wait_table -- the array holding the hash table - * wait_table_hash_nr_entries -- the size of the hash table array - * wait_table_bits -- wait_table_size == (1 << wait_table_bits) - * - * The purpose of all these is to keep track of the people - * waiting for a page to become available and make them - * runnable again when possible. The trouble is that this - * consumes a lot of space, especially when so few things - * wait on pages at a given time. So instead of using - * per-page waitqueues, we use a waitqueue hash table. - * - * The bucket discipline is to sleep on the same queue when - * colliding and wake all in that wait queue when removing. - * When something wakes, it must check to be sure its page is - * truly available, a la thundering herd. The cost of a - * collision is great, but given the expected load of the - * table, they should be so rare as to be outweighed by the - * benefits from the saved space. - * - * __wait_on_page_locked() and unlock_page() in mm/filemap.c, are the - * primary users of these fields, |