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linux/arch/ia64
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
..
configs Merge branch 'misc-3.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux 2011-11-02 16:52:17 -07:00
dig iommu: Rename the DMAR and INTR_REMAP config options 2011-09-21 10:22:03 +02:00
hp module_param: make bool parameters really bool (arch) 2012-01-13 09:32:18 +10:30
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 static keys: Introduce 'struct static_key', static_key_true()/false() and static_key_slow_[inc|dec]() 2012-02-24 10:05:59 +01:00
kvm KVM: IA64: fix struct redefinition 2011-12-27 11:17:43 +02:00
lib
mm ia64: Use HAVE_MEMBLOCK_NODE_MAP 2011-12-08 10:22:08 -08:00
oprofile
pci ia64/PCI: convert to pci_create_root_bus() for correct root bus resources 2012-01-06 12:10:58 -08:00
scripts
sn ia64: pcibr: Use kmemdup rather than duplicating its implementation 2011-12-09 15:22:44 -08:00
uv
xen Merge branch 'modsplit-Oct31_2011' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux 2011-11-06 19:44:47 -08:00
install.sh
Kconfig lib: use generic pci_iomap on all architectures 2012-01-10 18:04:27 -08:00
Kconfig.debug
Makefile
module.lds