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[3/4] full_nohz: Kconfig: add HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN

Message ID 1379370502-30376-4-git-send-email-khilman@linaro.org (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Kevin Hilman Sept. 16, 2013, 10:28 p.m. UTC 
With HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN, cputime_t becomes 64-bit.  In order
to use that feature, arch code should be audited ensure there are no
races in concurrent read/write of cputime_t.  For example,
reading/writing 64-bit cputime_t on some 32-bit arches may require
multiple accesses, so proper locking is needed to protect against
concurrent accesses.

Therefore, add CONFIG_HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN which arches can
enabled after they've been audited for potential races.

This option is automatically enabled on 64-bit platforms.

Feature requested by Frederic Weisbecker.

Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman@linaro.org>
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 arch/Kconfig | 11 +++++++++++
 init/Kconfig |  1 +
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 1feb169..3c94a2d 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -356,6 +356,17 @@  config HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING
 config HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING
 	bool
 
+config HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN
+	bool
+	default y if 64BIT
+	help
+	  With HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN, cputime_t becomes 64-bit.
+	  Before enabling this option, arch code must be audited
+	  ensure there are no races in concurrent read/write of
+	  cputime_t.  For example, reading/writing 64-bit cputime_t on
+	  some 32-bit arches may require multiple accesses, so proper
+	  locking is needed to protect against concurrent accesses.
+
 config HAVE_IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING
 	bool
 	help
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index e9cd23b..7c283a5 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@  config VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_NATIVE
 config VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN
 	bool "Full dynticks CPU time accounting"
 	depends on HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING
+	depends on HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN
 	select VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING
 	select CONTEXT_TRACKING
 	help