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Linus Torvalds 8e3e076c5a BKL: revert back to the old spinlock implementation ... The generic semaphore rewrite had a huge performance regression on AIM7 (and potentially other BKL-heavy benchmarks) because the generic semaphores had been rewritten to be simple to understand and fair. The latter, in particular, turns a semaphore-based BKL implementation into a mess of scheduling. The attempt to fix the performance regression failed miserably (see the previous commit 00b41ec261 'Revert "semaphore: fix"'), and so for now the simple and sane approach is to instead just go back to the old spinlock-based BKL implementation that never had any issues like this. This patch also has the advantage of being reported to fix the regression completely according to Yanmin Zhang, unlike the semaphore hack which still left a couple percentage point regression. As a spinlock, the BKL obviously has the potential to be a latency issue, but it's not really any different from any other spinlock in that respect. We do want to get rid of the BKL asap, but that has been the plan for several years. These days, the biggest users are in the tty layer (open/release in particular) and Alan holds out some hope: "tty release is probably a few months away from getting cured - I'm afraid it will almost certainly be the very last user of the BKL in tty to get fixed as it depends on everything else being sanely locked." so while we're not there yet, we do have a plan of action. Tested-by: Yanmin Zhang <yanmin_zhang@linux.intel.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>		2008-05-10 20:58:02 -07:00
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irq	genirq: reenable a nobody cared disabled irq when a new driver arrives	2008-05-02 13:40:34 +02:00
power	Merge branches 'release', 'acpica', 'bugzilla-10224', 'bugzilla-9772', 'bugzilla-9916', 'ec', 'eeepc', 'idle', 'misc', 'pm-legacy', 'sysfs-links-2.6.26', 'thermal', 'thinkpad' and 'video' into release	2008-04-30 13:58:00 -04:00
time	clocksource: allow read access to available/current_clocksource	2008-05-03 18:11:48 +02:00
.gitignore	Update kernel/.gitignore with new auto-generated files	2008-02-09 23:27:01 -08:00
acct.c	bsd_acct: using task_struct->tgid is not right in pid-namespaces	2008-03-24 19:22:20 -07:00
audit.c	[patch 2/2] Use find_task_by_vpid in audit code	2008-04-28 06:28:30 -04:00
audit.h	[PATCH 1/2] audit: move extern declarations to audit.h	2008-04-28 06:28:04 -04:00
audit_tree.c	Introduce path_put()	2008-02-14 21:13:33 -08:00
auditfilter.c	Merge branch 'audit.b50' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/audit-current	2008-04-29 11:41:22 -07:00
auditsc.c	[PATCH] new predicate - AUDIT_FILETYPE	2008-04-28 06:28:37 -04:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c	Add kbuild.h that contains common definitions for kbuild users	2008-04-29 08:06:29 -07:00
capability.c
cgroup.c	mm: bdi: add separate writeback accounting capability	2008-04-30 08:29:50 -07:00
cgroup_debug.c	CGroup API files: move "releasable" to cgroup_debug subsystem	2008-04-29 08:06:09 -07:00
compat.c	ntp: support for TAI	2008-05-01 08:03:59 -07:00
configs.c	kernel: use non-racy method for proc entries creation	2008-04-29 08:06:22 -07:00
cpu.c	kernel: replace remaining __FUNCTION__ occurrences	2008-04-30 08:29:54 -07:00
cpuset.c	Fix cpuset sched_relax_domain_level control file	2008-05-08 10:46:56 -07:00
delayacct.c
dma.c	kernel: use non-racy method for proc entries creation	2008-04-29 08:06:22 -07:00
exec_domain.c
exit.c	[PATCH] split linux/file.h	2008-05-01 13:08:16 -04:00
extable.c
fork.c	[PATCH] split linux/file.h	2008-05-01 13:08:16 -04:00
futex.c	Removal of FUTEX_FD	2008-05-05 08:18:45 -07:00
futex_compat.c	futex_compat __user annotation	2008-03-30 14:18:41 -07:00
hrtimer.c	hrtimer: remove duplicate helper function	2008-05-03 18:11:48 +02:00
itimer.c	ITIMER_REAL: convert to use struct pid	2008-02-08 09:22:29 -08:00
kallsyms.c	kernel: use non-racy method for proc entries creation	2008-04-29 08:06:22 -07:00
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.preempt	rcu: move PREEMPT_RCU config option back under PREEMPT	2008-03-10 18:01:20 -07:00
kexec.c	kexec: make extended crashkernel= syntax less confusing	2008-05-01 08:04:00 -07:00
kfifo.c
kgdb.c	kgdb: fix signedness mixmatches, add statics, add declaration to header	2008-05-05 07:13:21 -05:00
kmod.c	[PATCH] split linux/file.h	2008-05-01 13:08:16 -04:00
kprobes.c	kprobes: add (un)register_jprobes for batch registration	2008-04-28 08:58:32 -07:00
ksysfs.c
kthread.c	Deprecate find_task_by_pid()	2008-04-30 08:29:48 -07:00
latencytop.c	kernel: use non-racy method for proc entries creation	2008-04-29 08:06:22 -07:00
lockdep.c	Subject: lockdep: include all lock classes in all_lock_classes	2008-02-25 23:03:02 +01:00
lockdep_internals.h
lockdep_proc.c	kernel: use non-racy method for proc entries creation	2008-04-29 08:06:22 -07:00
Makefile	sched: add optional support for CONFIG_HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK	2008-05-05 23:56:18 +02:00
marker.c	make marker_debug static	2008-04-30 08:29:49 -07:00
module.c	module: don't ignore vermagic string if module doesn't have modversions	2008-05-09 07:45:18 -07:00
mutex-debug.c	kernel: remove fastcall in kernel/*	2008-02-08 09:22:31 -08:00
mutex-debug.h
mutex.c	kernel: remove fastcall in kernel/*	2008-02-08 09:22:31 -08:00
mutex.h
notifier.c	ipc: re-enable msgmni automatic recomputing msgmni if set to negative	2008-04-29 08:06:13 -07:00
ns_cgroup.c	cgroups: kernel/ns_cgroup.c should #include <linux/nsproxy.h>	2008-04-29 08:06:07 -07:00
nsproxy.c	ipc: sysvsem: refuse clone(CLONE_SYSVSEM|CLONE_NEWIPC)	2008-04-29 08:06:14 -07:00
panic.c	Taint kernel after WARN_ON(condition)	2008-04-29 08:05:59 -07:00
params.c	Add new string functions strict_strto* and convert kernel params to use them	2008-02-08 09:22:41 -08:00
pid.c	pids: introduce change_pid() helper	2008-04-30 08:29:48 -07:00
pid_namespace.c	pidns: make pid->level and pid_ns->level unsigned	2008-04-30 08:29:49 -07:00
pm_qos_params.c	pm qos infrastructure and interface	2008-02-05 09:44:22 -08:00
posix-cpu-timers.c	remove div_long_long_rem	2008-05-01 08:03:58 -07:00
posix-timers.c	signals: join send_sigqueue() with send_group_sigqueue()	2008-04-30 08:29:36 -07:00
printk.c	printk: don't read beyond string arguments' terminating zero	2008-04-30 08:29:52 -07:00
profile.c	kernel: use non-racy method for proc entries creation	2008-04-29 08:06:22 -07:00
ptrace.c	make generic sys_ptrace unconditional	2008-05-01 10:21:54 -07:00
rcuclassic.c
rcupdate.c	rcupdate: fix comment	2008-02-13 16:21:18 -08:00
rcupreempt.c	generic: reduce stack pressure in sched_affinity	2008-04-19 19:44:59 +02:00
rcupreempt_trace.c
rcutorture.c	kernel: explicitly include required header files under kernel/	2008-04-29 08:06:04 -07:00
relay.c	Revert "relay: fix splice problem"	2008-05-08 14:06:19 +02:00
res_counter.c	memcgroup: add the max_usage member on the res_counter	2008-04-29 08:06:10 -07:00
resource.c	kernel: use non-racy method for proc entries creation	2008-04-29 08:06:22 -07:00
rtmutex-debug.c	Don't operate with pid_t in rtmutex tester	2008-02-08 09:22:41 -08:00
rtmutex-debug.h
rtmutex-tester.c
rtmutex.c	hrtimer: more hrtimer_init_sleeper() fallout.	2008-02-13 15:45:36 +01:00
rtmutex.h
rtmutex_common.h	Don't operate with pid_t in rtmutex tester	2008-02-08 09:22:41 -08:00
rwsem.c
sched.c	BKL: revert back to the old spinlock implementation	2008-05-10 20:58:02 -07:00
sched_clock.c	sched: add optional support for CONFIG_HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK	2008-05-05 23:56:18 +02:00
sched_debug.c	sched: add optional support for CONFIG_HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK	2008-05-05 23:56:18 +02:00
sched_fair.c	sched: fix weight calculations	2008-05-08 17:00:42 +02:00
sched_features.h	sched: /debug/sched_features	2008-04-19 19:45:00 +02:00
sched_idletask.c	sched: make rt_sched_class, idle_sched_class static	2008-05-05 23:56:17 +02:00
sched_rt.c	sched: fix RT task-wakeup logic	2008-05-05 23:56:18 +02:00
sched_stats.h	cpumask: use new cpus_scnprintf function	2008-04-19 19:44:59 +02:00
seccomp.c
semaphore.c	Revert "semaphore: fix"	2008-05-10 20:43:22 -07:00
signal.c	signals: add set_restore_sigmask	2008-04-30 08:29:37 -07:00
softirq.c	Fix cpu hotplug problem in softirq code	2008-05-01 08:03:58 -07:00
softlockup.c	softlockup: fix task state setting	2008-02-29 18:46:53 +01:00
spinlock.c
srcu.c	make srcu_readers_active() static	2008-02-06 10:41:02 -08:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/juhl/trivial	2008-04-21 16:36:46 -07:00
sys.c	pids: sys_getpgid: fix unsafe *pid usage, s/tasklist/rcu/	2008-04-30 08:29:49 -07:00
sys_ni.c
sysctl.c	sysctl: add the ->permissions callback on the ctl_table_root	2008-04-29 08:06:23 -07:00
sysctl_check.c	constify tables in kernel/sysctl_check.c	2008-02-08 09:22:31 -08:00
taskstats.c	Use find_task_by_vpid in taskstats	2008-04-30 08:29:48 -07:00
test_kprobes.c	kprobes: kretprobe user entry-handler	2008-02-06 10:41:11 -08:00
time.c	Make constants in kernel/timeconst.h fixed 64 bits	2008-05-02 16:18:42 -07:00
timeconst.pl	Make constants in kernel/timeconst.h fixed 64 bits	2008-05-02 16:18:42 -07:00
timer.c	debugobjects: add timer specific object debugging code	2008-04-30 08:29:53 -07:00
tsacct.c
uid16.c	asmlinkage_protect replaces prevent_tail_call	2008-04-10 17:28:26 -07:00
user.c	alloc_uid: cleanup	2008-04-30 08:29:53 -07:00
user_namespace.c	eCryptfs: make key module subsystem respect namespaces	2008-04-29 08:06:07 -07:00
utsname.c	kernel: explicitly include required header files under kernel/	2008-04-29 08:06:04 -07:00
utsname_sysctl.c
wait.c	kernel: remove fastcall in kernel/*	2008-02-08 09:22:31 -08:00
workqueue.c	workqueue: remove redundant function invocation	2008-05-01 08:04:02 -07:00