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smp: Implement kick_all_cpus_sync()

Will replace the misnomed cpu_idle_wait() function which is copied a gazillion times all over arch/*

Thomas Gleixner committed 14 years ago

Commit f37f4351 parent 9cd75e12 files · +27 −0Browse files

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kernel/smp.c+23−0
@@ -795,3 +795,26 @@ void on_each_cpu_cond(bool (*cond_func)(int cpu, void *info), · 794 unmodified lines
795795 }
796796 }
797797 EXPORT_SYMBOL(on_each_cpu_cond);
798+
799+static void do_nothing(void *unused)
800+{
801+}
802+
803+/**
804+ * kick_all_cpus_sync - Force all cpus out of idle
805+ *
806+ * Used to synchronize the update of pm_idle function pointer. It's
807+ * called after the pointer is updated and returns after the dummy
808+ * callback function has been executed on all cpus. The execution of
809+ * the function can only happen on the remote cpus after they have
810+ * left the idle function which had been called via pm_idle function
811+ * pointer. So it's guaranteed that nothing uses the previous pointer
812+ * anymore.
813+ */
814+void kick_all_cpus_sync(void)
815+{
816+ /* Make sure the change is visible before we kick the cpus */
817+ smp_mb();
818+ smp_call_function(do_nothing, NULL, 1);
819+}
820+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kick_all_cpus_sync);