freebsd-skq/sys/alpha/include/proc.h
jhb 41cadaa11e Divorce critical sections from spinlocks. Critical sections as denoted by
critical_enter() and critical_exit() are now solely a mechanism for
deferring kernel preemptions.  They no longer have any affect on
interrupts.  This means that standalone critical sections are now very
cheap as they are simply unlocked integer increments and decrements for the
common case.

Spin mutexes now use a separate KPI implemented in MD code: spinlock_enter()
and spinlock_exit().  This KPI is responsible for providing whatever MD
guarantees are needed to ensure that a thread holding a spin lock won't
be preempted by any other code that will try to lock the same lock.  For
now all archs continue to block interrupts in a "spinlock section" as they
did formerly in all critical sections.  Note that I've also taken this
opportunity to push a few things into MD code rather than MI.  For example,
critical_fork_exit() no longer exists.  Instead, MD code ensures that new
threads have the correct state when they are created.  Also, we no longer
try to fixup the idlethreads for APs in MI code.  Instead, each arch sets
the initial curthread and adjusts the state of the idle thread it borrows
in order to perform the initial context switch.

This change is largely a big NOP, but the cleaner separation it provides
will allow for more efficient alternative locking schemes in other parts
of the kernel (bare critical sections rather than per-CPU spin mutexes
for per-CPU data for example).

Reviewed by:	grehan, cognet, arch@, others
Tested on:	i386, alpha, sparc64, powerpc, arm, possibly more
2005-04-04 21:53:56 +00:00

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/* $FreeBSD$ */
/* From: NetBSD: proc.h,v 1.3 1997/04/06 08:47:36 cgd Exp */
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#ifndef _MACHINE_PROC_H_
#define _MACHINE_PROC_H_
/*
* Machine-dependent part of the proc struct for the Alpha.
*/
struct mdbpt {
vm_offset_t addr;
u_int32_t contents;
};
#define MDTD_FPUSED 0x0001 /* Process used the FPU */
#define MDTD_STEP1 0x0002 /* Single step normal instruction */
#define MDTD_STEP2 0x0004 /* Single step branch instruction */
#define MDTD_HAEUSED 0x0008 /* Process used the HAE */
struct mdthread {
u_long md_flags;
struct pcb *md_pcbpaddr; /* phys addr of the pcb */
struct mdbpt md_sstep[2]; /* two single step breakpoints */
u_int64_t md_hae; /* user HAE register value */
void *osf_sigtramp; /* user-level signal trampoline */
u_int md_kernnest; /* nesting level in the kernel */
register_t md_saved_ipl; /* save IPL for critical section */
u_int md_spinlock_count;
};
#define MDP_UAC_NOPRINT 0x0010 /* Don't print unaligned traps */
#define MDP_UAC_NOFIX 0x0020 /* Don't fixup unaligned traps */
#define MDP_UAC_SIGBUS 0x0040 /* Deliver SIGBUS upon
unaligned access */
#define MDP_UAC_MASK (MDP_UAC_NOPRINT | MDP_UAC_NOFIX | MDP_UAC_SIGBUS)
struct mdproc {
u_int md_uac; /* (c) Unaligned Access Check flags. */
};
#endif /* !_MACHINE_PROC_H_ */