[PATCH 1/2] ARM: smp: Add an IPI handler callable from C code

Shawn Guo shawn.guo at linaro.org
Sun Oct 2 04:57:00 EDT 2011


From: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>

In order to be able to handle IPI directly from C code instead of
assembly code, introduce handle_IPI(), which is modeled after handle_IRQ().

Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>
---
 arch/arm/include/asm/smp.h |    5 +++++
 arch/arm/kernel/smp.c      |    5 +++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/smp.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/smp.h
index 674ebcd..0a17b62 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/smp.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/smp.h
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ extern void show_ipi_list(struct seq_file *, int);
 asmlinkage void do_IPI(int ipinr, struct pt_regs *regs);
 
 /*
+ * Called from C code, this handles an IPI.
+ */
+void handle_IPI(int ipinr, struct pt_regs *regs);
+
+/*
  * Setup the set of possible CPUs (via set_cpu_possible)
  */
 extern void smp_init_cpus(void);
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
index 3f12ce9..2e49f18 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
@@ -587,6 +587,11 @@ static void ipi_cpu_stop(unsigned int cpu)
  */
 asmlinkage void __exception_irq_entry do_IPI(int ipinr, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
+	handle_IPI(ipinr, regs);
+}
+
+void handle_IPI(int ipinr, struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
 	unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 	struct pt_regs *old_regs = set_irq_regs(regs);
 
-- 
1.7.4.1




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