kernel.git/arch/powerpc/include/asm/bitops.h, branch linux-2.6.34.y

powerpc: Rename LWSYNC_ON_SMP to PPC_RELEASE_BARRIER, ISYNC_ON_SMP to PPC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER

2010-02-17T03:03:15Z

For performance reasons we are about to change ISYNC_ON_SMP to sometimes be lwsync. Now that the macro name doesn't make sense, change it and LWSYNC_ON_SMP to better explain what the barriers are doing. Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt

powerpc: Use lwarx/ldarx hint in bit locks

2010-02-17T03:03:15Z

This patch implements the lwarx/ldarx hint bit for bit locks. Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt

powerpc: expose the multi-bit ops that underlie single-bit ops.

2009-08-20T00:12:23Z

The bitops.h functions that operate on a single bit in a bitfield are implemented by operating on the corresponding word location. In all cases the inner logic is valid if the mask being applied has more than one bit set, so this patch exposes those inner operations. Indeed, set_bits() was already available, but it duplicated code from set_bit() (rather than making the latter a wrapper) - it was also missing the PPC405_ERR77() workaround and the "volatile" address qualifier present in other APIs. This corrects that, and exposes the other multi-bit equivalents. One advantage of these multi-bit forms is that they allow word-sized variables to essentially be their own spinlocks, eg. very useful for state machines where an atomic "flags" variable can obviate the need for any additional locking. Signed-off-by: Geoff Thorpe Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt

powerpc: Move include files to arch/powerpc/include/asm

2008-08-04T02:02:00Z

from include/asm-powerpc. This is the result of a mkdir arch/powerpc/include/asm git mv include/asm-powerpc/* arch/powerpc/include/asm Followed by a few documentation/comment fixups and a couple of places where was being used explicitly. Of the latter only one was outside the arch code and it is a driver only built for powerpc. Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras