vtime: Add HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN Kconfig
authorKevin Hilman <khilman@linaro.org>
Mon, 16 Sep 2013 22:28:21 +0000 (15:28 -0700)
committerFrederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:35:53 +0000 (15:35 +0200)
commit554b0004d0ec4fbd11e08668dfc400f211e8d5c5
tree962305270252e407cd887ba9ed949bde346b8f81
parent15c03dd4859ab16f9212238f29dd315654aa94f6
vtime: Add HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN Kconfig

With VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN, cputime_t becomes 64-bit. In order
to use that feature, arch code should be audited to ensure there are no
races in concurrent read/write of cputime_t. For example,
reading/writing 64-bit cputime_t on some 32-bit arches may require
multiple accesses for low and high value parts, so proper locking
is needed to protect against concurrent accesses.

Therefore, add CONFIG_HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN which arches can
enable after they've been audited for potential races.

This option is automatically enabled on 64-bit platforms.

Feature requested by Frederic Weisbecker.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman@linaro.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Arm Linux <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
arch/Kconfig
init/Kconfig
kernel/time/Kconfig