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1 #ifndef _LINUX_PERCPU_DEFS_H
2 #define _LINUX_PERCPU_DEFS_H
3
4 /*
5  * Determine the real variable name from the name visible in the
6  * kernel sources.
7  */
8 #define per_cpu_var(var) per_cpu__##var
9
10 /*
11  * Base implementations of per-CPU variable declarations and definitions, where
12  * the section in which the variable is to be placed is provided by the
13  * 'sec' argument.  This may be used to affect the parameters governing the
14  * variable's storage.
15  *
16  * NOTE!  The sections for the DECLARE and for the DEFINE must match, lest
17  * linkage errors occur due the compiler generating the wrong code to access
18  * that section.
19  */
20 #define __PCPU_ATTRS(sec)                                               \
21         __attribute__((section(PER_CPU_BASE_SECTION sec)))              \
22         PER_CPU_ATTRIBUTES
23
24 #define __PCPU_DUMMY_ATTRS                                              \
25         __attribute__((section(".discard"), unused))
26
27 /*
28  * s390 and alpha modules require percpu variables to be defined as
29  * weak to force the compiler to generate GOT based external
30  * references for them.  This is necessary because percpu sections
31  * will be located outside of the usually addressable area.
32  *
33  * This definition puts the following two extra restrictions when
34  * defining percpu variables.
35  *
36  * 1. The symbol must be globally unique, even the static ones.
37  * 2. Static percpu variables cannot be defined inside a function.
38  *
39  * Archs which need weak percpu definitions should define
40  * ARCH_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU in asm/percpu.h when necessary.
41  *
42  * To ensure that the generic code observes the above two
43  * restrictions, if CONFIG_DEBUG_FORCE_WEAK_PER_CPU is set weak
44  * definition is used for all cases.
45  */
46 #if defined(ARCH_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU) || defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_FORCE_WEAK_PER_CPU)
47 /*
48  * __pcpu_scope_* dummy variable is used to enforce scope.  It
49  * receives the static modifier when it's used in front of
50  * DEFINE_PER_CPU() and will trigger build failure if
51  * DECLARE_PER_CPU() is used for the same variable.
52  *
53  * __pcpu_unique_* dummy variable is used to enforce symbol uniqueness
54  * such that hidden weak symbol collision, which will cause unrelated
55  * variables to share the same address, can be detected during build.
56  */
57 #define DECLARE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, sec)                        \
58         extern __PCPU_DUMMY_ATTRS char __pcpu_scope_##name;             \
59         extern __PCPU_ATTRS(sec) __typeof__(type) per_cpu__##name
60
61 #define DEFINE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, sec)                         \
62         __PCPU_DUMMY_ATTRS char __pcpu_scope_##name;                    \
63         extern __PCPU_DUMMY_ATTRS char __pcpu_unique_##name;            \
64         __PCPU_DUMMY_ATTRS char __pcpu_unique_##name;                   \
65         __PCPU_ATTRS(sec) PER_CPU_DEF_ATTRIBUTES __weak                 \
66         __typeof__(type) per_cpu__##name
67 #else
68 /*
69  * Normal declaration and definition macros.
70  */
71 #define DECLARE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, sec)                        \
72         extern __PCPU_ATTRS(sec) __typeof__(type) per_cpu__##name
73
74 #define DEFINE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, sec)                         \
75         __PCPU_ATTRS(sec) PER_CPU_DEF_ATTRIBUTES                        \
76         __typeof__(type) per_cpu__##name
77 #endif
78
79 /*
80  * Variant on the per-CPU variable declaration/definition theme used for
81  * ordinary per-CPU variables.
82  */
83 #define DECLARE_PER_CPU(type, name)                                     \
84         DECLARE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, "")
85
86 #define DEFINE_PER_CPU(type, name)                                      \
87         DEFINE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, "")
88
89 /*
90  * Declaration/definition used for per-CPU variables that must come first in
91  * the set of variables.
92  */
93 #define DECLARE_PER_CPU_FIRST(type, name)                               \
94         DECLARE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, PER_CPU_FIRST_SECTION)
95
96 #define DEFINE_PER_CPU_FIRST(type, name)                                \
97         DEFINE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, PER_CPU_FIRST_SECTION)
98
99 /*
100  * Declaration/definition used for per-CPU variables that must be cacheline
101  * aligned under SMP conditions so that, whilst a particular instance of the
102  * data corresponds to a particular CPU, inefficiencies due to direct access by
103  * other CPUs are reduced by preventing the data from unnecessarily spanning
104  * cachelines.
105  *
106  * An example of this would be statistical data, where each CPU's set of data
107  * is updated by that CPU alone, but the data from across all CPUs is collated
108  * by a CPU processing a read from a proc file.
109  */
110 #define DECLARE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED(type, name)                      \
111         DECLARE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED_SECTION) \
112         ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp
113
114 #define DEFINE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED(type, name)                       \
115         DEFINE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED_SECTION) \
116         ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp
117
118 #define DECLARE_PER_CPU_ALIGNED(type, name)                             \
119         DECLARE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, PER_CPU_ALIGNED_SECTION)    \
120         ____cacheline_aligned
121
122 #define DEFINE_PER_CPU_ALIGNED(type, name)                              \
123         DEFINE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, PER_CPU_ALIGNED_SECTION)     \
124         ____cacheline_aligned
125
126 /*
127  * Declaration/definition used for per-CPU variables that must be page aligned.
128  */
129 #define DECLARE_PER_CPU_PAGE_ALIGNED(type, name)                        \
130         DECLARE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, ".page_aligned")            \
131         __aligned(PAGE_SIZE)
132
133 #define DEFINE_PER_CPU_PAGE_ALIGNED(type, name)                         \
134         DEFINE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, ".page_aligned")             \
135         __aligned(PAGE_SIZE)
136
137 /*
138  * Intermodule exports for per-CPU variables.
139  */
140 #define EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(var) EXPORT_SYMBOL(per_cpu__##var)
141 #define EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL_GPL(var) EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(per_cpu__##var)
142
143
144 #endif /* _LINUX_PERCPU_DEFS_H */