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SubjectRe: Subject: [PATCH 1/2] x86: get back 15 vectors
On 01/04/2010 04:05 PM, Suresh Siddha wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-01-04 at 11:50 -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> On 01/04/2010 11:45 AM, Suresh Siddha wrote:
>>> On Mon, 2010-01-04 at 11:35 -0800, Yinghai Lu wrote:
>>>> sth like this?
>>>>
>>>> Subject: [PATCH 1/2] x86: get back 16 vectors
>>>>
>>>> -v2: according to hpa that we could start from 0x10
>>>> according to Eric, we should hold 16 vectors for IRQ MOVE
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yinghai we have to change IRQ_MOVE_CLEANUP_VECTOR to 0x1f or so. From
>>> the cpu perspective this vector is documented as illegal, so we need to
>>> check if this change will work on the cpu's we have today to get some
>>> confidence.
>>>
>>
>> It's documented as reserved, not illegal. The ability for the APIC to
>> generate vectors starting at 0x10 is documented, as is the ability for
>> the CPU to receive any vector number as an interrupt -- in fact, the
>> legacy BIOS relies on being able to receive interrupts starting at
>> vector 0x08. It causes problems galore, but only at the software level.
>
> I have checked out couple of platforms (including 32-bit atom) and 0x1f
> vector logic seems to be working.
>
> Hopefully we won't have other hardware or software issues (vmm
> restrictions etc) with this logic.
>

good. hope it is final version. let's have hpa own it.

From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: [PATCH] x86: get back 16 vectors

-v2: according to hpa that we could start from 0x1f
-v3: update comments from Eric
-v4: update comments from hpa
-v5: use round up for IRQ0_VECTOR according to hpa

Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>

---
arch/x86/include/asm/irq_vectors.h | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/irq_vectors.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/include/asm/irq_vectors.h
+++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/irq_vectors.h
@@ -30,26 +30,38 @@
/*
* IDT vectors usable for external interrupt sources start
* at 0x20:
+ * hpa said we can start from 0x1f.
+ * 0x1f is documented as reserved. However, the ability for the APIC
+ * to generate vectors starting at 0x10 is documented, as is the
+ * ability for the CPU to receive any vector number as an interrupt.
+ * 0x1f is used for IRQ_MOVE_CLEANUP_VECTOR since that vector needs
+ * an entire privilege level (16 vectors) all by itself at a higher
+ * priority than any actual device vector. Thus, by placing it in the
+ * otherwise-unusable 0x10 privilege level, we avoid wasting a full
+ * 16-vector block.
*/
-#define FIRST_EXTERNAL_VECTOR 0x20
+#define FIRST_EXTERNAL_VECTOR 0x1f

+#define IA32_SYSCALL_VECTOR 0x80
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
# define SYSCALL_VECTOR 0x80
-# define IA32_SYSCALL_VECTOR 0x80
-#else
-# define IA32_SYSCALL_VECTOR 0x80
#endif

/*
- * Reserve the lowest usable priority level 0x20 - 0x2f for triggering
+ * Reserve the lowest usable priority level 0x10 - 0x1f for triggering
* cleanup after irq migration.
+ * this overlaps with the reserved range for cpu exceptions so this
+ * will need to be changed to 0x20 - 0x2f if the last cpu exception is
+ * ever allocated.
*/
+
#define IRQ_MOVE_CLEANUP_VECTOR FIRST_EXTERNAL_VECTOR

/*
- * Vectors 0x30-0x3f are used for ISA interrupts.
+ * Vectors 0x20-0x2f are used for ISA interrupts.
+ * round up to the next 16-vector boundary
*/
-#define IRQ0_VECTOR (FIRST_EXTERNAL_VECTOR + 0x10)
+#define IRQ0_VECTOR ((FIRST_EXTERNAL_VECTOR + 16) & ~15)

#define IRQ1_VECTOR (IRQ0_VECTOR + 1)
#define IRQ2_VECTOR (IRQ0_VECTOR + 2)

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