From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756856Ab2APVP7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:15:59 -0500 Received: from relay3.sgi.com ([192.48.152.1]:55978 "EHLO relay.sgi.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754889Ab2APVP6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:15:58 -0500 Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:16:17 -0600 From: Cliff Wickman To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: mingo@elte.hu, x86@kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 0/6] x86, UV2: BAU fixes for UV version 2 Message-ID: <20120116211617.GD5512@sgi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17+20080114 (2008-01-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Following are 6 patches for using SGI's Altix UV2's Broadcast Assist Unit for TLB shootdown. The first 3 patches are very necessary to using the BAU on this new hardware. Number 3 is a large one. The last 3 are not so vital, but fairly trivial. All have been fully tested. [PATCH 1/6] x86, UV2: use native UV2 broadcast mode a new UV2 message format [PATCH 2/6] x86, UV2: calc BAU destination timeout a fix for timeout calculation [PATCH 3/6] x86: workaround for UV2 BAU bug workaround for a UV2 hardware bug [PATCH 4/6] x86 UV2: remove no-resources test for UV2 BAU remove an unneeded test [PATCH 5/6] x86, UV2: ack BAU interrupt earlier faster reaction to BAU interrupts [PATCH 6/6] x86, UV2: accounting for BAU strong nacks add 3 new statistics Signed-off-by: Cliff Wickman -- Cliff Wickman SGI cpw@sgi.com (651) 683-3824