linux/arch/x86
Roland Dreier dbee8a0aff x86: remove 32-bit versions of readq()/writeq()
The presense of a writeq() implementation on 32-bit x86 that splits the
64-bit write into two 32-bit writes turns out to break the mpt2sas driver
(and in general is risky for drivers as was discussed in
<http://lkml.kernel.org/r/adaab6c1h7c.fsf@cisco.com>).  To fix this,
revert 2c5643b1c5 ("x86: provide readq()/writeq() on 32-bit too") and
follow-on cleanups.

This unfortunately leads to pushing non-atomic definitions of readq() and
write() to various x86-only drivers that in the meantime started using the
definitions in the x86 version of <asm/io.h>.  However as discussed
exhaustively, this is actually the right thing to do, because the right
way to split a 64-bit transaction is hardware dependent and therefore
belongs in the hardware driver (eg mpt2sas needs a spinlock to make sure
no other accesses occur in between the two halves of the access).

Build tested on 32- and 64-bit x86 allmodconfig.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/x86-32-writeq-is-broken@mdm.bga.com
Acked-by: Hitoshi Mitake <h.mitake@gmail.com>
Cc: Kashyap Desai <Kashyap.Desai@lsi.com>
Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
Cc: Ravi Anand <ravi.anand@qlogic.com>
Cc: Vikas Chaudhary <vikas.chaudhary@qlogic.com>
Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
Cc: Jason Uhlenkott <juhlenko@akamai.com>
Acked-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@parallels.com>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <roland@purestorage.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-05-25 08:39:44 -07:00
..
boot x86, setup: When probing memory with e801, use ax/bx as a pair 2011-04-25 14:52:37 -07:00
configs
crypto crypto: aesni-intel - fix aesni build on i386 2011-05-18 09:03:34 +10:00
ia32 net: Add sendmmsg socket system call 2011-05-05 11:10:14 -07:00
include/asm x86: remove 32-bit versions of readq()/writeq() 2011-05-25 08:39:44 -07:00
kernel mm: convert mm->cpu_vm_cpumask into cpumask_var_t 2011-05-25 08:39:21 -07:00
kvm vmscan: change shrinker API by passing shrink_control struct 2011-05-25 08:39:26 -07:00
lguest Merge branch 'timers-clocksource-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2011-05-19 17:44:13 -07:00
lib Merge branches 'x86-apic-for-linus', 'x86-asm-for-linus' and 'x86-cleanups-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2011-05-19 17:49:35 -07:00
math-emu
mm mm: Convert i_mmap_lock to a mutex 2011-05-25 08:39:18 -07:00
net net: filter: Just In Time compiler for x86-64 2011-04-27 23:05:08 -07:00
oprofile x86: Remove warning and warning_symbol from struct stacktrace_ops 2011-05-12 15:31:28 +02:00
pci Merge branch 'linux-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6 2011-05-23 15:39:34 -07:00
platform Merge branch 'x86-platform-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2011-05-19 18:08:06 -07:00
power
tools
vdso mm: arch: rename in_gate_area_no_task to in_gate_area_no_mm 2011-03-23 16:36:55 -04:00
video
xen Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2011-05-23 09:12:26 -07:00
.gitignore
Kbuild net: filter: Just In Time compiler for x86-64 2011-04-27 23:05:08 -07:00
Kconfig x86: remove 32-bit versions of readq()/writeq() 2011-05-25 08:39:44 -07:00
Kconfig.cpu x86, cpu: Move AMD Elan Kconfig under "Processor family" 2011-04-08 13:01:25 -07:00
Kconfig.debug
Makefile
Makefile_32.cpu x86, cpu: Move AMD Elan Kconfig under "Processor family" 2011-04-08 13:01:25 -07:00