#include <sys/pcu.h>
void
pcu_load
(const
pcu_ops_t *pcu);
void
pcu_save
(const
pcu_ops_t *pcu, lwp_t
*l);
void
pcu_save_all
(lwp_t
*l);
void
pcu_discard
(const
pcu_ops_t *pcu, lwp_t
*l, bool
valid);
void
pcu_discard_all
(lwp_t
*l);
bool
pcu_valid_p
(const
pcu_ops_t *pcu);
Per CPU Unit (PCU) is an interface to manage synchronization of any per-CPU
context (unit) tied to an LWP context. Typical use of PCU is for
"lazy-switch" synchronization of the FPU state. Each PCU has its
operations defined by a pcu_ops_t structure. Members of
pcu_ops_t are
u_int pcu_id;
void (*pcu_state_save)(lwp_t *l);
void (*pcu_state_load)(lwp_t *l, u_int flags);
void (*pcu_state_release)(lwp_t *l);
pcu_state_save
()
- Indicate to MD code that the PCU state on the current CPU should be saved
into the given LWP's MD storage.
pcu_state_load
()
- Load PCU state from the given LWP's MD storage to the current CPU. The
flags argument is a combination of one or more of
the following:
PCU_VALID
- Indicate that the PCU state is considered valid and need not be
initialized. This is the case if the PCU state was already used (and
thus loaded) by the LWP and has not been discarded since.
PCU_REENABLE
- Indicate that a fault reoccurred while the PCU state is loaded,
therefore PCU should be re-enabled. This happens if LWP is context
switched to another CPU and then switched back to the original CPU
while the state on that CPU has not been changed by other LWPs. It may
also happen due to instruction "bouncing" on some
architectures.
pcu_state_release
()
- Indicate to MD code that the PCU ownership by the LWP was released,
therefore the next use of PCU on the LWP shall be detected and
pcu_load
() be called to reacquire the ownership.
For example, this would normally be the changing of a bit for a CPU to
trap on the execution of one of the PCU's instructions.
pcu_load
()
- Load or initialize the PCU state of the current LWP on the current
CPU.
pcu_save
()
- Save the specified PCU state to the given LWP.
pcu_discard
()
- Discard the specified PCU state of the current LWP. The PCU state will be
considered invalid, unless the "valid" parameter is set to
true.
pcu_valid_p
()
- Return true if PCU state is considered valid. Generally, it always becomes
"valid" when
pcu_load
() is called by the
LWP. Otherwise, return false.
pcu_discard_all
()
- Discard all PCU states of the given LWP; generally used by exec and
exit.
pcu_save_all
()
- Save all PCU states of the given LWP; generally used during new LWP
creation so that the PCU state of the parent could be copied.
pcu
is implemented within the file
sys/kern/subr_pcu.c.
PCU first appeared in NetBSD 6.0.