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#ifndef _LINUX_PERCPU_DEFS_H
#define _LINUX_PERCPU_DEFS_H

/*
 * Determine the real variable name from the name visible in the
 * kernel sources.
 */
#define per_cpu_var(var) per_cpu__##var

/*
 * Base implementations of per-CPU variable declarations and definitions, where
 * the section in which the variable is to be placed is provided by the
 * 'sec' argument.  This may be used to affect the parameters governing the
 * variable's storage.
 *
 * NOTE!  The sections for the DECLARE and for the DEFINE must match, lest
 * linkage errors occur due the compiler generating the wrong code to access
 * that section.
 */
#define __PCPU_ATTRS(sec)						\
	__attribute__((section(PER_CPU_BASE_SECTION sec)))		\
	PER_CPU_ATTRIBUTES

#define __PCPU_DUMMY_ATTRS						\
	__attribute__((section(".discard"), unused))

/*
 * s390 and alpha modules require percpu variables to be defined as
 * weak to force the compiler to generate GOT based external
 * references for them.  This is necessary because percpu sections
 * will be located outside of the usually addressable area.
 *
 * This definition puts the following two extra restrictions when
 * defining percpu variables.
 *
 * 1. The symbol must be globally unique, even the static ones.
 * 2. Static percpu variables cannot be defined inside a function.
 *
 * Archs which need weak percpu definitions should define
 * ARCH_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU in asm/percpu.h when necessary.
 *
 * To ensure that the generic code observes the above two
 * restrictions, if CONFIG_DEBUG_FORCE_WEAK_PER_CPU is set weak
 * definition is used for all cases.
 */
#if defined(ARCH_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU) || defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_FORCE_WEAK_PER_CPU)
/*
 * __pcpu_scope_* dummy variable is used to enforce scope.  It
 * receives the static modifier when it's used in front of
 * DEFINE_PER_CPU() and will trigger build failure if
 * DECLARE_PER_CPU() is used for the same variable.
 *
 * __pcpu_unique_* dummy variable is used to enforce symbol uniqueness
 * such that hidden weak symbol collision, which will cause unrelated
 * variables to share the same address, can be detected during build.
 */
#define DECLARE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, sec)			\
	extern __PCPU_DUMMY_ATTRS char __pcpu_scope_##name;		\
	extern __PCPU_ATTRS(sec) __typeof__(type) per_cpu__##name

#define DEFINE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, sec)				\
	__PCPU_DUMMY_ATTRS char __pcpu_scope_##name;			\
	__PCPU_DUMMY_ATTRS char __pcpu_unique_##name;			\
	__PCPU_ATTRS(sec) PER_CPU_DEF_ATTRIBUTES __weak			\
	__typeof__(type) per_cpu__##name
#else
/*
 * Normal declaration and definition macros.
 */
#define DECLARE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, sec)			\
	extern __PCPU_ATTRS(sec) __typeof__(type) per_cpu__##name

#define DEFINE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, sec)				\
	__PCPU_ATTRS(sec) PER_CPU_DEF_ATTRIBUTES			\
	__typeof__(type) per_cpu__##name
#endif

/*
 * Variant on the per-CPU variable declaration/definition theme used for
 * ordinary per-CPU variables.
 */
#define DECLARE_PER_CPU(type, name)					\
	DECLARE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, "")

#define DEFINE_PER_CPU(type, name)					\
	DEFINE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, "")

/*
 * Declaration/definition used for per-CPU variables that must come first in
 * the set of variables.
 */
#define DECLARE_PER_CPU_FIRST(type, name)				\
	DECLARE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, PER_CPU_FIRST_SECTION)

#define DEFINE_PER_CPU_FIRST(type, name)				\
	DEFINE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, PER_CPU_FIRST_SECTION)

/*
 * Declaration/definition used for per-CPU variables that must be cacheline
 * aligned under SMP conditions so that, whilst a particular instance of the
 * data corresponds to a particular CPU, inefficiencies due to direct access by
 * other CPUs are reduced by preventing the data from unnecessarily spanning
 * cachelines.
 *
 * An example of this would be statistical data, where each CPU's set of data
 * is updated by that CPU alone, but the data from across all CPUs is collated
 * by a CPU processing a read from a proc file.
 */
#define DECLARE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED(type, name)			\
	DECLARE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED_SECTION) \
	____cacheline_aligned_in_smp

#define DEFINE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED(type, name)			\
	DEFINE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED_SECTION) \
	____cacheline_aligned_in_smp

/*
 * Declaration/definition used for per-CPU variables that must be page aligned.
 */
#define DECLARE_PER_CPU_PAGE_ALIGNED(type, name)				\
	DECLARE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, ".page_aligned")

#define DEFINE_PER_CPU_PAGE_ALIGNED(type, name)				\
	DEFINE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, ".page_aligned")

/*
 * Intermodule exports for per-CPU variables.
 */
#define EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(var) EXPORT_SYMBOL(per_cpu__##var)
#define EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL_GPL(var) EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(per_cpu__##var)


#endif /* _LINUX_PERCPU_DEFS_H */
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