[PATCH v5 04/22] powerpc/32: Reorder instructions to avoid using CTR in syscall entry
From: Christophe Leroy <hidden>
Date: 2021-02-08 16:27:46
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linux for powerpc (32-bit and 64-bit), the rest · Maintainers:
Madhavan Srinivasan, Michael Ellerman, Linus Torvalds
Now that we are using rfi instead of mtmsr to reactivate MMU, it is possible to reorder instructions and avoid the need to use CTR for stashing SRR0. null_syscall on 8xx is reduced by 3 cycles (283 => 280 cycles). Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <redacted> --- arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.h | 22 ++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.h b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.h
index 4029c51dce5d..24dc326e0d56 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.h@@ -116,30 +116,28 @@ .endm .macro SYSCALL_ENTRY trapno - mfspr r12,SPRN_SPRG_THREAD mfspr r9, SPRN_SRR1 - mfspr r11, SPRN_SRR0 - mtctr r11 + mfspr r10, SPRN_SRR0 andi. r11, r9, MSR_PR + beq- 99f + LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE(r11, MSR_KERNEL) /* can take exceptions */ + lis r12, 1f@h + ori r12, r12, 1f@l + mtspr SPRN_SRR1, r11 + mtspr SPRN_SRR0, r12 + mfspr r12,SPRN_SPRG_THREAD mr r11, r1 lwz r1,TASK_STACK-THREAD(r12) - beq- 99f + tovirt(r12, r12) addi r1, r1, THREAD_SIZE - INT_FRAME_SIZE - LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE(r10, MSR_KERNEL) /* can take exceptions */ - mtspr SPRN_SRR1, r10 - lis r10, 1f@h - ori r10, r10, 1f@l - mtspr SPRN_SRR0, r10 rfi 1: - tovirt(r12, r12) stw r11,GPR1(r1) stw r11,0(r1) mr r11, r1 + stw r10,_NIP(r11) mflr r10 stw r10, _LINK(r11) - mfctr r10 - stw r10,_NIP(r11) mfcr r10 rlwinm r10,r10,0,4,2 /* Clear SO bit in CR */ stw r10,_CCR(r11) /* save registers */
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