From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Thu, 14 Sep 2006 18:27:30 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]:462 "EHLO dl5rb.ham-radio-op.net") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S20038903AbWINR12 (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Sep 2006 18:27:28 +0100 Received: from denk.linux-mips.net (denk.linux-mips.net [127.0.0.1]) by dl5rb.ham-radio-op.net (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id k8EHS6Aj002194; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 18:28:06 +0100 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by denk.linux-mips.net (8.13.7/8.13.7/Submit) id k8EHS53t002193; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 18:28:05 +0100 Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 18:28:05 +0100 From: Ralf Baechle To: Atsushi Nemoto Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org, macro@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] fast path for rdhwr emulation for TLS Message-ID: <20060914172805.GA1756@linux-mips.org> References: <20060708.011245.82794581.anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp> <20060709.011259.92587435.anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp> <20060710.234010.07457279.anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060710.234010.07457279.anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 12573 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 11:40:10PM +0900, Atsushi Nemoto wrote: > Add special short path for emulationg RDHWR which is used to support > TLS. The handle_tlbl synthesizer takes a care for > cpu_has_vtag_icache. I'm just wondering if we actually need such optimizations. Have you ran any application benchmarks? Ralf