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From: will.deacon@arm.com (Will Deacon)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 0/6] Add support for pldw instruction on v7 MP cores
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 12:36:23 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1374579389-32704-1-git-send-email-will.deacon@arm.com> (raw)

Hello,

This patch series adds support for the pldw instruction implemented on
ARMv7 SMP processors. The instruction is used to implement the prefetchw
macro, which is then used around barrier-less ldrex/strex sections (i.e.
the prefetch isn't blocked either side by memory barriers) to increase
the chances of the strex succeeding initially.

On my TC2 board (A7s + A15s), I see a ~1.3% boost in hackbench scores
on top of my barriers patch series.

All feedback welcome,

Will


Will Deacon (6):
  ARM: prefetch: remove redundant "cc" clobber
  ARM: smp_on_up: move inline asm ALT_SMP patching macro out of
    spinlock.h
  ARM: prefetch: add support for prefetchw using pldw on SMP ARMv7+ CPUs
  ARM: locks: prefetch the destination word for write prior to strex
  ARM: atomics: prefetch the destination word for write prior to strex
  ARM: bitops: prefetch the destination word for write prior to strex

 arch/arm/include/asm/atomic.h    |  7 +++++++
 arch/arm/include/asm/processor.h | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 arch/arm/include/asm/spinlock.h  | 24 ++++++++++++------------
 arch/arm/include/asm/unified.h   |  4 ++++
 arch/arm/lib/bitops.h            |  5 +++++
 5 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

-- 
1.8.2.2

             reply	other threads:[~2013-07-23 11:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-07-23 11:36 Will Deacon [this message]
2013-07-23 11:36 ` [PATCH 1/6] ARM: prefetch: remove redundant "cc" clobber Will Deacon
2013-07-23 19:48   ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-07-24 10:19     ` Will Deacon
2013-07-24 16:16       ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-07-24 16:35         ` Will Deacon
2013-07-24 16:58           ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-07-24 17:22             ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-07-23 11:36 ` [PATCH 2/6] ARM: smp_on_up: move inline asm ALT_SMP patching macro out of spinlock.h Will Deacon
2013-07-23 19:55   ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-07-23 11:36 ` [PATCH 3/6] ARM: prefetch: add support for prefetchw using pldw on SMP ARMv7+ CPUs Will Deacon
2013-07-23 20:05   ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-07-24 10:42     ` Will Deacon
2013-07-23 11:36 ` [PATCH 4/6] ARM: locks: prefetch the destination word for write prior to strex Will Deacon
2013-07-23 20:10   ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-07-24 11:18     ` Will Deacon
2013-07-25 17:31       ` Stephen Boyd
2013-07-25 17:37         ` Stephen Boyd
2013-07-25 17:45           ` Will Deacon
2013-07-25 17:48             ` Will Deacon
2013-07-25 17:55             ` Stephen Boyd
2013-07-25 18:05               ` Will Deacon
2013-07-25 18:22                 ` Stephen Boyd
2013-07-25 20:24             ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-07-26 10:34               ` Will Deacon
2013-07-26 14:46                 ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-07-23 11:36 ` [PATCH 5/6] ARM: atomics: " Will Deacon
2013-07-23 20:12   ` Nicolas Pitre
2013-07-23 11:36 ` [PATCH 6/6] ARM: bitops: " Will Deacon
2013-07-23 20:15   ` Nicolas Pitre

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