[PATCH v5 0/8] RISC-V: Apply Zicboz to clear_page

Andrew Jones
2023-02-21T19:09:33Z

When the Zicboz extension is available we can more rapidly zero naturally
aligned Zicboz block sized chunks of memory. As pages are always page
aligned and are larger than any Zicboz block size will be, then
clear_page() appears to be a good candidate for the extension. While cycle
count and energy consumption should also be considered, we can be pretty
certain that implementing clear_page() with the Zicboz extension is a win
by comparing the new dynamic instruction count with its current count[1].
Doing so we see that the new count is just over a quarter of the old count
(see patch6's commit message for more details).

For those of you who reviewed v1[2], you may be looking for the memset()
patches. As pointed out in v1, and a couple follow-up emails, it's not
clear that patching memset() is a win yet. When I get a chance to test
on real hardware with a comprehensive benchmark collection then I can
post the memset() patches separately (assuming the benchmarks show it's
worthwhile).

Based on riscv-linux/for-next plus the dependencies listed below.

Dependencies:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/20230221185603.570882-1-ajones@ventanamicro.com/

The patches are also available here
https://github.com/jones-drew/linux/commits/riscv/zicboz-v5

To test over QEMU this branch may be used to enable Zicboz
https://gitlab.com/jones-drew/qemu/-/commits/riscv/zicboz

To test running a KVM guest with Zicboz this kvmtool branch may be used
https://github.com/jones-drew/kvmtool/commits/riscv/zicboz

Thanks,
drew

[1] I ported the functions under test to userspace and linked them with
a test program. Then, I ran them under gdb with a script[3] which
counted instructions by single stepping.
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221027130247.31634-1-ajones@ventanamicro.com/
[3] https://gist.github.com/jones-drew/487791c956ceca8c18adc2847eec9c60

v5:
- Rebased on latest for-next which allowed dropping v4's dependencies
- Added a new dependency on an alternatives/cpufeatures cleanup series
- Replaced "RISC-V: cpufeature: Put vendor_id to work" with "riscv:
cpufeatures: Put the upper 16 bits of patch ID to work" since touching
vendor_id is probably a bad idea [Conor]
- Picked up an r-b from Conor

v4:
- Rebased on latest for-next which allowed dropping one dependency
- Added "RISC-V: alternatives: Support patching multiple insns in assembly"
since I needed to use more than one instruction in an ALTERNATIVE call
from assembly. I can post this patch separately as a fix if desired.
- Improved the dt-binding patch commit message [Conor]
- Picked up some tags from Conor and Rob (I kept Conor's a-b on the
clear_page patch, even though there are several changes to it, because
I interpreted the a-b as "OK by me to implement a Zicboz clear_page")
- Added "RISC-V: cpufeature: Put vendor_id to work", which was necessary
for how I wanted to use ALTERNATIVE in clear_page.
- Fallback to memset when the Zicboz block size is too big for the
Zicboz implementation of clear_page [Palmer]
- Use lw without la in clear_page impl [Palmer]
- Implement a Duff device for clear_page using the new 'vendor_id'
alternatives support [drew]

v3:
- CC'ed DT list
- Improved commit message of DT bindings patch to point out relationship
with cbom-block-size
- Picked up an a-b from Conor

v2:
- s/blksz/block_size/, improved commit message for "RISC-V: Add Zicboz
detection and block size parsing", isa ext sorting [Conor]
- Added dt binding patch [Heiko]
- Picked up r-b's from Conor, Heiko, and Anup
- Moved config symbol and CBO_zero() introduction to "RISC-V: Use Zicboz
in clear_page when available" and improved its commit message and
implementation (unrolled four times) [drew]
- Dropped memset() patches [drew]
- Rebased on ae4d39f75308 ("Merge patch "RISC-V: fix incorrect type of
ARCH_CANAAN_K210_DTB_SOURCE"") plus the dependencies

Andrew Jones (8):
RISC-V: alternatives: Support patching multiple insns in assembly
RISC-V: Factor out body of riscv_init_cbom_blocksize loop
dt-bindings: riscv: Document cboz-block-size
RISC-V: Add Zicboz detection and block size parsing
riscv: cpufeatures: Put the upper 16 bits of patch ID to work
RISC-V: Use Zicboz in clear_page when available
RISC-V: KVM: Provide UAPI for Zicboz block size
RISC-V: KVM: Expose Zicboz to the guest

.../devicetree/bindings/riscv/cpus.yaml | 5 ++
arch/riscv/Kconfig | 13 ++++
arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative-macros.h | 6 +-
arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative.h | 3 +
arch/riscv/include/asm/cacheflush.h | 3 +-
arch/riscv/include/asm/hwcap.h | 1 +
arch/riscv/include/asm/insn-def.h | 4 +
arch/riscv/include/asm/page.h | 6 +-
arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h | 2 +
arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c | 1 +
arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c | 58 ++++++++++++++-
arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c | 2 +-
arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu.c | 11 +++
arch/riscv/lib/Makefile | 1 +
arch/riscv/lib/clear_page.S | 73 +++++++++++++++++++
arch/riscv/mm/cacheflush.c | 64 +++++++++-------
16 files changed, 217 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 arch/riscv/lib/clear_page.S