Re: [PATCH v5 00/22] powerpc/32: Implement C syscall entry/exit

Michael Ellerman
2021-02-12T00:22:02Z

On Mon, 8 Feb 2021 15:10:19 +0000 (UTC), Christophe Leroy wrote:
> This series implements C syscall entry/exit for PPC32. It reuses
> the work already done for PPC64.
>
> This series is based on today's merge-test (b6f72fc05389e3fc694bf5a5fa1bbd33f61879e0)
>
> In terms on performance we have the following number of cycles on an
> 8xx running null_syscall benchmark:
> - mainline: 296 cycles
> - after patch 4: 283 cycles
> - after patch 16: 304 cycles
> - after patch 17: 348 cycles
> - at the end of the series: 320 cycles
>
> [...]

Patches 1-15 and 21 applied to powerpc/next.

[01/22] powerpc/32s: Add missing call to kuep_lock on syscall entry
https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/57fdfbce89137ae85cd5cef48be168040a47dd13
[02/22] powerpc/32: Always enable data translation on syscall entry
https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/eca2411040c1ee15b8882c6427fb4eb5a48ada69
[03/22] powerpc/32: On syscall entry, enable instruction translation at the same time as data
https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/76249ddc27080b6b835a89cedcc4185b3b5a6b23
[04/22] powerpc/32: Reorder instructions to avoid using CTR in syscall entry
https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/2c59e5104821c5720e88bafa9e522f8bea9ce8fa
[05/22] powerpc/irq: Add helper to set regs->softe
https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/fb5608fd117a8b48752d2b5a7e70847c1ed33d33
[06/22] powerpc/irq: Rework helpers that manipulate MSR[EE/RI]
https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/08353779f2889305f64e04de3e46ed59ed60f859
[07/22] powerpc/irq: Add stub irq_soft_mask_return() for PPC32
https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/6650c4782d5788346a25a4f698880d124f2699a0
[08/22] powerpc/syscall: Rename syscall_64.c into interrupt.c
https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/ab1a517d55b01b54ba70f5d54f926f5ab4b18339
[09/22] powerpc/syscall: Make interrupt.c buildable on PPC32
https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/344bb20b159dd0996e521c0d4c131a6ae10c322a
[10/22] powerpc/syscall: Use is_compat_task()
https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/72b7a9e56b25babfe4c90bf3ce88285c7fb62ab9
[11/22] powerpc/syscall: Save r3 in regs->orig_r3
https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/8875f47b7681aa4e4484a9b612577b044725f839
[12/22] powerpc/syscall: Change condition to check MSR_RI
https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/c01b916658150e98f00a4981750c37a3224c8735
[13/22] powerpc/32: Always save non volatile GPRs at syscall entry
https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/fbcee2ebe8edbb6a93316f0a189ae7fcfaa7094f
[14/22] powerpc/syscall: implement system call entry/exit logic in C for PPC32
https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/6f76a01173ccaa363739f913394d4e138d92d718
[15/22] powerpc/32: Remove verification of MSR_PR on syscall in the ASM entry
https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/4d67facbcbdb3d9e3c9cb82e4ec47fc63d298dd8
[21/22] powerpc/32: Remove the counter in global_dbcr0
https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/eb595eca74067b78d36fb188b555e30f28686fc7

cheers