[PATCH v5 04/22] powerpc/32: Reorder instructions to avoid using CTR in syscall entry

Christophe Leroy
2021-02-08T16:27:46Z

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 <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
---
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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