[RFC PATCH 1/4] x86, mwaitt: add monitorx and mwaitx instruction

Huang Rui
2015-05-19T08:02:42Z

On AMD Carrizo processors (Family 15h, Model 60h-6fh), there is a new
feature called MWAITT (Mwait with a timer) as an extension of
Monitor/Mwait.

MWAITT, another name is MWAITX (MWAIT with extensions), has a configurable
timer that causes MWAITX to exit on expiration.

Compared with MONITOR/MWAIT, there are minor differences in opcode and
input parameters.

MWAITX ECX[1]: enable timer if set
MWAITX EBX[31:0]: max wait time expressed in SW P0 clocks

The software P0 frequency is the same as the TSC frequency.

Max timeout = EBX/(TSC frequency)

Signed-off-by: Huang Rui <ray.huang@amd.com>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h | 1 +
arch/x86/include/asm/mwait.h | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 26 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index 3d6606f..3ef1f6e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@
#define X86_FEATURE_PERFCTR_NB ( 6*32+24) /* NB performance counter extensions */
#define X86_FEATURE_BPEXT (6*32+26) /* data breakpoint extension */
#define X86_FEATURE_PERFCTR_L2 ( 6*32+28) /* L2 performance counter extensions */
+#define X86_FEATURE_MWAITT ( 6*32+29) /* Mwait extension (MonitorX/MwaitX) */

/*
* Auxiliary flags: Linux defined - For features scattered in various
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/mwait.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/mwait.h
index 653dfa7..b91136f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/mwait.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/mwait.h
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ static inline void __monitor(const void *eax, unsigned long ecx,
:: "a" (eax), "c" (ecx), "d"(edx));
}

+static inline void __monitorx(const void *eax, unsigned long ecx,
+ unsigned long edx)
+{
+ /* "monitorx %eax, %ecx, %edx;" */
+ asm volatile(".byte 0x0f, 0x01, 0xfa;"
+ :: "a" (eax), "c" (ecx), "d"(edx));
+}
+
static inline void __mwait(unsigned long eax, unsigned long ecx)
{
/* "mwait %eax, %ecx;" */
@@ -30,6 +38,14 @@ static inline void __mwait(unsigned long eax, unsigned long ecx)
:: "a" (eax), "c" (ecx));
}

+static inline void __mwaitx(unsigned long eax, unsigned long ebx,
+ unsigned long ecx)
+{
+ /* "mwaitx %eax, %ebx, %ecx;" */
+ asm volatile(".byte 0x0f, 0x01, 0xfb;"
+ :: "a" (eax), "b" (ebx), "c" (ecx));
+}
+
static inline void __sti_mwait(unsigned long eax, unsigned long ecx)
{
trace_hardirqs_on();
@@ -38,6 +54,15 @@ static inline void __sti_mwait(unsigned long eax, unsigned long ecx)
:: "a" (eax), "c" (ecx));
}

+static inline void __sti_mwaitx(unsigned long eax, unsigned long ebx,
+ unsigned long ecx)
+{
+ trace_hardirqs_on();
+ /* "mwaitx %eax, %ebx, %ecx;" */
+ asm volatile("sti; .byte 0x0f, 0x01, 0xfb;"
+ :: "a" (eax), "b" (ebx), "c" (ecx));
+}
+
/*
* This uses new MONITOR/MWAIT instructions on P4 processors with PNI,
* which can obviate IPI to trigger checking of need_resched.
--
2.1.0