[PATCH 4/7] [RFC] enable L1_WRITETHROUGH mode for BG/P

Josh Boyer jwboyer at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Thu May 19 20:43:30 EST 2011


On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 04:24:52PM -0500, Eric Van Hensbergen wrote:
>BG/P nodes need to be configured for writethrough to work in SMP
>configurations.  This patch adds the right hooks in the MMU code
>to make sure L1_WRITETHROUGH configurations are setup for BG/P.
>
>Signed-off-by: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh at gmail.com>
>---
> arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu-44x.h     |    2 ++
> arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S         |   24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
> arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S          |   15 +++++++++++++++
> arch/powerpc/lib/copy_32.S             |   10 ++++++++++
> arch/powerpc/mm/44x_mmu.c              |    7 +++++--
> arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig         |    5 +++++
> arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype |    4 ++++
> 7 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu-44x.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu-44x.h
>index bf52d70..ca1b90c 100644
>--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu-44x.h
>+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu-44x.h
>@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
>
> #define PPC44x_MMUCR_TID	0x000000ff
> #define PPC44x_MMUCR_STS	0x00010000
>+#define PPC44x_MMUCR_U2		0x00200000
>
> #define	PPC44x_TLB_PAGEID	0
> #define	PPC44x_TLB_XLAT		1
>@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@
>
> /* Storage attribute and access control fields */
> #define PPC44x_TLB_ATTR_MASK	0x0000ff80
>+#define PPC44x_TLB_WL1		0x00100000	/* Write-through L1 */
> #define PPC44x_TLB_U0		0x00008000      /* User 0 */
> #define PPC44x_TLB_U1		0x00004000      /* User 1 */
> #define PPC44x_TLB_U2		0x00002000      /* User 2 */
>diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S
>index 5e12b74..1f7ae60 100644
>--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S
>+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S
>@@ -429,7 +429,16 @@ finish_tlb_load_44x:
> 	andi.	r10,r12,_PAGE_USER		/* User page ? */
> 	beq	1f				/* nope, leave U bits empty */
> 	rlwimi	r11,r11,3,26,28			/* yes, copy S bits to U */
>-1:	tlbwe	r11,r13,PPC44x_TLB_ATTRIB	/* Write ATTRIB */
>+1:
>+#ifdef CONFIG_L1_WRITETHROUGH
>+	andi.	r10, r11, PPC44x_TLB_I
>+	bne	2f
>+	oris    r11,r11,PPC44x_TLB_WL1 at h	/* Add coherency for */
>+						/* non-inhibited */
>+	ori	r11,r11,PPC44x_TLB_U2|PPC44x_TLB_M
>+2:
>+#endif /* CONFIG_L1_WRITETHROUGH */
>+	tlbwe	r11,r13,PPC44x_TLB_ATTRIB	/* Write ATTRIB */
>
> 	/* Done...restore registers and get out of here.
> 	*/
>@@ -799,7 +808,11 @@ skpinv:	addi	r4,r4,1				/* Increment */
> 	sync
>
> 	/* Initialize MMUCR */
>+#ifdef CONFIG_L1_WRITETHROUGH
>+	lis	r5, PPC44x_MMUCR_U2 at h
>+#else
> 	li	r5,0
>+#endif /* CONFIG_L1_WRITETHROUGH */
> 	mtspr	SPRN_MMUCR,r5
> 	sync
>
>@@ -814,7 +827,14 @@ skpinv:	addi	r4,r4,1				/* Increment */
> 	/* attrib fields */
> 	/* Added guarded bit to protect against speculative loads/stores */
> 	li	r5,0
>-	ori	r5,r5,(PPC44x_TLB_SW | PPC44x_TLB_SR | PPC44x_TLB_SX | PPC44x_TLB_G)
>+#ifdef CONFIG_L1_WRITETHROUGH
>+	ori	r5,r5,(PPC44x_TLB_SW | PPC44x_TLB_SR | PPC44x_TLB_SX | \
>+						PPC44x_TLB_G | PPC44x_TLB_U2)
>+	oris	r5,r5,PPC44x_TLB_WL1 at h
>+#else
>+	ori	r5,r5,(PPC44x_TLB_SW | PPC44x_TLB_SR | PPC44x_TLB_SX | \
>+			PPC44x_TLB_G)
>+#endif /* CONFIG_L1_WRITETHROUGH
>
>         li      r0,63                    /* TLB slot 63 */
>
>diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S
>index 094bd98..d88369b 100644
>--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S
>+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S
>@@ -506,7 +506,20 @@ _GLOBAL(clear_pages)
> 	li	r0,PAGE_SIZE/L1_CACHE_BYTES
> 	slw	r0,r0,r4
> 	mtctr	r0
>+#ifdef CONFIG_L1_WRITETHROUGH
>+	/* assuming 32 byte cacheline */
>+	li      r4, 0
>+1:	stw     r4, 0(r3)
>+	stw     r4, 4(r3)
>+	stw     r4, 8(r3)
>+	stw     r4, 12(r3)
>+	stw     r4, 16(r3)
>+	stw     r4, 20(r3)
>+	stw     r4, 24(r3)
>+	stw     r4, 28(r3)
>+#else
> 1:	dcbz	0,r3
>+#endif /* CONFIG_L1_WRITETHROUGH */
> 	addi	r3,r3,L1_CACHE_BYTES
> 	bdnz	1b
> 	blr
>@@ -550,7 +563,9 @@ _GLOBAL(copy_page)
> 	mtctr	r0
> 1:
> 	dcbt	r11,r4
>+#ifndef CONFIG_L1_WRITETHROUGH
> 	dcbz	r5,r3
>+#endif
> 	COPY_16_BYTES
> #if L1_CACHE_BYTES >= 32
> 	COPY_16_BYTES
>diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/copy_32.S b/arch/powerpc/lib/copy_32.S
>index 55f19f9..98a07e3 100644
>--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/copy_32.S
>+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/copy_32.S
>@@ -98,7 +98,11 @@ _GLOBAL(cacheable_memzero)
> 	bdnz	4b
> 3:	mtctr	r9
> 	li	r7,4
>+#ifdef CONFIG_L1_WRITETHROUGH
>+10:
>+#else
> 10:	dcbz	r7,r6
>+#endif /* CONFIG_L1_WRITETHROUGH */
> 	addi	r6,r6,CACHELINE_BYTES
> 	bdnz	10b
> 	clrlwi	r5,r8,32-LG_CACHELINE_BYTES
>@@ -187,7 +191,9 @@ _GLOBAL(cacheable_memcpy)
> 	mtctr	r0
> 	beq	63f
> 53:
>+#ifndef CONFIG_L1_WRITETHROUGH
> 	dcbz	r11,r6
>+#endif /* CONFIG_L1_WRITETHROUGH */
> 	COPY_16_BYTES
> #if L1_CACHE_BYTES >= 32
> 	COPY_16_BYTES
>@@ -368,7 +374,11 @@ _GLOBAL(__copy_tofrom_user)
> 	mtctr	r8
>
> 53:	dcbt	r3,r4
>+#ifdef CONFIG_L1_WRITETHROUGH
>+54:
>+#else
> 54:	dcbz	r11,r6
>+#endif
> 	.section __ex_table,"a"
> 	.align	2
> 	.long	54b,105f
>diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/44x_mmu.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/44x_mmu.c
>index 024acab..b684c8a 100644
>--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/44x_mmu.c
>+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/44x_mmu.c
>@@ -80,9 +80,12 @@ static void __init ppc44x_pin_tlb(unsigned int virt, unsigned int phys)
> 	:
> #ifdef CONFIG_PPC47x
> 	: "r" (PPC47x_TLB2_S_RWX),
>-#else
>+#elseif CONFIG_L1_WRITETHROUGH
>+	: "r" (PPC44x_TLB_SW | PPC44x_TLB_SR | PPC44x_TLB_SX | PPC44x_TLB_WL1 \
>+		| PPC44x_TLB_U2 | PPC44x_TLB_M),
>+#else /* neither CONFIG_PPC47x or CONFIG_L1_WRITETHROUGH */
> 	: "r" (PPC44x_TLB_SW | PPC44x_TLB_SR | PPC44x_TLB_SX | PPC44x_TLB_G),
>-#endif
>+#endif /* CONFIG_PPC47x */
> 	  "r" (phys),
> 	  "r" (virt | PPC44x_TLB_VALID | PPC44x_TLB_256M),
> 	  "r" (entry),
>diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig
>index f7b0772..684a281 100644
>--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig
>+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig
>@@ -348,4 +348,9 @@ config XILINX_PCI
> 	bool "Xilinx PCI host bridge support"
> 	depends on PCI && XILINX_VIRTEX
>
>+config L1_WRITETHROUGH
>+	bool "Blue Gene/P enabled writethrough mode"
>+	depends on BGP
>+	default y

You add this config option here, named generically, but then make it
depend on BGP.  It sees it should be named BGP_L1_WRITETHROUGH, and then
just selected by the BGP platform.  But then....

> endmenu
>diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype
>index 111138c..3a3c711 100644
>--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype
>+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype
>@@ -329,9 +329,13 @@ config NOT_COHERENT_CACHE
> 	bool
> 	depends on 4xx || 8xx || E200 || PPC_MPC512x || GAMECUBE_COMMON
> 	default n if PPC_47x
>+	default n if BGP
> 	default y
>
> config CHECK_CACHE_COHERENCY
> 	bool
>
>+config L1_WRITETHROUGH
>+	bool

You add an identical option down here.  Confused.

josh


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