[PATCH] powerpc: Add VDSO version of getcpu

Anton Blanchard anton at samba.org
Mon Jun 25 11:55:40 EST 2012


We had a request for a fast method of getting CPU and NUMA node IDs
from userspace. Ben suggested we use SPRG3 which is userspace
readable. This is a quick hack to try that out.

I have a glibc patch to implement sched_getcpu using this. Testing
on a POWER7:

baseline: 538 cycles 
vdso:      30 cycles

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton at samba.org>
---

Outstanding issues:

- Do we have any KVM issues?

- This will only work with 64 bit kernels for now, do we need to come up
  with a scheme for 32 bit?

- Implement 32 bit userspace version (running on 64 bit kernels)

Index: linux-build/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
===================================================================
--- linux-build.orig/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h	2012-06-25 10:05:52.193076424 +1000
+++ linux-build/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h	2012-06-25 10:09:02.932316659 +1000
@@ -491,6 +491,7 @@
 #define SPRN_SPRG1	0x111	/* Special Purpose Register General 1 */
 #define SPRN_SPRG2	0x112	/* Special Purpose Register General 2 */
 #define SPRN_SPRG3	0x113	/* Special Purpose Register General 3 */
+#define SPRN_USPRG3	0x103	/* SPRG3 userspace read */
 #define SPRN_SPRG4	0x114	/* Special Purpose Register General 4 */
 #define SPRN_SPRG5	0x115	/* Special Purpose Register General 5 */
 #define SPRN_SPRG6	0x116	/* Special Purpose Register General 6 */
@@ -753,14 +754,14 @@
  * 64-bit server:
  *	- SPRG0 unused (reserved for HV on Power4)
  *	- SPRG2 scratch for exception vectors
- *	- SPRG3 unused (user visible)
+ *	- SPRG3 CPU and NUMA node for VDSO getcpu (user visible)
  *      - HSPRG0 stores PACA in HV mode
  *      - HSPRG1 scratch for "HV" exceptions
  *
  * 64-bit embedded
  *	- SPRG0 generic exception scratch
  *	- SPRG2 TLB exception stack
- *	- SPRG3 unused (user visible)
+ *	- SPRG3 CPU and NUMA node for VDSO getcpu (user visible)
  *	- SPRG4 unused (user visible)
  *	- SPRG6 TLB miss scratch (user visible, sorry !)
  *	- SPRG7 critical exception scratch
Index: linux-build/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c
===================================================================
--- linux-build.orig/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c	2012-06-25 10:05:52.229077036 +1000
+++ linux-build/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c	2012-06-25 10:12:50.256171890 +1000
@@ -706,6 +706,25 @@ static void __init vdso_setup_syscall_ma
 	}
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
+int __cpuinit vdso_getcpu_init(void)
+{
+	unsigned long cpu, node;
+
+	/*
+	 * SPRG3 contains the CPU in the bottom 32 bits and the NUMA node in the
+	 * top 32 bits.
+	 */
+	cpu = get_cpu();
+	node = cpu_to_node(cpu);
+	mtspr(SPRN_SPRG3, cpu | (node << 32));
+	put_cpu();
+
+	return 0;
+}
+/* We need to call this before SMP init */
+early_initcall(vdso_getcpu_init);
+#endif
 
 static int __init vdso_init(void)
 {
Index: linux-build/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/Makefile
===================================================================
--- linux-build.orig/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/Makefile	2012-06-25 10:05:52.209076696 +1000
+++ linux-build/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/Makefile	2012-06-25 10:05:53.737102674 +1000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # List of files in the vdso, has to be asm only for now
 
-obj-vdso64 = sigtramp.o gettimeofday.o datapage.o cacheflush.o note.o
+obj-vdso64 = sigtramp.o gettimeofday.o datapage.o cacheflush.o note.o getcpu.o
 
 # Build rules
 
Index: linux-build/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/vdso64.lds.S
===================================================================
--- linux-build.orig/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/vdso64.lds.S	2012-06-25 10:05:52.217076832 +1000
+++ linux-build/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/vdso64.lds.S	2012-06-25 10:05:53.737102674 +1000
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ VERSION
 		__kernel_sync_dicache;
 		__kernel_sync_dicache_p5;
 		__kernel_sigtramp_rt64;
+		__kernel_getcpu;
 
 	local: *;
 	};
Index: linux-build/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/getcpu.S
===================================================================
--- /dev/null	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-build/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/getcpu.S	2012-06-25 10:09:11.796467121 +1000
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 2012
+ *
+ * Author: Anton Blanchard <anton at au.ibm.com>
+ */
+#include <asm/ppc_asm.h>
+#include <asm/vdso.h>
+
+	.text
+/*
+ * Exact prototype of getcpu
+ *
+ * int __kernel_getcpu(unsigned *cpu, unsigned *node);
+ *
+ */
+V_FUNCTION_BEGIN(__kernel_getcpu)
+  .cfi_startproc
+	mfspr	r5,SPRN_USPRG3
+	cmpdi	cr0,r3,0
+	cmpdi	cr1,r4,0
+	srdi	r6,r5,32
+	beq	cr0,1f
+	stw	r5,0(r3)
+1:	beq	cr1,2f
+	stw	r6,0(r4)
+2:	crclr	cr0*4+so
+	li	r3,0			/* always success */
+	blr
+  .cfi_endproc
+V_FUNCTION_END(__kernel_getcpu)
Index: linux-build/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
===================================================================
--- linux-build.orig/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c	2012-06-25 10:05:52.197076492 +1000
+++ linux-build/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c	2012-06-25 10:13:54.897266908 +1000
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 #include <asm/paca.h>
 #endif
+#include <asm/vdso.h>
 #include <asm/debug.h>
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
@@ -570,6 +571,8 @@ void __devinit start_secondary(void *unu
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 	if (system_state == SYSTEM_RUNNING)
 		vdso_data->processorCount++;
+
+	vdso_getcpu_init();
 #endif
 	ipi_call_lock();
 	notify_cpu_starting(cpu);
Index: linux-build/arch/powerpc/include/asm/vdso.h
===================================================================
--- linux-build.orig/arch/powerpc/include/asm/vdso.h	2012-06-25 10:05:52.181076220 +1000
+++ linux-build/arch/powerpc/include/asm/vdso.h	2012-06-25 10:05:53.737102674 +1000
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ extern unsigned long vdso64_rt_sigtramp;
 extern unsigned long vdso32_sigtramp;
 extern unsigned long vdso32_rt_sigtramp;
 
+int __cpuinit vdso_getcpu_init(void);
+
 #else /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #ifdef __VDSO64__


More information about the Linuxppc-dev mailing list