[PATCH 09/11] powerpc/8xx: dont save CR in SCRATCH registers

Joakim Tjernlund Joakim.Tjernlund at transmode.se
Tue Jan 6 05:30:24 AEDT 2015


On Tue, 2014-12-16 at 16:03 +0100, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> CR only needs to be preserved when checking if we are handling a kernel address.
> So we can preserve CR in a register:
> - In ITLBMiss, check is done only when CONFIG_MODULES is defined. Otherwise we
> don't need to do anything at all with CR.
> - If CONFIG_8xx_CPU6 is defined, we have r3 available for saving CR
> - Otherwise, we use r10, then we reload SRR0/MD_EPN into r10 when CR is restored

I think the #ifdef CPU6 code makes for too much maintenance. Can you
loose the #ifdef CPU6 and adjust code so it works for both cases?

> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at c-s.fr>
> 
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
>  1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
> index c89aed9..a073918 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
> @@ -308,14 +308,10 @@ SystemCall:
>  #endif
>  
>  InstructionTLBMiss:
> +       EXCEPTION_PROLOG_0
>  #ifdef CONFIG_8xx_CPU6
>         mtspr   SPRN_DAR, r3
>  #endif
> -       EXCEPTION_PROLOG_0
> -       mfcr    r10
> -       mtspr   SPRN_SPRG_SCRATCH2, r10
> -       mfspr   r10, SPRN_SRR0/* Get effective address of fault */
> -       DO_8xx_CPU15(r11, r10)
>  
>         /* If we are faulting a kernel address, we have to use the
>                 * kernel page tables.
> @@ -323,14 +319,33 @@ InstructionTLBMiss:
>  #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
>         /* Only modules will cause ITLB Misses as we always
>                 * pin the first 8MB of kernel memory */
> +#ifdef CONFIG_8xx_CPU6
> +       mfspr   r10, SPRN_SRR0/* Get effective address of fault */
> +       DO_8xx_CPU15(r11, r10)
> +       mfcr    r3
>         andis.  r11, r10, 0x8000/* Address >= 0x80000000 */
> +#else
> +       mfspr   r11, SPRN_SRR0/* Get effective address of fault */
> +       DO_8xx_CPU15(r10, r11)
> +       mfcr    r10
> +       andis.  r11, r11, 0x8000/* Address >= 0x80000000 */
>  #endif
>         mfspr   r11, SPRN_M_TW/* Get level 1 table base address */
> -#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
>         beq     3f
>         lis     r11, (swapper_pg_dir-PAGE_OFFSET)@ha
>  3:
> +#ifdef CONFIG_8xx_CPU6
> +       mtcr    r3
> +#else
> +       mtcr    r10
> +       mfspr   r10, SPRN_SRR0/* Get effective address of fault */
>  #endif
> +#else /* CONFIG_MODULES */
> +       mfspr   r10, SPRN_SRR0/* Get effective address of fault */
> +       DO_8xx_CPU15(r11, r10)
> +       mfspr   r11, SPRN_M_TW/* Get level 1 table base address */
> +#endif /* CONFIG_MODULES */
> +
>         /* Insert level 1 index */
>         rlwimi  r11, r10, 32 - ((PAGE_SHIFT - 2) << 1), (PAGE_SHIFT - 2) << 1, 29
>         lwz     r11, (swapper_pg_dir-PAGE_OFFSET)@l(r11)/* Get the level 1 entry */
> @@ -362,29 +377,37 @@ InstructionTLBMiss:
>         mfspr   r3, SPRN_DAR
>         mtspr   SPRN_DAR, r11/* Tag DAR */
>  #endif
> -       mfspr   r10, SPRN_SPRG_SCRATCH2
> -       mtcr    r10
>         EXCEPTION_EPILOG_0
>         rfi
>  
>         . = 0x1200
>  DataStoreTLBMiss:
> -#ifdef CONFIG_8xx_CPU6
> -       mtspr   SPRN_DAR, r3
> -#endif
>         EXCEPTION_PROLOG_0
> -       mfcr    r10
> -       mtspr   SPRN_SPRG_SCRATCH2, r10
> -       mfspr   r10, SPRN_MD_EPN
>  
>         /* If we are faulting a kernel address, we have to use the
>                 * kernel page tables.
>                 */
> +#ifdef CONFIG_8xx_CPU6
> +       mtspr   SPRN_DAR, r3
> +       mfcr    r3
> +       mfspr   r10, SPRN_MD_EPN
>         andis.  r11, r10, 0x8000
> +#else
> +       mfcr    r10
> +       mfspr   r11, SPRN_MD_EPN
> +       andis.  r11, r11, 0x8000
> +#endif
>         mfspr   r11, SPRN_M_TW/* Get level 1 table base address */
>         beq     3f
>         lis     r11, (swapper_pg_dir-PAGE_OFFSET)@ha
>  3:
> +#ifdef CONFIG_8xx_CPU6
> +       mtcr    r3
> +#else
> +       mtcr    r10
> +       mfspr   r10, SPRN_MD_EPN
> +#endif
> +
>         /* Insert level 1 index */
>         rlwimi  r11, r10, 32 - ((PAGE_SHIFT - 2) << 1), (PAGE_SHIFT - 2) << 1, 29
>         lwz     r11, (swapper_pg_dir-PAGE_OFFSET)@l(r11)/* Get the level 1 entry */
> @@ -441,8 +464,6 @@ DataStoreTLBMiss:
>         mfspr   r3, SPRN_DAR
>  #endif
>         mtspr   SPRN_DAR, r11/* Tag DAR */
> -       mfspr   r10, SPRN_SPRG_SCRATCH2
> -       mtcr    r10
>         EXCEPTION_EPILOG_0
>         rfi
>  


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