[PATCH 12/13] powerpc/64s: idle POWER9 can execute stop in virtual mode
Benjamin Herrenschmidt
benh at au1.ibm.com
Sun Aug 6 08:57:25 AEST 2017
On Sun, 2017-08-06 at 03:02 +1000, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
> The hardware can execute stop in any context, and KVM does not
> require real mode. This saves a switch to real-mode when going
> idle.
+Paulus.
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin at gmail.com>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S | 9 +++++++++
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S
> index 75746111e2c4..8ac366a51bb5 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S
> @@ -141,7 +141,16 @@ pnv_powersave_common:
> std r5,_CCR(r1)
> std r1,PACAR1(r13)
>
> +BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
> + /*
> + * POWER9 does not require real mode to stop, and does not set
> + * hwthread_state for KVM (threads don't share MMU context), so
> + * we can remain in virtual mode for this.
> + */
> + bctr
> +END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_ARCH_300)
> /*
> + * POWER8
> * Go to real mode to do the nap, as required by the architecture.
> * Also, we need to be in real mode before setting hwthread_state,
> * because as soon as we do that, another thread can switch
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