[PATCH 2/2] powerpc/64s: idle skip POWER9 DD1 and DD2.0 specific workarounds on DD2.1
Vaidyanathan Srinivasan
svaidy at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Fri Oct 20 22:11:33 AEDT 2017
* Nicholas Piggin <npiggin at gmail.com> [2017-10-20 14:54:44]:
> DD2.1 does not have to flush the ERAT after a state-loss idle. It also
> does not have to save and restore MMCR0.
>
> Performance testing was done on a DD2.1 using only the stop0 idle state
> (the shallowest state which supports state loss), using context_switch
> selftest configured to ping-poing between two threads on the same core
^pong
> and two different cores.
>
> Performance improvement for same core is 7.0%, different cores is 14.8%.
Good improvement as we remove unnecessary code and workarounds.
> Cc: Vaidyanathan Srinivasan <svaidy at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin at gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Vaidyanathan Srinivasan <svaidy at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
> 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S
> index 1125c9be9e06..3531a3e727d2 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S
> @@ -112,12 +112,14 @@ power9_save_additional_sprs:
> std r4, STOP_HFSCR(r13)
>
> mfspr r3, SPRN_MMCRA
> - mfspr r4, SPRN_MMCR1
> + mfspr r4, SPRN_MMCR0
> std r3, STOP_MMCRA(r13)
> - std r4, STOP_MMCR1(r13)
> + std r4, _MMCR0(r1)
>
> - mfspr r3, SPRN_MMCR2
> - std r3, STOP_MMCR2(r13)
> + mfspr r3, SPRN_MMCR1
> + mfspr r4, SPRN_MMCR2
> + std r3, STOP_MMCR1(r13)
> + std r4, STOP_MMCR2(r13)
> blr
>
> power9_restore_additional_sprs:
> @@ -135,11 +137,14 @@ power9_restore_additional_sprs:
> ld r4, STOP_MMCRA(r13)
> mtspr SPRN_HFSCR, r3
> mtspr SPRN_MMCRA, r4
> - /* We have already restored PACA_MMCR0 */
> - ld r3, STOP_MMCR1(r13)
> - ld r4, STOP_MMCR2(r13)
> - mtspr SPRN_MMCR1, r3
> - mtspr SPRN_MMCR2, r4
> +
> + ld r3, _MMCR0(r1)
> + ld r4, STOP_MMCR1(r13)
> + mtspr SPRN_MMCR0, r3
> + mtspr SPRN_MMCR1, r4
> +
> + ld r3, STOP_MMCR2(r13)
> + mtspr SPRN_MMCR2, r3
> blr
>
> /*
> @@ -357,6 +362,7 @@ power_enter_stop:
> b pnv_wakeup_noloss
>
> .Lhandle_esl_ec_set:
> +BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
> /*
> * POWER9 DD2 can incorrectly set PMAO when waking up after a
> * state-loss idle. Saving and restoring MMCR0 over idle is a
> @@ -364,6 +370,10 @@ power_enter_stop:
> */
> mfspr r4,SPRN_MMCR0
> std r4,_MMCR0(r1)
> +FTR_SECTION_ELSE
> + nop
> + nop
> +ALT_FTR_SECTION_END_IFCLR(CPU_FTR_POWER9_DD1 | CPU_FTR_POWER9_DD20)
>
> /*
> * Check if the requested state is a deep idle state.
> @@ -555,15 +565,22 @@ pnv_restore_hyp_resource_arch300:
> * then clear bit 60 in MMCRA to ensure the PMU starts running.
> */
> blt cr3,1f
> +BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
> + nop
> + nop
> + nop
> + nop
> +FTR_SECTION_ELSE
> PPC_INVALIDATE_ERAT
> ld r1,PACAR1(r13)
> + ld r4,_MMCR0(r1)
> + mtspr SPRN_MMCR0,r4
> +ALT_FTR_SECTION_END_IFCLR(CPU_FTR_POWER9_DD1 | CPU_FTR_POWER9_DD20)
> mfspr r4,SPRN_MMCRA
> ori r4,r4,(1 << (63-60))
> mtspr SPRN_MMCRA,r4
> xori r4,r4,(1 << (63-60))
> mtspr SPRN_MMCRA,r4
> - ld r4,_MMCR0(r1)
> - mtspr SPRN_MMCR0,r4
> 1:
> /*
> * POWER ISA 3. Use PSSCR to determine if we
> --
> 2.13.3
>
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