[PATCH v1 21/55] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: CTRL SPR does not require read-modify-write

Nicholas Piggin npiggin at gmail.com
Mon Jul 26 13:50:02 AEST 2021


Processors that support KVM HV do not require read-modify-write of
the CTRL SPR to set/clear their thread's runlatch. Just write 1 or 0
to it.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin at gmail.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c            |  2 +-
 arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S | 15 ++++++---------
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
index 772f1e6c93e1..f212d5013622 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
@@ -4024,7 +4024,7 @@ static void load_spr_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	 */
 
 	if (!(vcpu->arch.ctrl & 1))
-		mtspr(SPRN_CTRLT, mfspr(SPRN_CTRLF) & ~1);
+		mtspr(SPRN_CTRLT, 0);
 }
 
 static void store_spr_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S
index 551ce223b40c..05be8648937d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S
@@ -775,12 +775,11 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFCLR(CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S)
 	mtspr	SPRN_AMR,r5
 	mtspr	SPRN_UAMOR,r6
 
-	/* Restore state of CTRL run bit; assume 1 on entry */
+	/* Restore state of CTRL run bit; the host currently has it set to 1 */
 	lwz	r5,VCPU_CTRL(r4)
 	andi.	r5,r5,1
 	bne	4f
-	mfspr	r6,SPRN_CTRLF
-	clrrdi	r6,r6,1
+	li	r6,0
 	mtspr	SPRN_CTRLT,r6
 4:
 	/* Secondary threads wait for primary to have done partition switch */
@@ -1203,12 +1202,12 @@ guest_bypass:
 	stw	r0, VCPU_CPU(r9)
 	stw	r0, VCPU_THREAD_CPU(r9)
 
-	/* Save guest CTRL register, set runlatch to 1 */
+	/* Save guest CTRL register, set runlatch to 1 if it was clear */
 	mfspr	r6,SPRN_CTRLF
 	stw	r6,VCPU_CTRL(r9)
 	andi.	r0,r6,1
 	bne	4f
-	ori	r6,r6,1
+	li	r6,1
 	mtspr	SPRN_CTRLT,r6
 4:
 	/*
@@ -2178,8 +2177,7 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFCLR(CPU_FTR_TM)
 	 * Also clear the runlatch bit before napping.
 	 */
 kvm_do_nap:
-	mfspr	r0, SPRN_CTRLF
-	clrrdi	r0, r0, 1
+	li	r0,0
 	mtspr	SPRN_CTRLT, r0
 
 	li	r0,1
@@ -2198,8 +2196,7 @@ kvm_nap_sequence:		/* desired LPCR value in r5 */
 
 	bl	isa206_idle_insn_mayloss
 
-	mfspr	r0, SPRN_CTRLF
-	ori	r0, r0, 1
+	li	r0,1
 	mtspr	SPRN_CTRLT, r0
 
 	mtspr	SPRN_SRR1, r3
-- 
2.23.0



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