[PATCH v4 5/5] powerpc/inst: Optimise copy_inst_from_kernel_nofault()

Christophe Leroy christophe.leroy at csgroup.eu
Mon Nov 29 22:53:05 AEDT 2021


copy_inst_from_kernel_nofault() uses copy_from_kernel_nofault() to
copy one or two 32bits words. This means calling an out-of-line
function which itself calls back copy_from_kernel_nofault_allowed()
then performs a generic copy with loops.

Rewrite copy_inst_from_kernel_nofault() to do everything at a
single place and use __get_kernel_nofault() directly to perform
single accesses without loops.

Allthough the generic function uses pagefault_disable(), it is not
required on powerpc because do_page_fault() bails earlier when a
kernel mode fault happens on a kernel address.

As the function has now become very small, inline it.

With this change, on an 8xx the time spent in the loop in
ftrace_replace_code() is reduced by 23% at function tracer activation
and 27% at nop tracer activation.
The overall time to activate function tracer (measured with shell
command 'time') is 570ms before the patch and 470ms after the patch.

Even vmlinux size is reduced (by 152 instruction).

Before the patch:

	00000018 <copy_inst_from_kernel_nofault>:
	  18:	94 21 ff e0 	stwu    r1,-32(r1)
	  1c:	7c 08 02 a6 	mflr    r0
	  20:	38 a0 00 04 	li      r5,4
	  24:	93 e1 00 1c 	stw     r31,28(r1)
	  28:	7c 7f 1b 78 	mr      r31,r3
	  2c:	38 61 00 08 	addi    r3,r1,8
	  30:	90 01 00 24 	stw     r0,36(r1)
	  34:	48 00 00 01 	bl      34 <copy_inst_from_kernel_nofault+0x1c>
				34: R_PPC_REL24	copy_from_kernel_nofault
	  38:	2c 03 00 00 	cmpwi   r3,0
	  3c:	40 82 00 0c 	bne     48 <copy_inst_from_kernel_nofault+0x30>
	  40:	81 21 00 08 	lwz     r9,8(r1)
	  44:	91 3f 00 00 	stw     r9,0(r31)
	  48:	80 01 00 24 	lwz     r0,36(r1)
	  4c:	83 e1 00 1c 	lwz     r31,28(r1)
	  50:	38 21 00 20 	addi    r1,r1,32
	  54:	7c 08 03 a6 	mtlr    r0
	  58:	4e 80 00 20 	blr

After the patch (before inlining):

	00000018 <copy_inst_from_kernel_nofault>:
	  18:	3d 20 b0 00 	lis     r9,-20480
	  1c:	7c 04 48 40 	cmplw   r4,r9
	  20:	7c 69 1b 78 	mr      r9,r3
	  24:	41 80 00 14 	blt     38 <copy_inst_from_kernel_nofault+0x20>
	  28:	81 44 00 00 	lwz     r10,0(r4)
	  2c:	38 60 00 00 	li      r3,0
	  30:	91 49 00 00 	stw     r10,0(r9)
	  34:	4e 80 00 20 	blr

	  38:	38 60 ff de 	li      r3,-34
	  3c:	4e 80 00 20 	blr
	  40:	38 60 ff f2 	li      r3,-14
	  44:	4e 80 00 20 	blr

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at csgroup.eu>
---
v4: Inline and remove pagefault_disable()

v3: New
Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at csgroup.eu>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/inst.h | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
 arch/powerpc/mm/maccess.c       | 17 -----------------
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/inst.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/inst.h
index 86074e83d2a5..0aa811ff44d5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/inst.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/inst.h
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 #include <asm/ppc-opcode.h>
 #include <asm/reg.h>
+#include <asm/disassemble.h>
+#include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
 #define ___get_user_instr(gu_op, dest, ptr)				\
 ({									\
@@ -148,6 +150,23 @@ static inline char *__ppc_inst_as_str(char str[PPC_INST_STR_LEN], ppc_inst_t x)
 	__str;				\
 })
 
-int copy_inst_from_kernel_nofault(ppc_inst_t *inst, u32 *src);
+static inline int copy_inst_from_kernel_nofault(ppc_inst_t *inst, u32 *src)
+{
+	unsigned int val, suffix;
+
+	if (unlikely(!is_kernel_addr((unsigned long)src)))
+		return -ERANGE;
+
+	__get_kernel_nofault(&val, src, u32, Efault);
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PPC64) && get_op(val) == OP_PREFIX) {
+		__get_kernel_nofault(&suffix, src + 1, u32, Efault);
+		*inst = ppc_inst_prefix(val, suffix);
+	} else {
+		*inst = ppc_inst(val);
+	}
+	return 0;
+Efault:
+	return -EFAULT;
+}
 
 #endif /* _ASM_POWERPC_INST_H */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/maccess.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/maccess.c
index 5abae96b2b46..ea821d0ffe16 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/maccess.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/maccess.c
@@ -11,20 +11,3 @@ bool copy_from_kernel_nofault_allowed(const void *unsafe_src, size_t size)
 {
 	return is_kernel_addr((unsigned long)unsafe_src);
 }
-
-int copy_inst_from_kernel_nofault(ppc_inst_t *inst, u32 *src)
-{
-	unsigned int val, suffix;
-	int err;
-
-	err = copy_from_kernel_nofault(&val, src, sizeof(val));
-	if (err)
-		return err;
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PPC64) && get_op(val) == OP_PREFIX) {
-		err = copy_from_kernel_nofault(&suffix, src + 1, sizeof(suffix));
-		*inst = ppc_inst_prefix(val, suffix);
-	} else {
-		*inst = ppc_inst(val);
-	}
-	return err;
-}
-- 
2.33.1



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