[PATCH v3 2/2] powerpc/64s: Make POWER10 and later use pause_short in cpu_relax loops
Segher Boessenkool
segher at kernel.crashing.org
Thu Jul 21 07:02:41 AEST 2022
Hi!
On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 11:21:32PM +1000, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
> We want to move away from using SMT prioroty updates for cpu_relax, and
(typo, "priority")
> +#define spin_begin() \
> +do { \
> + asm volatile(ASM_FTR_IFCLR( \
> + "or 1,1,1", /* HMT_LOW */ \
> + "nop",/* POWER10 onward uses pause_short (wait 2,0) */ \
> + %0) :: "i" (CPU_FTR_ARCH_31) : "memory"); \
> +} while (0)
Is that nop patched later? Or should you change the comment, maybe?
> +#define spin_cpu_relax() \
> +do { \
> + asm volatile(ASM_FTR_IFCLR( \
> + /* Pre-POWER10 uses low / medium priority nops */ \
> + "nop", \
"nop" aka "or 0,0,0" does not change program priority? Medium low would
be "or 6,6,6", not sure if that is the ppr you wanted here?
> + /* POWER10 onward uses pause_short (wait 2,0) */ \
> + PPC_WAIT(2, 0), \
> + %0) :: "i" (CPU_FTR_ARCH_31) : "memory"); \
> +} while (0)
> +
> +#define spin_end() \
> +do { \
> + asm volatile(ASM_FTR_IFCLR( \
> + "or 2,2,2", /* HMT_MEDIUM */ \
> + "nop",/* POWER10 onward uses pause_short (wait 2,0) */ \
> + %0) :: "i" (CPU_FTR_ARCH_31) : "memory"); \
> +} while (0)
Same comment as for spin_begin.
Reviewed-by: Segher Boessenkool <segher at kernel.crashing.org>
Segher
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