Subject: [PATCH 13/14] powerpc/64: runlatch CTRL[RUN] set optimisation

From: Nicholas Piggin <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2017 01:51:12 +1000

The CTRL register is read-only except bit 63 which is the run latch
control. This means it can be updated with a mtspr rather than
mfspr/mtspr.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <[email-masked]>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c | 12 ++----------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index 6273b5d5baec..29865c817b02 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -1991,12 +1991,8 @@ void show_stack(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long *stack)
 void notrace __ppc64_runlatch_on(void)
 {
 	struct thread_info *ti = current_thread_info();
-	unsigned long ctrl;
-
-	ctrl = mfspr(SPRN_CTRLF);
-	ctrl |= CTRL_RUNLATCH;
-	mtspr(SPRN_CTRLT, ctrl);
 
+	mtspr(SPRN_CTRLT, CTRL_RUNLATCH);
 	ti->local_flags |= _TLF_RUNLATCH;
 }
 
@@ -2004,13 +2000,9 @@ void notrace __ppc64_runlatch_on(void)
 void notrace __ppc64_runlatch_off(void)
 {
 	struct thread_info *ti = current_thread_info();
-	unsigned long ctrl;
 
 	ti->local_flags &= ~_TLF_RUNLATCH;
-
-	ctrl = mfspr(SPRN_CTRLF);
-	ctrl &= ~CTRL_RUNLATCH;
-	mtspr(SPRN_CTRLT, ctrl);
+	mtspr(SPRN_CTRLT, 0);
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC64 */
 
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