Subject: [PATCH 09/13] powerpc/64: runlatch CTRL[RUN] set optimisation

From: Nicholas Piggin <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2017 03:02:37 +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 | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index 9f3e2c932dcc..75306b6e1812 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -1994,11 +1994,25 @@ 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);
+	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_206)) {
+		/*
+		 * Least significant bit (RUN) is the only writable bit of
+		 * the CTRL register, so we can avoid mfspr. 2.06 is not the
+		 * earliest ISA where this is the case, but it's convenient.
+		 */
+		mtspr(SPRN_CTRLT, CTRL_RUNLATCH);
+	} else {
+		unsigned long ctrl;
+
+		/*
+		 * Some architectures (e.g., Cell) have writable fields other
+		 * than RUN, so do the read-modify-write.
+		 */
+		ctrl = mfspr(SPRN_CTRLF);
+		ctrl |= CTRL_RUNLATCH;
+		mtspr(SPRN_CTRLT, ctrl);
+	}
 
 	ti->local_flags |= _TLF_RUNLATCH;
 }
@@ -2007,13 +2021,18 @@ 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);
+	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_206)) {
+		mtspr(SPRN_CTRLT, 0);
+	} else {
+		unsigned long ctrl;
+
+		ctrl = mfspr(SPRN_CTRLF);
+		ctrl &= ~CTRL_RUNLATCH;
+		mtspr(SPRN_CTRLT, ctrl);
+	}
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC64 */
 
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2.11.0