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authorDavid Mosberger-Tang <davidm@hpl.hp.com>2005-04-27 21:17:03 -0700
committerTony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>2005-04-27 21:17:03 -0700
commit060561ff79b01eea58e6d72abfb8e7580ff21f2a (patch)
tree7c3f95456480d3c6b44842df5a7619be98f2e14d /arch/ia64/kernel/ivt.S
parent96e017495e6833adcbad84783e3c5eb685836bbf (diff)
[IA64] In syscall-entry, use st8 instead of stf8 to clear pt_regs.r8
Using stf8 seemed like a clever idea at the time, but stf8 forces the cache-line to be invalidated in the L1D (if it happens to be there already). This patch eliminates a guaranteed L1D cache-miss and, by itself, is good for a 1-2 cycle improvement for heavy-weight syscalls. Signed-off-by: David Mosberger-Tang <davidm@hpl.hp.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/ia64/kernel/ivt.S')
-rw-r--r--arch/ia64/kernel/ivt.S6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/ivt.S b/arch/ia64/kernel/ivt.S
index d9c05d53435b..dc78c356ddd0 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/ivt.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/ivt.S
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
/*
* arch/ia64/kernel/ivt.S
*
- * Copyright (C) 1998-2001, 2003 Hewlett-Packard Co
+ * Copyright (C) 1998-2001, 2003, 2005 Hewlett-Packard Co
* Stephane Eranian <eranian@hpl.hp.com>
* David Mosberger <davidm@hpl.hp.com>
* Copyright (C) 2000, 2002-2003 Intel Co
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ GLOBAL_ENTRY(ia64_syscall_setup)
tnat.nz p14,p0=in6
cmp.lt p10,p9=r11,r8 // frame size can't be more than local+8
;;
- stf8 [r16]=f1 // ensure pt_regs.r8 != 0 (see handle_syscall_error)
+ mov r8=1
(p9) tnat.nz p10,p0=r15
adds r12=-16,r1 // switch to kernel memory stack (with 16 bytes of scratch)
@@ -929,9 +929,9 @@ GLOBAL_ENTRY(ia64_syscall_setup)
mov r13=r2 // establish `current'
movl r1=__gp // establish kernel global pointer
;;
+ st8 [r16]=r8 // ensure pt_regs.r8 != 0 (see handle_syscall_error)
(p14) mov in6=-1
(p8) mov in7=-1
- nop.i 0
cmp.eq pSys,pNonSys=r0,r0 // set pSys=1, pNonSys=0
movl r17=FPSR_DEFAULT