linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86: Work around PAGE_KERNEL_WC not getting WC in iomap_atomic_prot

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Date:	Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:54:18 -0800
From:	Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>
Subject: [PATCH] x86: Work around PAGE_KERNEL_WC not getting WC in iomap_atomic_prot_pfn.

In the absence of PAT, PAGE_KERNEL_WC ends up mapping to a memory type that
gets UC behavior even in the presence of a WC MTRR covering the area in
question.  By swapping to PAGE_KERNEL_UC_MINUS, we can get the actual
behavior the caller wanted (WC if you can manage it, UC otherwise).

This is recovers the 40% performance improvement of using WC in the DRM
to upload vertex data.
---
 arch/x86/mm/iomap_32.c |    9 +++++++++
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/iomap_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/iomap_32.c
index d0151d8..b5e3964 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/iomap_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/iomap_32.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <asm/iomap.h>
+#include <asm/pat.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 
 /* Map 'pfn' using fixed map 'type' and protections 'prot'
@@ -29,6 +30,14 @@ iomap_atomic_prot_pfn(unsigned long pfn, enum km_type type, pgprot_t prot)
 
 	pagefault_disable();
 
+	/* For non-PAT systems, promote PAGE_KERNEL_WC to PAGE_KERNEL_UC_MINUS.
+	 * PAGE_KERNEL_WC maps to PWT, which translates to uncached if the
+	 * MTRR is UC or WC.  UC_MINUS gets the real intention, of the
+	 * user, which is "WC if the MTRR is WC, UC if you can't do that."
+	 */
+	if (!pat_enabled && pgprot_val(prot) == pgprot_val(PAGE_KERNEL_WC))
+	  prot = PAGE_KERNEL_UC_MINUS;
+
 	idx = type + KM_TYPE_NR*smp_processor_id();
 	vaddr = __fix_to_virt(FIX_KMAP_BEGIN + idx);
 	set_pte(kmap_pte-idx, pfn_pte(pfn, prot));
-- 
1.5.6.5

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