linux-kernel - [PATCHv5 4/4] x86: eoi micro-optimization

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Date:	Wed, 16 May 2012 19:03:58 +0300
From:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:	x86@...nel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>, gleb@...hat.com,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCHv5 4/4] x86: eoi micro-optimization

We know both register and value for eoi beforehand,
so there's no need to check it and no need to do math
to calculate the msr. Saves instructions/branches
on each EOI when using x2apic.

I'm not sure what kind of tests should one run
to check whether this patch is good for performance.

Some data below - in case it's insufficient,
this patch can be dropped from the series for now:

I looked at the objdump output to verify that the generated code
looks right and actually is shorter.

Some benchmark results below show a tiny
but measureable improvement. The tests were run on
an AMD box with 24 cpus.

- A clean kernel build after reboot shows
a tiny but measureable improvement in system time
which means lower CPU overhead (though not measureable
in total time - that is dominated by user time and fluctuates
too much):
linux# reboot -f
...
linux# make clean
linux# time make -j 64 LOCALVERSION= 2>&1 > /dev/null

Before:

real    2m52.244s
user    35m53.833s
sys     6m7.194s

After:

real    2m52.827s
user    35m48.916s
sys     6m2.305s

- perf micro-benchmarks seem to consistently show
  a tiny improvement in total time as well but it's below
  the confidence level of 3 std deviations:

...
       0.414666797 seconds time elapsed ( +-  1.29% )

Performance counter stats for 'perf bench sched messaging' (100 runs):

       0.395370891 seconds time elapsed ( +-  1.04% )

       0.307019664 seconds time elapsed ( +-  0.10% )

       0.304738024 seconds time elapsed ( +-  0.08% )

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h           |    5 +++++
 arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_cluster.c |    2 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c    |    2 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_uv_x.c    |    2 +-
 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
index 74efb8d..5eb6d56 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@ static inline void native_apic_msr_write(u32 reg, u32 v)
 	wrmsr(APIC_BASE_MSR + (reg >> 4), v, 0);
 }
 
+static inline void native_apic_msr_eoi_write(u32 reg, u32 v)
+{
+	wrmsr(APIC_BASE_MSR + (APIC_EOI >> 4), APIC_EOI_ACK, 0);
+}
+
 static inline u32 native_apic_msr_read(u32 reg)
 {
 	u64 msr;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_cluster.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_cluster.c
index a5baa78..ff35cff 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_cluster.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_cluster.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ static struct apic apic_x2apic_cluster = {
 
 	.read				= native_apic_msr_read,
 	.write				= native_apic_msr_write,
-	.eoi_write			= native_apic_msr_write,
+	.eoi_write			= native_apic_msr_eoi_write,
 	.icr_read			= native_x2apic_icr_read,
 	.icr_write			= native_x2apic_icr_write,
 	.wait_icr_idle			= native_x2apic_wait_icr_idle,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c
index 8340356..c17e982 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_phys.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static struct apic apic_x2apic_phys = {
 
 	.read				= native_apic_msr_read,
 	.write				= native_apic_msr_write,
-	.eoi_write			= native_apic_msr_write,
+	.eoi_write			= native_apic_msr_eoi_write,
 	.icr_read			= native_x2apic_icr_read,
 	.icr_write			= native_x2apic_icr_write,
 	.wait_icr_idle			= native_x2apic_wait_icr_idle,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_uv_x.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_uv_x.c
index 5b0e3d0..c6d03f7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_uv_x.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_uv_x.c
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ static struct apic __refdata apic_x2apic_uv_x = {
 
 	.read				= native_apic_msr_read,
 	.write				= native_apic_msr_write,
-	.eoi_write			= native_apic_msr_write,
+	.eoi_write			= native_apic_msr_eoi_write,
 	.icr_read			= native_x2apic_icr_read,
 	.icr_write			= native_x2apic_icr_write,
 	.wait_icr_idle			= native_x2apic_wait_icr_idle,
-- 
MST
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