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Message-ID: <51E42E11.1010903@dawncrow.de>
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 19:14:57 +0200
From: André Hentschel <nerv@...ncrow.de>
To: "linux-arch@...r.kernel.org" <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>
CC: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org"
<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
Jonathan Austin <jonathan.austin@....com>
Subject: arm: Only load TLS values when needed
From: André Hentschel <nerv@...ncrow.de>
This patch intents to reduce loading instructions when the resulting value is not used.
It's a follow up on a4780adeefd042482f624f5e0d577bf9cdcbb760
Signed-off-by: André Hentschel <nerv@...ncrow.de>
---
This patch is against Linux 3.11-rc1 (ad81f0545ef01ea651886dddac4bef6cec930092)
Thanks to everyone who helped me with a4780adeefd042482f624f5e0d577bf9cdcbb760
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/tls.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/tls.h
index 83259b8..3742722 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/tls.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/tls.h
@@ -3,29 +3,32 @@
#ifdef __ASSEMBLY__
#include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
- .macro switch_tls_none, base, tp, tpuser, tmp1, tmp2
+ .macro switch_tls_none, prev, next, tp, tpuser, tmp1, tmp2
.endm
- .macro switch_tls_v6k, base, tp, tpuser, tmp1, tmp2
+ .macro switch_tls_v6k, prev, next, tp, tpuser, tmp1, tmp2
+ ldrd \tp, \tpuser, [\next, #TI_TP_VALUE] @ get the next TLS and user r/w register
mrc p15, 0, \tmp2, c13, c0, 2 @ get the user r/w register
mcr p15, 0, \tp, c13, c0, 3 @ set TLS register
mcr p15, 0, \tpuser, c13, c0, 2 @ and the user r/w register
- str \tmp2, [\base, #TI_TP_VALUE + 4] @ save it
+ str \tmp2, [\prev, #TI_TP_VALUE + 4] @ save it
.endm
- .macro switch_tls_v6, base, tp, tpuser, tmp1, tmp2
+ .macro switch_tls_v6, prev, next, tp, tpuser, tmp1, tmp2
ldr \tmp1, =elf_hwcap
ldr \tmp1, [\tmp1, #0]
mov \tmp2, #0xffff0fff
+ ldr \tp, [\next, #TI_TP_VALUE] @ get the next TLS register
tst \tmp1, #HWCAP_TLS @ hardware TLS available?
streq \tp, [\tmp2, #-15] @ set TLS value at 0xffff0ff0
- mrcne p15, 0, \tmp2, c13, c0, 2 @ get the user r/w register
+ mrcne p15, 0, \tmp2, c13, c0, 2 @ get the previous user r/w register
+ ldrne \tpuser, [\next, #TI_TP_VALUE + 4] @ get the next user r/w register
mcrne p15, 0, \tp, c13, c0, 3 @ yes, set TLS register
mcrne p15, 0, \tpuser, c13, c0, 2 @ set user r/w register
- strne \tmp2, [\base, #TI_TP_VALUE + 4] @ save it
+ strne \tmp2, [\prev, #TI_TP_VALUE + 4] @ save it
.endm
- .macro switch_tls_software, base, tp, tpuser, tmp1, tmp2
+ .macro switch_tls_software, prev, next, tp, tpuser, tmp1, tmp2
mov \tmp1, #0xffff0fff
str \tp, [\tmp1, #-15] @ set TLS value at 0xffff0ff0
.endm
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
index a39cfc2a1..1484b59 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
@@ -689,12 +689,10 @@ ENTRY(__switch_to)
THUMB( stmia ip!, {r4 - sl, fp} ) @ Store most regs on stack
THUMB( str sp, [ip], #4 )
THUMB( str lr, [ip], #4 )
- ldr r4, [r2, #TI_TP_VALUE]
- ldr r5, [r2, #TI_TP_VALUE + 4]
#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_USE_DOMAINS
ldr r6, [r2, #TI_CPU_DOMAIN]
#endif
- switch_tls r1, r4, r5, r3, r7
+ switch_tls r1, r2, r4, r5, r3, r7
#if defined(CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR) && !defined(CONFIG_SMP)
ldr r7, [r2, #TI_TASK]
ldr r8, =__stack_chk_guard
--
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