linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 02/19] powerpc/8xx: Use SCRATCH0 and SCRATCH1 also for TLB handlers

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Date:	Fri, 29 Aug 2014 17:06:05 +0200
From:	Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund@...nsmode.se>
To:	Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
Cc:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>, scottwood@...escale.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 02/19] powerpc/8xx: Use SCRATCH0 and SCRATCH1 also for TLB
 handlers

Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr> wrote on 2014/08/29 11:14:37:
> 
> SCRATCH0 and SCRATCH1 are only used in Exceptions prologs where no other
> exception can happen. There is therefore no need to preserve them 
accross
> TLB handlers, we can use them there as in other exceptions. One of the
> advantages is that they do not suffer CPU6 errata unlike M_TW register.

Really nice! Some comments below

> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
> 
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S |  104 
++++++++++++----------------------
>  1 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 68 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S 
b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
> index 1329c5a..3af6db1 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
> @@ -104,12 +104,15 @@ turn_on_mmu:
>   * task's thread_struct.
>   */
>  #define EXCEPTION_PROLOG   \
> -   mtspr   SPRN_SPRG_SCRATCH0,r10;   \
> -   mtspr   SPRN_SPRG_SCRATCH1,r11;   \
> -   mfcr   r10;      \
> +   EXCEPTION_PROLOG_0;   \
>     EXCEPTION_PROLOG_1;   \
>     EXCEPTION_PROLOG_2
> 
> +#define EXCEPTION_PROLOG_0   \
> +   mtspr   SPRN_SPRG_SCRATCH0,r10;   \
> +   mtspr   SPRN_SPRG_SCRATCH1,r11;   \
> +   mfcr   r10
> +
>  #define EXCEPTION_PROLOG_1   \
>     mfspr   r11,SPRN_SRR1;      /* check whether user or kernel */ \
>     andi.   r11,r11,MSR_PR;   \
> @@ -145,6 +148,14 @@ turn_on_mmu:
>     SAVE_2GPRS(7, r11)
> 
>  /*
> + * Exception exit code.
> + */
> +#define EXCEPTION_EPILOG_0   \
> +   mtcr   r10;      \
> +   mfspr   r10,SPRN_SPRG_SCRATCH0;   \
> +   mfspr   r11,SPRN_SPRG_SCRATCH1
> +
> +/*
>   * Note: code which follows this uses cr0.eq (set if from kernel),
>   * r11, r12 (SRR0), and r9 (SRR1).
>   *
> @@ -293,16 +304,8 @@ InstructionTLBMiss:
>  #ifdef CONFIG_8xx_CPU6
>     stw   r3, 8(r0)

Perhaps you can use SPRN_DAR to stash R3 now that it is free ?

     Jocke
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