linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH v1 11/41] powerpc/32: Use fast instruction to set MSR RI in exception prolog on 8xx

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Message-Id: <6ad5503bb11a1bf9f41d8c1dffd29b8b0d6c3974.1612864003.git.christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Date:   Tue,  9 Feb 2021 09:56:35 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
To:     Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>, npiggin@...il.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH v1 11/41] powerpc/32: Use fast instruction to set MSR RI
 in exception prolog on 8xx

8xx has registers SPRN_NRI, SPRN_EID and SPRN_EIE for changing
MSR EE and RI.

Use SPRN_EID in exception prolog to set RI.

On an 8xx, it reduces the null_syscall test by 3 cycles.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.h | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.h b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.h
index ac6b391f1493..25ee6b26ef5a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.h
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_40x
 	rlwinm	r9,r9,0,14,12		/* clear MSR_WE (necessary?) */
+#elif defined(CONFIG_PPC_8xx)
+	mtspr	SPRN_EID, r2		/* Set MSR_RI */
 #else
 #ifdef CONFIG_VMAP_STACK
 	li	r10, MSR_KERNEL & ~MSR_IR /* can take exceptions */
-- 
2.25.0