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powerpc/32: Don't use lmw/stmw for saving/restoring non volatile regs
authorChristophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 15:29:12 +0000 (15:29 +0000)
committerMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 04:22:04 +0000 (15:22 +1100)
commitcefb2ef36db69945ad1598b2b6a6fb13aa57d18b
tree5d9898bb8574bcdc0b0591c99564541660c4ec25
parente1c90651bfe8a77c766b5c775a7649693e832d47
powerpc/32: Don't use lmw/stmw for saving/restoring non volatile regs

Instructions lmw/stmw are interesting for functions that are rarely
used and not in the cache, because only one instruction is to be
copied into the instruction cache instead of 19. However those
instruction are less performant than 19x raw lwz/stw as they require
synchronisation plus one additional cycle.

SAVE_NVGPRS / REST_NVGPRS are used in only a few places which are
mostly in interrupts entries/exits and in task switch so they are
likely already in the cache.

Using standard lwz improves null_syscall selftest by:
- 10 cycles on mpc832x.
- 2 cycles on mpc8xx.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/316c543b8906712c108985c8463eec09c8db577b.1629732542.git.christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu
arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h