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authorMarkos Chandras <markos.chandras@imgtec.com>2014-07-14 12:47:09 +0100
committerRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>2014-08-02 00:06:39 +0200
commitf1014d1b79d0fde02befadb0ca9e4da08ef8d453 (patch)
treede74b6272d4d5a4ec3676466de8a1e3b37eebeb2 /arch/mips/mm/tlbex.c
parent3d528b326d7da8e28ec62c2ff1a92e85d93af098 (diff)
MIPS: mm: Use the Hardware Page Table Walker if the core supports it
The Hardware Page Table Walker aims to speed up TLB refill exceptions by handling them in the hardware level instead of having a software TLB refill handler. However, a TLB refill exception can still be thrown in certain cases such as, synchronus exceptions, or address translation or memory errors during the HTW operation. As a result of which, HTW must not be considered a complete replacement for the TLB refill software handler, but rather a fast-path for it. For HTW to work, the PWBase register must contain the task's page global directory address so the HTW will kick in on TLB refill exceptions. Due to HTW being a separate engine embedded deep in the CPU pipeline, we need to restart the HTW everytime a PTE changes to avoid HTW fetching a old entry from the page tables. It's also necessary to restart the HTW on context switches to prevent it from fetching a page from the previous process. Finally, since HTW is using the entryhi register to write the translations to the TLB, it's necessary to stop the HTW whenever the entryhi changes (eg for tlb probe perations) and enable it back afterwards. == Performance == The following trivial test was used to measure the performance of the HTW. Using the same root filesystem, the following command was used to measure the number of tlb refill handler executions with and without (using 'nohtw' kernel parameter) HTW support. The kernel was modified to use a scratch register as a counter for the TLB refill exceptions. find /usr -type f -exec ls -lh {} \; HTW Enabled: TLB refill exceptions: 12306 HTW Disabled: TLB refill exceptions: 17805 Signed-off-by: Markos Chandras <markos.chandras@imgtec.com> Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Cc: Markos Chandras <markos.chandras@imgtec.com> Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/7336/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/mips/mm/tlbex.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/mips/mm/tlbex.c91
1 files changed, 91 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/tlbex.c b/arch/mips/mm/tlbex.c
index e80e10bafc83..0d9d0f06dbb2 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/tlbex.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/tlbex.c
@@ -2194,6 +2194,94 @@ static void flush_tlb_handlers(void)
(unsigned long)tlbmiss_handler_setup_pgd_end);
}
+static void print_htw_config(void)
+{
+ unsigned long config;
+ unsigned int pwctl;
+ const int field = 2 * sizeof(unsigned long);
+
+ config = read_c0_pwfield();
+ pr_debug("PWField (0x%0*lx): GDI: 0x%02lx UDI: 0x%02lx MDI: 0x%02lx PTI: 0x%02lx PTEI: 0x%02lx\n",
+ field, config,
+ (config & MIPS_PWFIELD_GDI_MASK) >> MIPS_PWFIELD_GDI_SHIFT,
+ (config & MIPS_PWFIELD_UDI_MASK) >> MIPS_PWFIELD_UDI_SHIFT,
+ (config & MIPS_PWFIELD_MDI_MASK) >> MIPS_PWFIELD_MDI_SHIFT,
+ (config & MIPS_PWFIELD_PTI_MASK) >> MIPS_PWFIELD_PTI_SHIFT,
+ (config & MIPS_PWFIELD_PTEI_MASK) >> MIPS_PWFIELD_PTEI_SHIFT);
+
+ config = read_c0_pwsize();
+ pr_debug("PWSize (0x%0*lx): GDW: 0x%02lx UDW: 0x%02lx MDW: 0x%02lx PTW: 0x%02lx PTEW: 0x%02lx\n",
+ field, config,
+ (config & MIPS_PWSIZE_GDW_MASK) >> MIPS_PWSIZE_GDW_SHIFT,
+ (config & MIPS_PWSIZE_UDW_MASK) >> MIPS_PWSIZE_UDW_SHIFT,
+ (config & MIPS_PWSIZE_MDW_MASK) >> MIPS_PWSIZE_MDW_SHIFT,
+ (config & MIPS_PWSIZE_PTW_MASK) >> MIPS_PWSIZE_PTW_SHIFT,
+ (config & MIPS_PWSIZE_PTEW_MASK) >> MIPS_PWSIZE_PTEW_SHIFT);
+
+ pwctl = read_c0_pwctl();
+ pr_debug("PWCtl (0x%x): PWEn: 0x%x DPH: 0x%x HugePg: 0x%x Psn: 0x%x\n",
+ pwctl,
+ (pwctl & MIPS_PWCTL_PWEN_MASK) >> MIPS_PWCTL_PWEN_SHIFT,
+ (pwctl & MIPS_PWCTL_DPH_MASK) >> MIPS_PWCTL_DPH_SHIFT,
+ (pwctl & MIPS_PWCTL_HUGEPG_MASK) >> MIPS_PWCTL_HUGEPG_SHIFT,
+ (pwctl & MIPS_PWCTL_PSN_MASK) >> MIPS_PWCTL_PSN_SHIFT);
+}
+
+static void config_htw_params(void)
+{
+ unsigned long pwfield, pwsize, ptei;
+ unsigned int config;
+
+ /*
+ * We are using 2-level page tables, so we only need to
+ * setup GDW and PTW appropriately. UDW and MDW will remain 0.
+ * The default value of GDI/UDI/MDI/PTI is 0xc. It is illegal to
+ * write values less than 0xc in these fields because the entire
+ * write will be dropped. As a result of which, we must preserve
+ * the original reset values and overwrite only what we really want.
+ */
+
+ pwfield = read_c0_pwfield();
+ /* re-initialize the GDI field */
+ pwfield &= ~MIPS_PWFIELD_GDI_MASK;
+ pwfield |= PGDIR_SHIFT << MIPS_PWFIELD_GDI_SHIFT;
+ /* re-initialize the PTI field including the even/odd bit */
+ pwfield &= ~MIPS_PWFIELD_PTI_MASK;
+ pwfield |= PAGE_SHIFT << MIPS_PWFIELD_PTI_SHIFT;
+ /* Set the PTEI right shift */
+ ptei = _PAGE_GLOBAL_SHIFT << MIPS_PWFIELD_PTEI_SHIFT;
+ pwfield |= ptei;
+ write_c0_pwfield(pwfield);
+ /* Check whether the PTEI value is supported */
+ back_to_back_c0_hazard();
+ pwfield = read_c0_pwfield();
+ if (((pwfield & MIPS_PWFIELD_PTEI_MASK) << MIPS_PWFIELD_PTEI_SHIFT)
+ != ptei) {
+ pr_warn("Unsupported PTEI field value: 0x%lx. HTW will not be enabled",
+ ptei);
+ /*
+ * Drop option to avoid HTW being enabled via another path
+ * (eg htw_reset())
+ */
+ current_cpu_data.options &= ~MIPS_CPU_HTW;
+ return;
+ }
+
+ pwsize = ilog2(PTRS_PER_PGD) << MIPS_PWSIZE_GDW_SHIFT;
+ pwsize |= ilog2(PTRS_PER_PTE) << MIPS_PWSIZE_PTW_SHIFT;
+ write_c0_pwsize(pwsize);
+
+ /* Make sure everything is set before we enable the HTW */
+ back_to_back_c0_hazard();
+
+ /* Enable HTW and disable the rest of the pwctl fields */
+ config = 1 << MIPS_PWCTL_PWEN_SHIFT;
+ write_c0_pwctl(config);
+ pr_info("Hardware Page Table Walker enabled\n");
+
+ print_htw_config();
+}
+
void build_tlb_refill_handler(void)
{
/*
@@ -2258,5 +2346,8 @@ void build_tlb_refill_handler(void)
}
if (cpu_has_local_ebase)
build_r4000_tlb_refill_handler();
+ if (cpu_has_htw)
+ config_htw_params();
+
}
}