From 00efee7d5d0d7888aafbf0d2de76943ee8aca47a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Neuling Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:58:37 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] [POWERPC] Remove barriers from the SLB shadow buffer update After talking to an IBM POWER hypervisor (PHYP) design and development guy, there seems to be no need for memory barriers when updating the SLB shadow buffer provided we only update it from the current CPU, which we do. Also, these guys see no need in the future for these barriers. Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras --- arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S | 8 ++++---- arch/powerpc/mm/slb.c | 6 ++---- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S index 952eba6..fbbd3f6 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S @@ -385,15 +385,15 @@ BEGIN_FTR_SECTION oris r0,r6,(SLB_ESID_V)@h ori r0,r0,(SLB_NUM_BOLTED-1)@l - /* Update the last bolted SLB */ + /* Update the last bolted SLB. No write barriers are needed + * here, provided we only update the current CPU's SLB shadow + * buffer. + */ ld r9,PACA_SLBSHADOWPTR(r13) li r12,0 std r12,SLBSHADOW_STACKESID(r9) /* Clear ESID */ - eieio std r7,SLBSHADOW_STACKVSID(r9) /* Save VSID */ - eieio std r0,SLBSHADOW_STACKESID(r9) /* Save ESID */ - eieio slbie r6 slbie r6 /* Workaround POWER5 < DD2.1 issue */ diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/slb.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/slb.c index ff1811a..4bee1cf 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/slb.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/slb.c @@ -59,14 +59,12 @@ static inline void slb_shadow_update(unsigned long ea, { /* * Clear the ESID first so the entry is not valid while we are - * updating it. + * updating it. No write barriers are needed here, provided + * we only update the current CPU's SLB shadow buffer. */ get_slb_shadow()->save_area[entry].esid = 0; - smp_wmb(); get_slb_shadow()->save_area[entry].vsid = mk_vsid_data(ea, flags); - smp_wmb(); get_slb_shadow()->save_area[entry].esid = mk_esid_data(ea, entry); - smp_wmb(); } static inline void slb_shadow_clear(unsigned long entry) -- 1.8.2.3