[rfc-patch 7/9] Immediate Values - Powerpc Optimization

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PowerPC optimization of the immediate values which uses a li instruction,
patched with an immediate value.

Changelog:
- Put immediate_set and _immediate_set in the architecture independent header.
- Pack the __immediate section. Use smallest types required for size (char).

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <[email protected]>
CC: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
CC: Paul Mackerras <[email protected]>
---
 arch/powerpc/Kconfig            |    1 
 arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile    |    1 
 arch/powerpc/kernel/immediate.c |  103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/asm-powerpc/immediate.h |   73 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 178 insertions(+)

Index: linux-2.6-lttng/include/asm-powerpc/immediate.h
===================================================================
--- /dev/null	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.6-lttng/include/asm-powerpc/immediate.h	2007-11-16 11:08:17.000000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#ifndef _ASM_POWERPC_IMMEDIATE_H
+#define _ASM_POWERPC_IMMEDIATE_H
+
+/*
+ * Immediate values. PowerPC architecture optimizations.
+ *
+ * (C) Copyright 2006 Mathieu Desnoyers <[email protected]>
+ *
+ * This file is released under the GPLv2.
+ * See the file COPYING for more details.
+ */
+
+#include <asm/asm-compat.h>
+
+struct __immediate {
+	unsigned long var;	/* Identifier variable of the immediate value */
+	unsigned long immediate;/*
+				 * Pointer to the memory location that holds
+				 * the immediate value within the load immediate
+				 * instruction.
+				 */
+	unsigned char size;	/* Type size. */
+} __attribute__ ((packed));
+
+/**
+ * immediate_read - read immediate variable
+ * @name: immediate value name
+ *
+ * Reads the value of @name.
+ * Optimized version of the immediate.
+ * Do not use in __init and __exit functions. Use _immediate_read() instead.
+ * Makes sure the 2 bytes update will be atomic by aligning the immediate
+ * value. Use a normal memory read for the 4 bytes immediate because there is no
+ * way to atomically update it without using a seqlock read side, which would
+ * cost more in term of total i-cache and d-cache space than a simple memory
+ * read.
+ */
+#define immediate_read(name)						\
+	({								\
+		__typeof__(name##__immediate) value;			\
+		switch (sizeof(value)) {				\
+		case 1:							\
+			asm(".section __immediate,\"a\",@progbits\n\t"	\
+					PPC_LONG "%c1, ((0f)+3)\n\t"	\
+					".byte 1\n\t"			\
+					".previous\n\t"			\
+					"0:\n\t"			\
+					"li %0,0\n\t"			\
+				: "=r" (value)				\
+				: "i" (&name##__immediate));		\
+			break;						\
+		case 2:							\
+			asm(".section __immediate,\"a\",@progbits\n\t"	\
+					PPC_LONG "%c1, ((0f)+2)\n\t"	\
+					".byte 2\n\t"			\
+					".previous\n\t"			\
+					".align 2\n\t"			\
+					"0:\n\t"			\
+					"li %0,0\n\t"			\
+				: "=r" (value)				\
+				: "i" (&name##__immediate));		\
+			break;						\
+		default:						\
+			value = name##__immediate;			\
+			break;						\
+		};							\
+		value;							\
+	})
+
+extern int arch_immediate_update(const struct __immediate *immediate);
+extern void arch_immediate_update_early(const struct __immediate *immediate);
+
+#endif /* _ASM_POWERPC_IMMEDIATE_H */
Index: linux-2.6-lttng/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6-lttng.orig/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile	2007-11-16 10:53:01.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6-lttng/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile	2007-11-16 11:05:38.000000000 -0500
@@ -91,3 +91,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PPC64)		+= $(obj64-y)
 
 extra-$(CONFIG_PPC_FPU)		+= fpu.o
 extra-$(CONFIG_PPC64)		+= entry_64.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_IMMEDIATE)		+= immediate.o
Index: linux-2.6-lttng/arch/powerpc/kernel/immediate.c
===================================================================
--- /dev/null	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.6-lttng/arch/powerpc/kernel/immediate.c	2007-11-16 11:05:38.000000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/*
+ * Powerpc optimized immediate values enabling/disabling.
+ *
+ * Mathieu Desnoyers <[email protected]>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/immediate.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/kprobes.h>
+#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
+#include <asm/page.h>
+
+#define LI_OPCODE_LEN	2
+
+/**
+ * arch_immediate_update - update one immediate value
+ * @immediate: pointer of type const struct __immediate to update
+ *
+ * Update one immediate value. Must be called with immediate_mutex held.
+ */
+int arch_immediate_update(const struct __immediate *immediate)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_KPROBES
+	kprobe_opcode_t *insn;
+	/*
+	 * Fail if a kprobe has been set on this instruction.
+	 * (TODO: we could eventually do better and modify all the (possibly
+	 * nested) kprobes for this site if kprobes had an API for this.
+	 */
+	switch (immediate->size) {
+	case 1:	/* The uint8_t points to the 3rd byte of the
+		 * instruction */
+		insn = (void *)(immediate->immediate - 1 - LI_OPCODE_LEN);
+		break;
+	case 2:	insn = (void *)(immediate->immediate - LI_OPCODE_LEN);
+		break;
+	default:
+	return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (unlikely(*insn == BREAKPOINT_INSTRUCTION)) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "Immediate value in conflict with kprobe. "
+				    "Variable at %p, "
+				    "instruction at %p, size %lu\n",
+				    (void *)immediate->immediate,
+				    (void *)immediate->var, immediate->size);
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
+#endif
+
+	/*
+	 * If the variable and the instruction have the same value, there is
+	 * nothing to do.
+	 */
+	switch (immediate->size) {
+	case 1:	if (*(uint8_t *)immediate->immediate
+				== *(uint8_t *)immediate->var)
+			return 0;
+		break;
+	case 2:	if (*(uint16_t *)immediate->immediate
+				== *(uint16_t *)immediate->var)
+			return 0;
+		break;
+	default:return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	memcpy((void *)immediate->immediate, (void *)immediate->var,
+			immediate->size);
+	flush_icache_range((unsigned long)immediate->immediate,
+		(unsigned long)immediate->immediate + immediate->size);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * arch_immediate_update_early - update one immediate value at boot time
+ * @immediate: pointer of type const struct __immediate to update
+ *
+ * Update one immediate value at boot time.
+ * We can use flush_icache_range, since the cpu identification has been done in
+ * the early_init stage.
+ */
+void arch_immediate_update_early(const struct __immediate *immediate)
+{
+	/*
+	 * If the variable and the instruction have the same value, there is
+	 * nothing to do.
+	 */
+	switch (immediate->size) {
+	case 1:	if (*(uint8_t *)immediate->immediate
+				== *(uint8_t *)immediate->var)
+			return;
+		break;
+	case 2:	if (*(uint16_t *)immediate->immediate
+				== *(uint16_t *)immediate->var)
+			return;
+		break;
+	default:return;
+	}
+	memcpy((void *)immediate->immediate, (void *)immediate->var,
+			immediate->size);
+	flush_icache_range((unsigned long)immediate->immediate,
+		(unsigned long)immediate->immediate + immediate->size);
+}
Index: linux-2.6-lttng/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6-lttng.orig/arch/powerpc/Kconfig	2007-11-16 10:53:01.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6-lttng/arch/powerpc/Kconfig	2007-11-16 11:05:38.000000000 -0500
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ config PPC
 	default y
 	select HAVE_OPROFILE
 	select HAVE_KPROBES
+	select HAVE_IMMEDIATE
 
 config EARLY_PRINTK
 	bool

-- 
Mathieu Desnoyers
Computer Engineering Ph.D. Student, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
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