[S390] system call optimization.
authorMartin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:24:18 +0000 (11:24 +0200)
committerMartin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:24:51 +0000 (11:24 +0200)
After the in-kernel system call has been remove the system call path
can be optimized. The problem state bit of the old psw is always set
between system_call and sysc_do_svc. SAVE_ALL_SVC uses this information
to avoid two instructions.

Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
arch/s390/kernel/entry.S
arch/s390/kernel/entry64.S

index 6234c6978a1f040cd07113a4a9a22d357a430b52..bc7ff3658c3d4a4bb5bcf2db392abeecc7191d74 100644 (file)
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ STACK_SIZE  = 1 << STACK_SHIFT
        l       %r13,__LC_SVC_NEW_PSW+4 # load &system_call to %r13
        .endm
 
+       .macro  SAVE_ALL_SVC psworg,savearea
+       la      %r12,\psworg
+       l       %r15,__LC_KERNEL_STACK  # problem state -> load ksp
+       .endm
+
        .macro  SAVE_ALL_SYNC psworg,savearea
        la      %r12,\psworg
        tm      \psworg+1,0x01          # test problem state bit
@@ -218,7 +223,7 @@ system_call:
        STORE_TIMER __LC_SYNC_ENTER_TIMER
 sysc_saveall:
        SAVE_ALL_BASE __LC_SAVE_AREA
-       SAVE_ALL_SYNC __LC_SVC_OLD_PSW,__LC_SAVE_AREA
+       SAVE_ALL_SVC __LC_SVC_OLD_PSW,__LC_SAVE_AREA
        CREATE_STACK_FRAME __LC_SVC_OLD_PSW,__LC_SAVE_AREA
        lh      %r7,0x8a          # get svc number from lowcore
 #ifdef CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING
index 685f11faa4bcfbd3e19c428dd778b5c86c87efe8..2a7b1304418ba6ab8da72e923b8c99abb004d84f 100644 (file)
@@ -99,6 +99,11 @@ _TIF_WORK_INT = (_TIF_SIGPENDING | _TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK | _TIF_NEED_RESCHED | \
        larl    %r13,system_call
        .endm
 
+       .macro  SAVE_ALL_SVC psworg,savearea
+       la      %r12,\psworg
+       lg      %r15,__LC_KERNEL_STACK  # problem state -> load ksp
+       .endm
+
        .macro  SAVE_ALL_SYNC psworg,savearea
        la      %r12,\psworg
        tm      \psworg+1,0x01          # test problem state bit
@@ -207,7 +212,7 @@ system_call:
        STORE_TIMER __LC_SYNC_ENTER_TIMER
 sysc_saveall:
        SAVE_ALL_BASE __LC_SAVE_AREA
-       SAVE_ALL_SYNC __LC_SVC_OLD_PSW,__LC_SAVE_AREA
+       SAVE_ALL_SVC __LC_SVC_OLD_PSW,__LC_SAVE_AREA
        CREATE_STACK_FRAME __LC_SVC_OLD_PSW,__LC_SAVE_AREA
        llgh    %r7,__LC_SVC_INT_CODE   # get svc number from lowcore
 #ifdef CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING