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authorWill Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>2016-02-02 12:46:24 +0000
committerAlex Shi <alex.shi@linaro.org>2018-03-09 16:53:23 +0800
commitfffd4ffa642acb3b9359acee878c8f3644968f66 (patch)
tree3d1cb28efcf24327137825b0946e5a087e891e40
parent5306a0ac2cf91133c4567e024ad6b310b0103ac9 (diff)
arm64: prefetch: add alternative pattern for CPUs without a prefetcher
Most CPUs have a hardware prefetcher which generally performs better without explicit prefetch instructions issued by software, however some CPUs (e.g. Cavium ThunderX) rely solely on explicit prefetch instructions. This patch adds an alternative pattern (ARM64_HAS_NO_HW_PREFETCH) to allow our library code to make use of explicit prefetch instructions during things like copy routines only when the CPU does not have the capability to perform the prefetching itself. Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> Tested-by: Andrew Pinski <apinski@cavium.com> Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
-rw-r--r--arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h3
-rw-r--r--arch/arm64/include/asm/cputype.h17
-rw-r--r--arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c18
-rw-r--r--arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c17
4 files changed, 38 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index ede73d2c09a4..77dd88f0d1fc 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@
#define ARM64_WORKAROUND_834220 7
#define ARM64_WORKAROUND_CAVIUM_27456 8
#define ARM64_HARDEN_BRANCH_PREDICTOR 9
+#define ARM64_HAS_NO_HW_PREFETCH 10
-#define ARM64_NCAPS 10
+#define ARM64_NCAPS 11
#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cputype.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cputype.h
index 1a5949364ed0..7540284a17fe 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cputype.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cputype.h
@@ -57,11 +57,22 @@
#define MIDR_IMPLEMENTOR(midr) \
(((midr) & MIDR_IMPLEMENTOR_MASK) >> MIDR_IMPLEMENTOR_SHIFT)
-#define MIDR_CPU_PART(imp, partnum) \
+#define MIDR_CPU_MODEL(imp, partnum) \
(((imp) << MIDR_IMPLEMENTOR_SHIFT) | \
(0xf << MIDR_ARCHITECTURE_SHIFT) | \
((partnum) << MIDR_PARTNUM_SHIFT))
+#define MIDR_CPU_MODEL_MASK (MIDR_IMPLEMENTOR_MASK | MIDR_PARTNUM_MASK | \
+ MIDR_ARCHITECTURE_MASK)
+
+#define MIDR_IS_CPU_MODEL_RANGE(midr, model, rv_min, rv_max) \
+({ \
+ u32 _model = (midr) & MIDR_CPU_MODEL_MASK; \
+ u32 rv = (midr) & (MIDR_REVISION_MASK | MIDR_VARIANT_MASK); \
+ \
+ _model == (model) && rv >= (rv_min) && rv <= (rv_max); \
+ })
+
#define ARM_CPU_IMP_ARM 0x41
#define ARM_CPU_IMP_APM 0x50
#define ARM_CPU_IMP_CAVIUM 0x43
@@ -75,6 +86,10 @@
#define CAVIUM_CPU_PART_THUNDERX 0x0A1
+#define MIDR_CORTEX_A53 MIDR_CPU_MODEL(ARM_CPU_IMP_ARM, ARM_CPU_PART_CORTEX_A53)
+#define MIDR_CORTEX_A57 MIDR_CPU_MODEL(ARM_CPU_IMP_ARM, ARM_CPU_PART_CORTEX_A57)
+#define MIDR_THUNDERX MIDR_CPU_MODEL(ARM_CPU_IMP_CAVIUM, CAVIUM_CPU_PART_THUNDERX)
+
#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
/*
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c
index 0d3ea874133d..b84a93e8c8bd 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c
@@ -21,24 +21,12 @@
#include <asm/cputype.h>
#include <asm/cpufeature.h>
-#define MIDR_CORTEX_A53 MIDR_CPU_PART(ARM_CPU_IMP_ARM, ARM_CPU_PART_CORTEX_A53)
-#define MIDR_CORTEX_A57 MIDR_CPU_PART(ARM_CPU_IMP_ARM, ARM_CPU_PART_CORTEX_A57)
-#define MIDR_THUNDERX MIDR_CPU_PART(ARM_CPU_IMP_CAVIUM, CAVIUM_CPU_PART_THUNDERX)
-
-#define CPU_MODEL_MASK (MIDR_IMPLEMENTOR_MASK | MIDR_PARTNUM_MASK | \
- MIDR_ARCHITECTURE_MASK)
-
static bool __maybe_unused
is_affected_midr_range(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *entry)
{
- u32 midr = read_cpuid_id();
-
- if ((midr & CPU_MODEL_MASK) != entry->midr_model)
- return false;
-
- midr &= MIDR_REVISION_MASK | MIDR_VARIANT_MASK;
-
- return (midr >= entry->midr_range_min && midr <= entry->midr_range_max);
+ return MIDR_IS_CPU_MODEL_RANGE(read_cpuid_id(), entry->midr_model,
+ entry->midr_range_min,
+ entry->midr_range_max);
}
#ifdef CONFIG_HARDEN_BRANCH_PREDICTOR
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
index 8488a829e24e..2cf2f799455a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
@@ -624,6 +624,18 @@ static bool has_useable_gicv3_cpuif(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *entry)
return has_sre;
}
+static bool has_no_hw_prefetch(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *entry)
+{
+ u32 midr = read_cpuid_id();
+ u32 rv_min, rv_max;
+
+ /* Cavium ThunderX pass 1.x and 2.x */
+ rv_min = 0;
+ rv_max = (1 << MIDR_VARIANT_SHIFT) | MIDR_REVISION_MASK;
+
+ return MIDR_IS_CPU_MODEL_RANGE(midr, MIDR_THUNDERX, rv_min, rv_max);
+}
+
static const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities arm64_features[] = {
{
.desc = "GIC system register CPU interface",
@@ -654,6 +666,11 @@ static const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities arm64_features[] = {
.min_field_value = 2,
},
#endif /* CONFIG_AS_LSE && CONFIG_ARM64_LSE_ATOMICS */
+ {
+ .desc = "Software prefetching using PRFM",
+ .capability = ARM64_HAS_NO_HW_PREFETCH,
+ .matches = has_no_hw_prefetch,
+ },
{},
};