New submission from Venkatesh Srinivas <[email protected]>:

diff --git a/sys/platform/pc32/isa/npx.c b/sys/platform/pc32/isa/npx.c
index 1516315..8f60077 100644
--- a/sys/platform/pc32/isa/npx.c
+++ b/sys/platform/pc32/isa/npx.c
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ static      void    fpurstor        (union savefpu *);
 
 int    hw_float;               /* XXX currently just alias for npx_exists */
 
+extern int bzeront_avail;
+
 SYSCTL_INT(_hw,HW_FLOATINGPT, floatingpoint,
        CTLFLAG_RD, &hw_float, 0, 
        "Floatingpoint instructions executed in hardware");
@@ -492,6 +494,9 @@ npx_attach(device_t dev)
                        /* XXX */
                }
        }
+
+       if ((cpu_feature & CPUID_MMX) && (cpu_feature & CPUID_SSE) && mmxopt)
+               bzeront_avail = 1;
 #endif
 #if 0
        if (cpu_class == CPUCLASS_586 && npx_ex16 && npx_exists &&
diff --git a/sys/platform/pc64/isa/npx.c b/sys/platform/pc64/isa/npx.c
index 58a085b..666b495 100644
--- a/sys/platform/pc64/isa/npx.c
+++ b/sys/platform/pc64/isa/npx.c
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ static      void    fpurstor        (union savefpu *);
 
 int    hw_float;               /* XXX currently just alias for npx_exists */
 
+extern int bzeront_avail;
+
 SYSCTL_INT(_hw,HW_FLOATINGPT, floatingpoint,
        CTLFLAG_RD, &hw_float, 0, 
        "Floatingpoint instructions executed in hardware");
@@ -492,6 +494,9 @@ npx_attach(device_t dev)
                        /* XXX */
                }
        }
+
+        if ((cpu_feature & CPUID_MMX) && (cpu_feature & CPUID_SSE) && mmxopt)
+                bzeront_avail = 1;
 #endif
 #if 0
        if (cpu_class == CPUCLASS_586 && npx_ex16 && npx_exists &&
diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_zeroidle.c b/sys/vm/vm_zeroidle.c
index 02a7515..590b016 100644
--- a/sys/vm/vm_zeroidle.c
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_zeroidle.c
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ SYSCTL_INT(_vm, OID_AUTO, idlezero_enable, CTLFLAG_RW, 
&idlezero_enable, 0,
 static int idlezero_rate = NPAGES_RUN;
 SYSCTL_INT(_vm, OID_AUTO, idlezero_rate, CTLFLAG_RW, &idlezero_rate, 0,
           "Maximum pages per second to zero");
+int bzeront_avail = 0;
 static int idlezero_nocache = 0;
 SYSCTL_INT(_vm, OID_AUTO, idlezero_nocache, CTLFLAG_RW, &idlezero_nocache, 0,
           "Maximum pages per second to zero");
@@ -218,6 +219,8 @@ pagezero_start(void __unused *arg)
        int error;
        struct thread *td;
 
+       idlezero_nocache = bzeront_avail;
+
        error = kthread_create(vm_pagezero, NULL, &td, "pagezero");
        if (error)
                panic("pagezero_start: error %d\n", error);


================================
This patch detects the presence of SSE and accordingly enables 
vm.idlezero_nocache. Only on pc32 and pc64 for the moment, not on the vkernels.

Tested on i386 (both with and without movnti) and in qemu.

-- vs

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messages: 8630
nosy: vsrinivas
status: unread
title: vm_zeroidle: Detect movnti and enable bzeront if it is available

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