Enable BTB lookups for short loops to fix bugs when calculate
bogomips and loops_per_jiffy.
Signed-off-by: Zhou Yanjie <zhouyan...@zoho.com>
---
arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h | 4 ++++
arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c | 7 +++++++
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h
index 1e6966e..bdbdc19 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h
@@ -689,6 +689,9 @@
#define MIPS_CONF7_IAR (_ULCAST_(1) << 10)
#define MIPS_CONF7_AR (_ULCAST_(1) << 16)
+/* Ingenic Config7 bits */
+#define MIPS_CONF7_BTB_LOOP_EN (_ULCAST_(1) << 4)
+
/* Config7 Bits specific to MIPS Technologies. */
/* Performance counters implemented Per TC */
@@ -2813,6 +2816,7 @@ __BUILD_SET_C0(status)
__BUILD_SET_C0(cause)
__BUILD_SET_C0(config)
__BUILD_SET_C0(config5)
+__BUILD_SET_C0(config7)
__BUILD_SET_C0(intcontrol)
__BUILD_SET_C0(intctl)
__BUILD_SET_C0(srsmap)
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c b/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c
index eb527a1..2bdd3e1 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c
@@ -1964,6 +1964,13 @@ static inline void cpu_probe_ingenic(struct cpuinfo_mips
*c, unsigned int cpu)
c->cputype = CPU_XBURST;
c->writecombine = _CACHE_UNCACHED_ACCELERATED;
__cpu_name[cpu] = "Ingenic XBurst";
+ /*
+ * The XBurst core by default attempts to avoid branch target
+ * buffer lookups by detecting & special casing loops. This
+ * feature will cause BogoMIPS and lpj calculate in error.
+ * Set cp0 config7 bit 4 to disable this feature.
+ */
+ set_c0_config7(MIPS_CONF7_BTB_LOOP_EN);
break;
default:
panic("Unknown Ingenic Processor ID!");
--
2.7.4
