When the task enters in to kernel space, the user defined priority (PPR) will be saved in to PACA at the beginning of first level exception vector and then copy from PACA to thread_info in second level vector. PPR will be restored from thread_info before exits the kernel space.
P7 temporarily raises the thread priority to higher level during exception until the program executes HMT_* calls. But it will not modify PPR register. So we save PPR value whenever some register is available to use and then calls HMT_MEDIUM to increase the priority. This feature supports on P7 or later processors. Signed-off-by: Haren Myneni <ha...@us.ibm.com> --- arch/powerpc/include/asm/exception-64s.h | 12 +++++++----- arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S | 4 ++++ arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S | 18 ++++++++++-------- 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/exception-64s.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/exception-64s.h index 618fd18..fd99094 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/exception-64s.h +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/exception-64s.h @@ -99,8 +99,9 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_NESTED(CPU_FTR_HAS_PPR,CPU_FTR_HAS_PPR,943) /* P7 */ #define __EXCEPTION_PROLOG_1(area, extra, vec) \ GET_PACA(r13); \ - std r9,area+EX_R9(r13); /* save r9 - r12 */ \ - std r10,area+EX_R10(r13); \ + std r9,area+EX_R9(r13); /* save r9 */ \ + HMT_MEDIUM_HAS_PPR(area, r9); \ + std r10,area+EX_R10(r13); /* save r10 - r12 */ \ BEGIN_FTR_SECTION_NESTED(66); \ mfspr r10,SPRN_CFAR; \ std r10,area+EX_CFAR(r13); \ @@ -214,6 +215,7 @@ do_kvm_##n: \ std r10,GPR1(r1); /* save r1 in stackframe */ \ beq 4f; /* if from kernel mode */ \ ACCOUNT_CPU_USER_ENTRY(r9, r10); \ + SAVE_PPR(area, r9, r10); \ 4: std r2,GPR2(r1); /* save r2 in stackframe */ \ SAVE_4GPRS(3, r1); /* save r3 - r6 in stackframe */ \ SAVE_2GPRS(7, r1); /* save r7, r8 in stackframe */ \ @@ -255,7 +257,7 @@ do_kvm_##n: \ . = loc; \ .globl label##_pSeries; \ label##_pSeries: \ - HMT_MEDIUM; \ + HMT_MEDIUM_NO_PPR; \ SET_SCRATCH0(r13); /* save r13 */ \ EXCEPTION_PROLOG_PSERIES(PACA_EXGEN, label##_common, \ EXC_STD, KVMTEST_PR, vec) @@ -264,7 +266,7 @@ label##_pSeries: \ . = loc; \ .globl label##_hv; \ label##_hv: \ - HMT_MEDIUM; \ + HMT_MEDIUM_NO_PPR; \ SET_SCRATCH0(r13); /* save r13 */ \ EXCEPTION_PROLOG_PSERIES(PACA_EXGEN, label##_common, \ EXC_HV, KVMTEST, vec) @@ -295,7 +297,7 @@ label##_hv: \ _SOFTEN_TEST(EXC_STD, vec) #define __MASKABLE_EXCEPTION_PSERIES(vec, label, h, extra) \ - HMT_MEDIUM; \ + HMT_MEDIUM_NO_PPR; \ SET_SCRATCH0(r13); /* save r13 */ \ __EXCEPTION_PROLOG_1(PACA_EXGEN, extra, vec); \ EXCEPTION_PROLOG_PSERIES_1(label##_common, h); diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S index 8d21cc4..034dbb7 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ #include <asm/irqflags.h> #include <asm/ftrace.h> #include <asm/hw_irq.h> +#include <asm/exception-64s.h> /* * System calls. @@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ system_call_common: std r10,GPR1(r1) beq 2f /* if from kernel mode */ ACCOUNT_CPU_USER_ENTRY(r10, r11) + SAVE_PPR(PACA_EXGEN, r10, r11) 2: std r2,GPR2(r1) std r3,GPR3(r1) mfcr r2 @@ -227,6 +229,7 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFCLR(CPU_FTR_STCX_CHECKS_ADDRESS) beq- 1f ACCOUNT_CPU_USER_EXIT(r11, r12) + RESTORE_PPR(r11, r12) ld r13,GPR13(r1) /* only restore r13 if returning to usermode */ 1: ld r2,GPR2(r1) ld r1,GPR1(r1) @@ -711,6 +714,7 @@ fast_exception_return: andi. r0,r3,MSR_PR beq 1f ACCOUNT_CPU_USER_EXIT(r2, r4) + RESTORE_PPR(r2, r4) REST_GPR(13, r1) 1: mtspr SPRN_SRR1,r3 diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S index 39aa97d..69af469 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ __start_interrupts: .globl system_reset_pSeries; system_reset_pSeries: - HMT_MEDIUM; + HMT_MEDIUM_NO_PPR; SET_SCRATCH0(r13) #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_P7_NAP BEGIN_FTR_SECTION @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ machine_check_pSeries_1: . = 0x300 .globl data_access_pSeries data_access_pSeries: - HMT_MEDIUM + HMT_MEDIUM_NO_PPR SET_SCRATCH0(r13) BEGIN_FTR_SECTION b data_access_check_stab @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ END_MMU_FTR_SECTION_IFCLR(MMU_FTR_SLB) . = 0x380 .globl data_access_slb_pSeries data_access_slb_pSeries: - HMT_MEDIUM + HMT_MEDIUM_NO_PPR SET_SCRATCH0(r13) EXCEPTION_PROLOG_1(PACA_EXSLB, KVMTEST, 0x380) std r3,PACA_EXSLB+EX_R3(r13) @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ data_access_slb_pSeries: . = 0x480 .globl instruction_access_slb_pSeries instruction_access_slb_pSeries: - HMT_MEDIUM + HMT_MEDIUM_NO_PPR SET_SCRATCH0(r13) EXCEPTION_PROLOG_1(PACA_EXSLB, KVMTEST_PR, 0x480) std r3,PACA_EXSLB+EX_R3(r13) @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ hardware_interrupt_hv: . = 0xc00 .globl system_call_pSeries system_call_pSeries: - HMT_MEDIUM + HMT_MEDIUM_NO_PPR #ifdef CONFIG_KVM_BOOK3S_64_HANDLER SET_SCRATCH0(r13) GET_PACA(r13) @@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ BEGIN_FTR_SECTION END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_REAL_LE) mr r9,r13 GET_PACA(r13) + HMT_MEDIUM_HAS_PPR(PACA_EXGEN,r10) mfspr r11,SPRN_SRR0 mfspr r12,SPRN_SRR1 ld r10,PACAKBASE(r13) @@ -296,7 +297,7 @@ vsx_unavailable_pSeries_1: machine_check_pSeries: .globl machine_check_fwnmi machine_check_fwnmi: - HMT_MEDIUM + HMT_MEDIUM_NO_PPR SET_SCRATCH0(r13) /* save r13 */ EXCEPTION_PROLOG_PSERIES(PACA_EXMC, machine_check_common, EXC_STD, KVMTEST, 0x200) @@ -418,7 +419,7 @@ _GLOBAL(__replay_interrupt) .globl system_reset_fwnmi .align 7 system_reset_fwnmi: - HMT_MEDIUM + HMT_MEDIUM_NO_PPR SET_SCRATCH0(r13) /* save r13 */ EXCEPTION_PROLOG_PSERIES(PACA_EXGEN, system_reset_common, EXC_STD, NOTEST, 0x100) @@ -720,6 +721,7 @@ _GLOBAL(slb_miss_realmode) mtcrf 0x01,r9 /* slb_allocate uses cr0 and cr7 */ .machine pop + RESTORE_PPR_PACA(PACA_EXSLB, r9) ld r9,PACA_EXSLB+EX_R9(r13) ld r10,PACA_EXSLB+EX_R10(r13) ld r11,PACA_EXSLB+EX_R11(r13) @@ -1050,7 +1052,7 @@ initial_stab: #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_POWERNV _GLOBAL(opal_mc_secondary_handler) - HMT_MEDIUM + HMT_MEDIUM_NO_PPR SET_SCRATCH0(r13) GET_PACA(r13) clrldi r3,r3,2 -- 1.7.10.4 _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev