mftb is serialising (dispatch next-to-complete) so it is heavy weight
for a mfspr. Avoid reading it multiple times in the entry or exit paths.
A small number of cycles delay to timers is tolerable.
-118 cycles (9137) POWER9 virt-mode NULL hcall
Reviewed-by: Fabiano Rosas <faro...@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npig...@gmail.com>
---
arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c | 4 ++--
arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_p9_entry.c | 5 +++--
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
index 82976f734bd1..6e6cfb10e9bb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
@@ -3896,7 +3896,7 @@ static int kvmhv_p9_guest_entry(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
u64 time_limit,
*
* XXX: Another day's problem.
*/
- mtspr(SPRN_DEC, vcpu->arch.dec_expires - mftb());
+ mtspr(SPRN_DEC, vcpu->arch.dec_expires - tb);
if (kvmhv_on_pseries()) {
/*
@@ -4019,7 +4019,7 @@ static int kvmhv_p9_guest_entry(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
u64 time_limit,
vc->in_guest = 0;
next_timer = timer_get_next_tb();
- set_dec(next_timer - mftb());
+ set_dec(next_timer - tb);
/* We may have raced with new irq work */
if (test_irq_work_pending())
set_dec(1);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_p9_entry.c
b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_p9_entry.c
index 0ff9ddb5e7ca..bd8cf0a65ce8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_p9_entry.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_p9_entry.c
@@ -203,7 +203,8 @@ int kvmhv_vcpu_entry_p9(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64
time_limit, unsigned long lpc
unsigned long host_dawr1;
unsigned long host_dawrx1;
- hdec = time_limit - mftb();
+ tb = mftb();
+ hdec = time_limit - tb;
if (hdec < 0)
return BOOK3S_INTERRUPT_HV_DECREMENTER;
@@ -215,7 +216,7 @@ int kvmhv_vcpu_entry_p9(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64
time_limit, unsigned long lpc
vcpu->arch.ceded = 0;
if (vc->tb_offset) {
- u64 new_tb = mftb() + vc->tb_offset;
+ u64 new_tb = tb + vc->tb_offset;
mtspr(SPRN_TBU40, new_tb);
tb = mftb();
if ((tb & 0xffffff) < (new_tb & 0xffffff))
--
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