powerpc/32: Don't use lmw/stmw for saving/restoring non volatile regs
authorChristophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 15:29:12 +0000 (15:29 +0000)
committerMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 04:22:04 +0000 (15:22 +1100)
commita85c728cb5e12216c19ae5878980c2cbbbf8616d
tree5d9898bb8574bcdc0b0591c99564541660c4ec25
parentaed2886a5e9ffc8269a4220bff1e9e030d3d2eb1
powerpc/32: Don't use lmw/stmw for saving/restoring non volatile regs

Instructions lmw/stmw are interesting for functions that are rarely
used and not in the cache, because only one instruction is to be
copied into the instruction cache instead of 19. However those
instruction are less performant than 19x raw lwz/stw as they require
synchronisation plus one additional cycle.

SAVE_NVGPRS / REST_NVGPRS are used in only a few places which are
mostly in interrupts entries/exits and in task switch so they are
likely already in the cache.

Using standard lwz improves null_syscall selftest by:
- 10 cycles on mpc832x.
- 2 cycles on mpc8xx.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/316c543b8906712c108985c8463eec09c8db577b.1629732542.git.christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu
arch/powerpc/include/asm/ppc_asm.h