Using memset() to zero a 4K page takes 563 total instructions, where
20 are branches. clear_page(), with Zicboz and a 64 byte block size,
takes 169 total instructions, where 4 are branches and 33 are nops.
Even though the block size is a variable, thanks to alternatives, we
can still implement a Duff device without having to do any preliminary
calculations. This is achieved by taking advantage of 'vendor_id'
being used as application-specific data for alternatives, enabling us
to stop patching / unrolling when 4K bytes have been zeroed (we would
loop and continue after 4K if the page size would be larger)
For 4K pages, unrolling 16 times allows block sizes of 64 and 128 to
only loop a few times and larger block sizes to not loop at all. Since
cbo.zero doesn't take an offset, we also need an 'add' after each
instruction, making the loop body 112 to 160 bytes. Hopefully this
is small enough to not cause icache misses.
Signed-off-by: Andrew Jones <ajones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/riscv/Kconfig | 13 ++++++
arch/riscv/include/asm/insn-def.h | 4 ++
arch/riscv/include/asm/page.h | 6 ++-
arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c | 11 +++++
arch/riscv/lib/Makefile | 1 +
arch/riscv/lib/clear_page.S | 71 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
6 files changed, 105 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
create mode 100644 arch/riscv/lib/clear_page.S
diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index 029d1d3b40bd..9590a1661caf 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -456,6 +456,19 @@ config RISCV_ISA_ZICBOM
If you don't know what to do here, say Y.
+config RISCV_ISA_ZICBOZ
+ bool "Zicboz extension support for faster zeroing of memory"
+ depends on !XIP_KERNEL && MMU
+ select RISCV_ALTERNATIVE
+ default y
+ help
+ Enable the use of the ZICBOZ extension (cbo.zero instruction)
+ when available.
+
+ The Zicboz extension is used for faster zeroing of memory.
+
+ If you don't know what to do here, say Y.
+
config TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ZIHINTPAUSE
bool
default y
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/insn-def.h
b/arch/riscv/include/asm/insn-def.h
index e01ab51f50d2..6960beb75f32 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/insn-def.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/insn-def.h
@@ -192,4 +192,8 @@
INSN_I(OPCODE_MISC_MEM, FUNC3(2), __RD(0), \
RS1(base), SIMM12(2))
+#define CBO_zero(base) \
+ INSN_I(OPCODE_MISC_MEM, FUNC3(2), __RD(0), \
+ RS1(base), SIMM12(4))
+
#endif /* __ASM_INSN_DEF_H */
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/page.h
b/arch/riscv/include/asm/page.h
index 9f432c1b5289..ccd168fe29d2 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/page.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/page.h
@@ -49,10 +49,14 @@
#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_ZICBOZ
+void clear_page(void *page);
+#else
#define clear_page(pgaddr) memset((pgaddr), 0, PAGE_SIZE)
+#endif
#define copy_page(to, from) memcpy((to), (from), PAGE_SIZE)
-#define clear_user_page(pgaddr, vaddr, page) memset((pgaddr), 0,
PAGE_SIZE)
+#define clear_user_page(pgaddr, vaddr, page) clear_page(pgaddr)
#define copy_user_page(vto, vfrom, vaddr, topg) \
memcpy((vto), (vfrom), PAGE_SIZE)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c
b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c
index 74736b4f0624..42246bbfa532 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c
@@ -280,6 +280,17 @@ void __init riscv_fill_hwcap(void)
#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_ALTERNATIVE
static bool riscv_cpufeature_application_check(u32 feature, u16 data)
{
+ switch (feature) {
+ case RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZICBOZ:
+ /*
+ * Zicboz alternative applications provide the maximum
+ * supported block size order, or zero when it doesn't
+ * matter. If the current block size exceeds the maximum,
+ * then the alternative cannot be applied.
+ */
+ return data == 0 || riscv_cboz_block_size <= (1U << data);
+ }
