Instead of pinning per-cpu TLB into a DTR, use DTC. This will free up one TLB entry for application, or even kernel if access pattern to per-cpu data area has high temporal locality. Since per-cpu is mapped at the top of region 7 address, we just need to add special case in alt_dtlb_miss. The physical address of per-cpu data is already conveniently stored in IA64_KR(PER_CPU_DATA). Latency for alt_dtlb_miss is not affected as we can hide all the latency. It was measured that alt_dtlb_miss handler has 23 cycles latency before and after the patch. The performance effect is massive for applications that put lots of tlb pressure on CPU. Workload environment like database online transaction processing or application uses tera-byte of memory would benefit the most. Measurement with industry standard database benchmark shown an upward of 1.6% gain. While smaller workloads like cpu, java also showing small improvement. Signed-off-by: Ken Chen <kenneth.w.chen@xxxxxxxxx> --- ./include/asm-ia64/kregs.h.orig 2006-10-10 19:51:20.000000000 -0700 +++ ./include/asm-ia64/kregs.h 2006-10-13 10:43:09.000000000 -0700 @@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ */ #define IA64_TR_KERNEL 0 /* itr0, dtr0: maps kernel image (code & data) */ #define IA64_TR_PALCODE 1 /* itr1: maps PALcode as required by EFI */ -#define IA64_TR_PERCPU_DATA 1 /* dtr1: percpu data */ -#define IA64_TR_CURRENT_STACK 2 /* dtr2: maps kernel's memory- & register-stacks */ +#define IA64_TR_CURRENT_STACK 1 /* dtr1: maps kernel's memory- & register-stacks */ /* Processor status register bits: */ #define IA64_PSR_BE_BIT 1 --- ./arch/ia64/kernel/ivt.S.orig 2006-10-10 19:51:10.000000000 -0700 +++ ./arch/ia64/kernel/ivt.S 2006-10-13 10:43:09.000000000 -0700 @@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ ENTRY(alt_dtlb_miss) movl r19=(((1 << IA64_MAX_PHYS_BITS) - 1) & ~0xfff) mov r21=cr.ipsr mov r31=pr + mov r24=PERCPU_ADDR ;; #ifdef CONFIG_DISABLE_VHPT shr.u r22=r16,61 // get the region number into r21 @@ -386,22 +387,30 @@ ENTRY(alt_dtlb_miss) (p8) mov r29=b0 // save b0 (p8) br.cond.dptk dtlb_fault #endif + cmp.ge p10,p11=r16,r24 // access to per_cpu_data? + tbit.z p12,p0=r16,61 // access to region 6? + mov r25=PERCPU_PAGE_SHIFT << 2 + mov r26=PERCPU_PAGE_SIZE + nop.m 0 + nop.b 0 + ;; +(p10) mov r19=IA64_KR(PER_CPU_DATA) +(p11) and r19=r19,r16 // clear non-ppn fields extr.u r23=r21,IA64_PSR_CPL0_BIT,2 // extract psr.cpl and r22=IA64_ISR_CODE_MASK,r20 // get the isr.code field tbit.nz p6,p7=r20,IA64_ISR_SP_BIT // is speculation bit on? - shr.u r18=r16,57 // move address bit 61 to bit 4 - and r19=r19,r16 // clear ed, reserved bits, and PTE control bits tbit.nz p9,p0=r20,IA64_ISR_NA_BIT // is non-access bit on? ;; - andcm r18=0x10,r18 // bit 4=~address-bit(61) +(p10) sub r19=r19,r26 +(p10) mov cr.itir=r25 cmp.ne p8,p0=r0,r23 (p9) cmp.eq.or.andcm p6,p7=IA64_ISR_CODE_LFETCH,r22 // check isr.code field +(p12) dep r17=-1,r17,4,1 // set ma=UC for region 6 addr (p8) br.cond.spnt page_fault dep r21=-1,r21,IA64_PSR_ED_BIT,1 - or r19=r19,r17 // insert PTE control bits into r19 ;; - or r19=r19,r18 // set bit 4 (uncached) if the access was to region 6 + or r19=r19,r17 // insert PTE control bits into r19 (p6) mov cr.ipsr=r21 ;; (p7) itc.d r19 // insert the TLB entry --- ./arch/ia64/kernel/mca_asm.S.orig 2006-10-10 19:51:10.000000000 -0700 +++ ./arch/ia64/kernel/mca_asm.S 2006-10-13 10:43:09.000000000 -0700 @@ -101,14 +101,6 @@ ia64_do_tlb_purge: ;; srlz.d ;; - // 2. Purge DTR for PERCPU data. - movl r16=PERCPU_ADDR - mov r18=PERCPU_PAGE_SHIFT<<2 - ;; - ptr.d r16,r18 - ;; - srlz.d - ;; // 3. Purge ITR for PAL code. GET_THIS_PADDR(r2, ia64_mca_pal_base) ;; @@ -196,22 +188,6 @@ ia64_reload_tr: srlz.i srlz.d ;; - // 2. Reload DTR register for PERCPU data. - GET_THIS_PADDR(r2, ia64_mca_per_cpu_pte) - ;; - movl r16=PERCPU_ADDR // vaddr - movl r18=PERCPU_PAGE_SHIFT<<2 - ;; - mov cr.itir=r18 - mov cr.ifa=r16 - ;; - ld8 r18=[r2] // load per-CPU PTE - mov r16=IA64_TR_PERCPU_DATA; - ;; - itr.d dtr[r16]=r18 - ;; - srlz.d - ;; // 3. Reload ITR for PAL code. GET_THIS_PADDR(r2, ia64_mca_pal_pte) ;; --- ./arch/ia64/mm/init.c.orig 2006-10-10 19:51:10.000000000 -0700 +++ ./arch/ia64/mm/init.c 2006-10-13 10:43:09.000000000 -0700 @@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ setup_gate (void) void __devinit ia64_mmu_init (void *my_cpu_data) { - unsigned long psr, pta, impl_va_bits; + unsigned long pta, impl_va_bits; extern void __devinit tlb_init (void); #ifdef CONFIG_DISABLE_VHPT @@ -346,15 +346,6 @@ ia64_mmu_init (void *my_cpu_data) # define VHPT_ENABLE_BIT 1 #endif - /* Pin mapping for percpu area into TLB */ - psr = ia64_clear_ic(); - ia64_itr(0x2, IA64_TR_PERCPU_DATA, PERCPU_ADDR, - pte_val(pfn_pte(__pa(my_cpu_data) >> PAGE_SHIFT, PAGE_KERNEL)), - PERCPU_PAGE_SHIFT); - - ia64_set_psr(psr); - ia64_srlz_i(); - /* * Check if the virtually mapped linear page table (VMLPT) overlaps with a mapped * address space. 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