Remove silly read-modify-write sequences when clearing interrupts in hc_irq_cause. This gets rid of unneeded MMIO reads, resulting in a slight performance boost when switching between EDMA and non-EDMA modes (eg. for cache flushes). Signed-off-by: Mark Lord <mlord@xxxxxxxxx> --- old/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c 2009-01-16 11:52:17.000000000 -0500 +++ linux/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c 2009-01-19 16:47:24.000000000 -0500 @@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ * * --> Investigate problems with PCI Message Signalled Interrupts (MSI). * - * --> Cache frequently-accessed registers in mv_port_priv to reduce overhead. - * * --> Develop a low-power-consumption strategy, and implement it. * * --> [Experiment, low priority] Investigate interrupt coalescing. @@ -884,18 +882,14 @@ int hardport = mv_hardport_from_port(ap->port_no); void __iomem *hc_mmio = mv_hc_base_from_port( mv_host_base(ap->host), ap->port_no); - u32 hc_irq_cause, ipending; + u32 hc_irq_cause; /* clear EDMA event indicators, if any */ writelfl(0, port_mmio + EDMA_ERR_IRQ_CAUSE_OFS); - /* clear EDMA interrupt indicator, if any */ - hc_irq_cause = readl(hc_mmio + HC_IRQ_CAUSE_OFS); - ipending = (DEV_IRQ | DMA_IRQ) << hardport; - if (hc_irq_cause & ipending) { - writelfl(hc_irq_cause & ~ipending, - hc_mmio + HC_IRQ_CAUSE_OFS); - } + /* clear pending irq events */ + hc_irq_cause = ~((DEV_IRQ | DMA_IRQ) << hardport); + writelfl(hc_irq_cause, hc_mmio + HC_IRQ_CAUSE_OFS); mv_edma_cfg(ap, want_ncq); @@ -2821,8 +2815,7 @@ writel(0, port_mmio + EDMA_ERR_IRQ_CAUSE_OFS); /* clear pending irq events */ - hc_irq_cause = readl(hc_mmio + HC_IRQ_CAUSE_OFS); - hc_irq_cause &= ~((DEV_IRQ | DMA_IRQ) << hardport); + hc_irq_cause = ~((DEV_IRQ | DMA_IRQ) << hardport); writelfl(hc_irq_cause, hc_mmio + HC_IRQ_CAUSE_OFS); mv_enable_port_irqs(ap, ERR_IRQ); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html