Re: [RFC] ARM: kernel: irq: Simplify allocation of stack frame

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On 10/06/2013 05:41 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 05:30:47PM -0500, Joel Fernandes wrote:
>> On receiving IRQ exception in SVC mode, all the SVC mode registers are saved
>> onto the stack very early on.
>>
>> The stack frame allocation code for IRQ entry during SVC mode (svc_entry) is
>> hard to read as 4-less is allocated initially only to be allocated later
>> implicity using the mov r3, [sp, #-4]! instruction. We make code easier to read
>> by allocating the 4 bytes on the stack frame in the beginning itself and remove
>> all instances where 4 bytes is adjusted.
> 
> You omit to say that this results in saving one additional register
> unnecessarily in the stmia.  We could use a stmib there instead which
> would avoid that issue while keeping the rest of the change.
> 

Hi Russel,

BTW I used ETM to check the number of cycles used to store the extra register
with and without this patch and with both cases it takes 7 cycles.

My platform uses Cortex-A8 (AM335x SoC).

Thanks,

-Joel
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