Replace read tick function pointers with the new hot-patched get_tick().
This optimizes the performance of functions such as: sched_clock()
Signed-off-by: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Steven Sistare <steven.sistare@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/sparc/kernel/time_64.c | 22 +++++++++++++---------
1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/time_64.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/time_64.c
index ca27415..a612a91 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/time_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/time_64.c
@@ -752,12 +752,10 @@ void setup_sparc64_timer(void)
void __delay(unsigned long loops)
{
- unsigned long bclock, now;
+ unsigned long bclock = get_tick();
- bclock = tick_operations.get_tick();
- do {
- now = tick_operations.get_tick();
- } while ((now-bclock) < loops);
+ while ((get_tick() - bclock) < loops)
+ ;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__delay);
@@ -769,7 +767,7 @@ void udelay(unsigned long usecs)
static u64 clocksource_tick_read(struct clocksource *cs)
{
- return tick_operations.get_tick();
+ return get_tick();
}
static void __init get_tick_patch(void)
@@ -853,13 +851,19 @@ unsigned long long sched_clock(void)
{
unsigned long quotient = tick_operations.ticks_per_nsec_quotient;
unsigned long offset = tick_operations.offset;
- unsigned long ticks = tick_operations.get_tick();
- return ((ticks * quotient) >> SPARC64_NSEC_PER_CYC_SHIFT) - offset;
+ /* Use barrier so the compiler emits the loads first and overlaps load
+ * latency with reading tick, because reading %tick/%stick is a
+ * post-sync instruction that will flush and restart subsequent
+ * instructions after it commits.
+ */
+ barrier();
+
+ return ((get_tick() * quotient) >> SPARC64_NSEC_PER_CYC_SHIFT) - offset;
}
int read_current_timer(unsigned long *timer_val)
{
- *timer_val = tick_operations.get_tick();
+ *timer_val = get_tick();
return 0;
}
--
1.7.1
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