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[v2,2/3] target/arm: Only flush tlb if ASID changes

Message ID 20181019015617.22583-3-richard.henderson@linaro.org
State New
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Series target/arm: Reduce tlb_flush overhead | expand

Commit Message

Richard Henderson Oct. 19, 2018, 1:56 a.m. UTC
Since QEMU does not implement ASIDs, changes to the ASID must flush the
tlb.  However, if the ASID does not change there is no reason to flush.

In testing a boot of the Ubuntu installer to the first menu, this reduces
the number of flushes by 30%, or nearly 600k instances.

Reviewed-by: Aaron Lindsay <aaron@os.amperecomputing.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
---
 target/arm/helper.c | 8 +++-----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Comments

Philippe Mathieu-Daudé Oct. 19, 2018, 5 a.m. UTC | #1
On 19/10/2018 03:56, Richard Henderson wrote:
> Since QEMU does not implement ASIDs, changes to the ASID must flush the
> tlb.  However, if the ASID does not change there is no reason to flush.
> 
> In testing a boot of the Ubuntu installer to the first menu, this reduces
> the number of flushes by 30%, or nearly 600k instances.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Aaron Lindsay <aaron@os.amperecomputing.com>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>

Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>

> ---
>  target/arm/helper.c | 8 +++-----
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/target/arm/helper.c b/target/arm/helper.c
> index 24bbde4f76..ed70ac645e 100644
> --- a/target/arm/helper.c
> +++ b/target/arm/helper.c
> @@ -2709,12 +2709,10 @@ static void vmsa_tcr_el1_write(CPUARMState *env, const ARMCPRegInfo *ri,
>  static void vmsa_ttbr_write(CPUARMState *env, const ARMCPRegInfo *ri,
>                              uint64_t value)
>  {
> -    /* 64 bit accesses to the TTBRs can change the ASID and so we
> -     * must flush the TLB.
> -     */
> -    if (cpreg_field_is_64bit(ri)) {
> +    /* If the ASID changes (with a 64-bit write), we must flush the TLB.  */
> +    if (cpreg_field_is_64bit(ri) &&
> +        extract64(raw_read(env, ri) ^ value, 48, 16) != 0) {
>          ARMCPU *cpu = arm_env_get_cpu(env);
> -
>          tlb_flush(CPU(cpu));
>      }
>      raw_write(env, ri, value);
>
Peter Maydell Oct. 19, 2018, 2:22 p.m. UTC | #2
On 19 October 2018 at 02:56, Richard Henderson
<richard.henderson@linaro.org> wrote:
> Since QEMU does not implement ASIDs, changes to the ASID must flush the
> tlb.  However, if the ASID does not change there is no reason to flush.
>
> In testing a boot of the Ubuntu installer to the first menu, this reduces
> the number of flushes by 30%, or nearly 600k instances.
>
> Reviewed-by: Aaron Lindsay <aaron@os.amperecomputing.com>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
> ---
>  target/arm/helper.c | 8 +++-----
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/target/arm/helper.c b/target/arm/helper.c
> index 24bbde4f76..ed70ac645e 100644
> --- a/target/arm/helper.c
> +++ b/target/arm/helper.c
> @@ -2709,12 +2709,10 @@ static void vmsa_tcr_el1_write(CPUARMState *env, const ARMCPRegInfo *ri,
>  static void vmsa_ttbr_write(CPUARMState *env, const ARMCPRegInfo *ri,
>                              uint64_t value)
>  {
> -    /* 64 bit accesses to the TTBRs can change the ASID and so we
> -     * must flush the TLB.
> -     */
> -    if (cpreg_field_is_64bit(ri)) {
> +    /* If the ASID changes (with a 64-bit write), we must flush the TLB.  */
> +    if (cpreg_field_is_64bit(ri) &&
> +        extract64(raw_read(env, ri) ^ value, 48, 16) != 0) {
>          ARMCPU *cpu = arm_env_get_cpu(env);
> -
>          tlb_flush(CPU(cpu));
>      }
>      raw_write(env, ri, value);
> --
> 2.17.2

Reviewed-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>

thanks
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diff --git a/target/arm/helper.c b/target/arm/helper.c
index 24bbde4f76..ed70ac645e 100644
--- a/target/arm/helper.c
+++ b/target/arm/helper.c
@@ -2709,12 +2709,10 @@  static void vmsa_tcr_el1_write(CPUARMState *env, const ARMCPRegInfo *ri,
 static void vmsa_ttbr_write(CPUARMState *env, const ARMCPRegInfo *ri,
                             uint64_t value)
 {
-    /* 64 bit accesses to the TTBRs can change the ASID and so we
-     * must flush the TLB.
-     */
-    if (cpreg_field_is_64bit(ri)) {
+    /* If the ASID changes (with a 64-bit write), we must flush the TLB.  */
+    if (cpreg_field_is_64bit(ri) &&
+        extract64(raw_read(env, ri) ^ value, 48, 16) != 0) {
         ARMCPU *cpu = arm_env_get_cpu(env);
-
         tlb_flush(CPU(cpu));
     }
     raw_write(env, ri, value);