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authorJeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com>2009-04-24 00:45:26 -0700
committerJeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com>2009-06-17 13:21:25 -0700
commit2fcddce10f6771cfa0c56fd1e826d50d67d100b7 (patch)
tree08a1a21922509b9ba3b896dfc1951a6d0ab0d8f4 /arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
parente6e9cac8c3417b43498b243c1f8f11780e157168 (diff)
x86-32: make sure clts is batched during context switch
If we're preloading the fpu state during context switch, make sure the clts happens while we're batching the cpu context update, then do the actual __math_state_restore once the updates are flushed. This allows more efficient context switches when running paravirtualized, as all the hypercalls can be folded together into one. [ Impact: optimise paravirtual FPU context switch ] Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> Cc: Alok Kataria <akataria@vmware.com> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c27
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
index 59f4524984a..a80eddd4165 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
@@ -350,14 +350,21 @@ __switch_to(struct task_struct *prev_p, struct task_struct *next_p)
*next = &next_p->thread;
int cpu = smp_processor_id();
struct tss_struct *tss = &per_cpu(init_tss, cpu);
+ bool preload_fpu;
/* never put a printk in __switch_to... printk() calls wake_up*() indirectly */
- __unlazy_fpu(prev_p);
+ /*
+ * If the task has used fpu the last 5 timeslices, just do a full
+ * restore of the math state immediately to avoid the trap; the
+ * chances of needing FPU soon are obviously high now
+ */
+ preload_fpu = tsk_used_math(next_p) && next_p->fpu_counter > 5;
+ __unlazy_fpu(prev_p);
/* we're going to use this soon, after a few expensive things */
- if (next_p->fpu_counter > 5)
+ if (preload_fpu)
prefetch(next->xstate);
/*
@@ -398,6 +405,11 @@ __switch_to(struct task_struct *prev_p, struct task_struct *next_p)
task_thread_info(next_p)->flags & _TIF_WORK_CTXSW_NEXT))
__switch_to_xtra(prev_p, next_p, tss);
+ /* If we're going to preload the fpu context, make sure clts
+ is run while we're batching the cpu state updates. */
+ if (preload_fpu)
+ clts();
+
/*
* Leave lazy mode, flushing any hypercalls made here.
* This must be done before restoring TLS segments so
@@ -407,15 +419,8 @@ __switch_to(struct task_struct *prev_p, struct task_struct *next_p)
*/
arch_end_context_switch(next_p);
- /* If the task has used fpu the last 5 timeslices, just do a full
- * restore of the math state immediately to avoid the trap; the
- * chances of needing FPU soon are obviously high now
- *
- * tsk_used_math() checks prevent calling math_state_restore(),
- * which can sleep in the case of !tsk_used_math()
- */
- if (tsk_used_math(next_p) && next_p->fpu_counter > 5)
- math_state_restore();
+ if (preload_fpu)
+ __math_state_restore();
/*
* Restore %gs if needed (which is common)