Re: [PATCH] riscv: Turn has_fpu into a static key if FPU

From: Palmer Dabbelt
Date: Wed May 26 2021 - 01:32:35 EST


On Tue, 11 May 2021 11:01:52 PDT (-0700), jszhang3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
From: Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@xxxxxxxxxx>

The has_fpu check sits at hot code path: switch_to(). Currently, has_fpu
is a bool variable if FPU, switch_to() checks it each time, we can
optimize out this check by turning the has_fpu into a static key.

Before the patch:
...
ccc7c783 lbu a5,-820(a5) # ffffffff80cab098 <has_fpu>
e3b5 bnez a5,ffffffff8031a438 <__schedule+0x232>
...

After the patch:
If FPU isn't supported:
...
00000013 nop
...

If FPU is supported:
...
0540006f j ffffffff8031a418 <__schedule+0x21a>
...

Signed-off-by: Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/riscv/include/asm/switch_to.h | 11 ++++++++---
arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c | 4 ++--
arch/riscv/kernel/process.c | 2 +-
arch/riscv/kernel/signal.c | 4 ++--
4 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/switch_to.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/switch_to.h
index 407bcc96a710..ea25ccb7785e 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/switch_to.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/switch_to.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
#ifndef _ASM_RISCV_SWITCH_TO_H
#define _ASM_RISCV_SWITCH_TO_H

+#include <linux/jump_label.h>
#include <linux/sched/task_stack.h>
#include <asm/processor.h>
#include <asm/ptrace.h>
@@ -55,9 +56,13 @@ static inline void __switch_to_aux(struct task_struct *prev,
fstate_restore(next, task_pt_regs(next));
}

-extern bool has_fpu;
+extern struct static_key_false cpu_hwcap_fpu;
+static __always_inline bool has_fpu(void)
+{
+ return static_branch_unlikely(&cpu_hwcap_fpu);
+}
#else
-#define has_fpu false
+static __always_inline bool has_fpu(void) { return false; }
#define fstate_save(task, regs) do { } while (0)
#define fstate_restore(task, regs) do { } while (0)
#define __switch_to_aux(__prev, __next) do { } while (0)
@@ -70,7 +75,7 @@ extern struct task_struct *__switch_to(struct task_struct *,
do { \
struct task_struct *__prev = (prev); \
struct task_struct *__next = (next); \
- if (has_fpu) \
+ if (has_fpu()) \
__switch_to_aux(__prev, __next); \
((last) = __switch_to(__prev, __next)); \
} while (0)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c
index ac202f44a670..a2848dc36927 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ unsigned long elf_hwcap __read_mostly;
static DECLARE_BITMAP(riscv_isa, RISCV_ISA_EXT_MAX) __read_mostly;

#ifdef CONFIG_FPU
-bool has_fpu __read_mostly;
+__ro_after_init DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(cpu_hwcap_fpu);
#endif

/**
@@ -146,6 +146,6 @@ void riscv_fill_hwcap(void)

#ifdef CONFIG_FPU
if (elf_hwcap & (COMPAT_HWCAP_ISA_F | COMPAT_HWCAP_ISA_D))
- has_fpu = true;
+ static_branch_enable(&cpu_hwcap_fpu);
#endif
}
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/process.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/process.c
index f9cd57c9c67d..03ac3aa611f5 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/process.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ void start_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long pc,
unsigned long sp)
{
regs->status = SR_PIE;
- if (has_fpu) {
+ if (has_fpu()) {
regs->status |= SR_FS_INITIAL;
/*
* Restore the initial value to the FP register
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/signal.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/signal.c
index 65942b3748b4..c2d5ecbe5526 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/signal.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ static long restore_sigcontext(struct pt_regs *regs,
/* sc_regs is structured the same as the start of pt_regs */
err = __copy_from_user(regs, &sc->sc_regs, sizeof(sc->sc_regs));
/* Restore the floating-point state. */
- if (has_fpu)
+ if (has_fpu())
err |= restore_fp_state(regs, &sc->sc_fpregs);
return err;
}
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ static long setup_sigcontext(struct rt_sigframe __user *frame,
/* sc_regs is structured the same as the start of pt_regs */
err = __copy_to_user(&sc->sc_regs, regs, sizeof(sc->sc_regs));
/* Save the floating-point state. */
- if (has_fpu)
+ if (has_fpu())
err |= save_fp_state(regs, &sc->sc_fpregs);
return err;
}

Thanks, this is on for-next.