Re: [PATCH 4/4] ARCv2: entry: Reduce perf intr return path

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Tue, Nov 07, 2017 at 02:13:04PM -0800, Vineet Gupta wrote:
> In the more likely case of returning to kernel from perf interrupt, do a
> fast path returning w/o bothering about CONFIG_PREEMPT etc

I think this needs more explaining and certainly also deserves a code
comment.

Is the argument something along these lines?

  Assumes the interrupt will never set TIF_NEED_RESCHED;
  therefore no preemption is ever required on return from
  the interrupt.

What do you (on ARC) do about irq_work ?

> +ENTRY(handle_interrupt_pct)
> +
> +	INTERRUPT_PROLOGUE  irq
> +
> +	IRQ_DISABLE
> +
> +	lr	r0, [ICAUSE]
> +
> +	bl.d	arch_do_IRQ
> +	mov	r1, sp
> +
> +	ld	r0, [sp, PT_status32]   ; returning to User/Kernel Mode
> +	btst	r0, STATUS_U_BIT
> +	bnz	resume_user_mode_begin
> +
> +	clri
> +	b	.Lisr_ret_fast_path_to_k
> +
> +END(handle_interrupt_pct)