Re: [PATCH v5 16/22] powerpc/syscall: Avoid stack frame in likely part of system_call_exception()

[Nicholas Piggin]

Excerpts from Christophe Leroy's message of February 9, 2021 1:10 am:
> When r3 is not modified, reload it from regs->orig_r3 to free
> volatile registers. This avoids a stack frame for the likely part
> of system_call_exception()

This doesn't on my 64s build, but it does reduce one non volatile
register save/restore. With quite a bit more register pressure
reduction 64s can avoid the stack frame as well.

It's a cool trick but quite code and compiler specific so I don't know 
how worthwhile it is to keep considering we're calling out into random
kernel C code after this.

Maybe just keep it PPC32 specific for the moment, will have to do more
tuning for 64 and we have other stuff to do there first.

If you are happy to make it 32-bit only then

Reviewed-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>

> 
> Before the patch:
> 
> c000b4d4 <system_call_exception>:
> c000b4d4:	7c 08 02 a6 	mflr    r0
> c000b4d8:	94 21 ff e0 	stwu    r1,-32(r1)
> c000b4dc:	93 e1 00 1c 	stw     r31,28(r1)
> c000b4e0:	90 01 00 24 	stw     r0,36(r1)
> c000b4e4:	90 6a 00 88 	stw     r3,136(r10)
> c000b4e8:	81 6a 00 84 	lwz     r11,132(r10)
> c000b4ec:	69 6b 00 02 	xori    r11,r11,2
> c000b4f0:	55 6b ff fe 	rlwinm  r11,r11,31,31,31
> c000b4f4:	0f 0b 00 00 	twnei   r11,0
> c000b4f8:	81 6a 00 a0 	lwz     r11,160(r10)
> c000b4fc:	55 6b 07 fe 	clrlwi  r11,r11,31
> c000b500:	0f 0b 00 00 	twnei   r11,0
> c000b504:	7c 0c 42 e6 	mftb    r0
> c000b508:	83 e2 00 08 	lwz     r31,8(r2)
> c000b50c:	81 82 00 28 	lwz     r12,40(r2)
> c000b510:	90 02 00 24 	stw     r0,36(r2)
> c000b514:	7d 8c f8 50 	subf    r12,r12,r31
> c000b518:	7c 0c 02 14 	add     r0,r12,r0
> c000b51c:	90 02 00 08 	stw     r0,8(r2)
> c000b520:	7c 10 13 a6 	mtspr   80,r0
> c000b524:	81 62 00 70 	lwz     r11,112(r2)
> c000b528:	71 60 86 91 	andi.   r0,r11,34449
> c000b52c:	40 82 00 34 	bne     c000b560 <system_call_exception+0x8c>
> c000b530:	2b 89 01 b6 	cmplwi  cr7,r9,438
> c000b534:	41 9d 00 64 	bgt     cr7,c000b598 <system_call_exception+0xc4>
> c000b538:	3d 40 c0 5c 	lis     r10,-16292
> c000b53c:	55 29 10 3a 	rlwinm  r9,r9,2,0,29
> c000b540:	39 4a 41 e8 	addi    r10,r10,16872
> c000b544:	80 01 00 24 	lwz     r0,36(r1)
> c000b548:	7d 2a 48 2e 	lwzx    r9,r10,r9
> c000b54c:	7c 08 03 a6 	mtlr    r0
> c000b550:	7d 29 03 a6 	mtctr   r9
> c000b554:	83 e1 00 1c 	lwz     r31,28(r1)
> c000b558:	38 21 00 20 	addi    r1,r1,32
> c000b55c:	4e 80 04 20 	bctr
> 
> After the patch:
> 
> c000b4d4 <system_call_exception>:
> c000b4d4:	81 6a 00 84 	lwz     r11,132(r10)
> c000b4d8:	90 6a 00 88 	stw     r3,136(r10)
> c000b4dc:	69 6b 00 02 	xori    r11,r11,2
> c000b4e0:	55 6b ff fe 	rlwinm  r11,r11,31,31,31
> c000b4e4:	0f 0b 00 00 	twnei   r11,0
> c000b4e8:	80 6a 00 a0 	lwz     r3,160(r10)
> c000b4ec:	54 63 07 fe 	clrlwi  r3,r3,31
> c000b4f0:	0f 03 00 00 	twnei   r3,0
> c000b4f4:	7d 6c 42 e6 	mftb    r11
> c000b4f8:	81 82 00 08 	lwz     r12,8(r2)
> c000b4fc:	80 02 00 28 	lwz     r0,40(r2)
> c000b500:	91 62 00 24 	stw     r11,36(r2)
> c000b504:	7c 00 60 50 	subf    r0,r0,r12
> c000b508:	7d 60 5a 14 	add     r11,r0,r11
> c000b50c:	91 62 00 08 	stw     r11,8(r2)
> c000b510:	7c 10 13 a6 	mtspr   80,r0
> c000b514:	80 62 00 70 	lwz     r3,112(r2)
> c000b518:	70 6b 86 91 	andi.   r11,r3,34449
> c000b51c:	40 82 00 28 	bne     c000b544 <system_call_exception+0x70>
> c000b520:	2b 89 01 b6 	cmplwi  cr7,r9,438
> c000b524:	41 9d 00 84 	bgt     cr7,c000b5a8 <system_call_exception+0xd4>
> c000b528:	80 6a 00 88 	lwz     r3,136(r10)
> c000b52c:	3d 40 c0 5c 	lis     r10,-16292
> c000b530:	55 29 10 3a 	rlwinm  r9,r9,2,0,29
> c000b534:	39 4a 41 e4 	addi    r10,r10,16868
> c000b538:	7d 2a 48 2e 	lwzx    r9,r10,r9
> c000b53c:	7d 29 03 a6 	mtctr   r9
> c000b540:	4e 80 04 20 	bctr
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c
> index 107ec39f05cb..205902052112 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c
> @@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ notrace long system_call_exception(long r3, long r4, long r5,
>  			return regs->gpr[3];
>  		}
>  		return -ENOSYS;
> +	} else {
> +		/* Restore r3 from orig_gpr3 to free up a volatile reg */
> +		r3 = regs->orig_gpr3;
>  	}
>  
>  	/* May be faster to do array_index_nospec? */
> -- 
> 2.25.0
> 
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