Re: [PATCH 0/1] arm64: defconfig: Add Coresight as module

[James Clark]

On 22/09/2022 11:52, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 10:34:45AM +0100, James Clark wrote:
>> On 21/09/2022 16:08, Catalin Marinas wrote:
>>> 2. Always on CONFIG_PID_IN_CONTEXTIDR (we might as well remove the
>>>    Kconfig entry). This would write the root pid namespace value
>>>    (task_pid_nr()).
>>
>> If we're not worried about the overhead after all, this would be the
>> easiest solution. And then SPE or Coresight already decide whether they
>> want to use the value or not, so no further changes are needed.
>>
>> From Leo's patch there is a table that shows a 1% overhead with it
>> enabled permanently, and I've heard a figure like that mentioned before.
>> So I could also resurrect that patch to use static keys? Although it's a
>> bit more complicated, that would be my preference. And then we can have
>> that mode always on.
> 
> I don't think we should bother with static keys, just always enable it
> but try to reduce/group the ISBs from all the functions called on the
> __switch_to() path. We may actually get a speed-up.
> 

Ok thanks I will take a look at this