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arm64/sve: Write ZCR_EL1 on context switch only if changed
authorDave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com>
Mon, 14 May 2018 17:51:09 +0000 (18:51 +0100)
committerCatalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Thu, 17 May 2018 17:19:53 +0000 (18:19 +0100)
commit159fd7b8d3d12b27593d4fe3f6ae1d8e14ea9d0b
tree2cc7356909e076e77d1fe961f9c90f2f0c8f0595
parent37c3ec2d810f87eac73822f76b30391a83bded19
arm64/sve: Write ZCR_EL1 on context switch only if changed

Writes to ZCR_EL1 are self-synchronising, and so may be expensive
in typical implementations.

This patch adopts the approach used for costly system register
writes elsewhere in the kernel: the system register write is
suppressed if it would not change the stored value.

Since the common case will be that of switching between tasks that
use the same vector length as one another, prediction hit rates on
the conditional branch should be reasonably good, with lower
expected amortised cost than the unconditional execution of a
heavyweight self-synchronising instruction.

Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
arch/arm64/include/asm/fpsimdmacros.h
arch/arm64/kernel/entry-fpsimd.S