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<title>powerpc/sstep: Fix emulation fall-through</title>
<updated>2016-05-11T11:54:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Oliver O'Halloran</name>
<email>oohall@gmail.com</email>
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<published>2016-02-16T06:31:53+00:00</published>
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There is a switch fallthough in instr_analyze() which can cause an
invalid instruction to be emulated as a different, valid, instruction.
The rld* (opcode 30) case extracts a sub-opcode from bits 3:1 of the
instruction word. However, the only valid values of this field are 001
and 000. These cases are correctly handled, but the others are not which
causes execution to fall through into case 31.

Breaking out of the switch causes the instruction to be marked as
unknown and allows the caller to deal with the invalid instruction in a
manner consistent with other invalid instructions.

Signed-off-by: Oliver O'Halloran &lt;oohall@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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There is a switch fallthough in instr_analyze() which can cause an
invalid instruction to be emulated as a different, valid, instruction.
The rld* (opcode 30) case extracts a sub-opcode from bits 3:1 of the
instruction word. However, the only valid values of this field are 001
and 000. These cases are correctly handled, but the others are not which
causes execution to fall through into case 31.

Breaking out of the switch causes the instruction to be marked as
unknown and allows the caller to deal with the invalid instruction in a
manner consistent with other invalid instructions.

Signed-off-by: Oliver O'Halloran &lt;oohall@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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<entry>
<title>powerpc/sstep: Fix sstep.c compile on powerpcspe</title>
<updated>2016-05-11T11:54:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Lennart Sorensen</name>
<email>lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca</email>
</author>
<published>2016-05-05T20:44:44+00:00</published>
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Commit be96f63375a1 ("powerpc: Split out instruction analysis part of
emulate_step()") introduced ldarx and stdcx into the instructions in
sstep.c, which are not accepted by the assembler on powerpcspe, but does
seem to be accepted by the normal powerpc assembler even in 32 bit mode.

Wrap these two instructions in a __powerpc64__ check like it is
everywhere else in the file.

Fixes: be96f63375a1 ("powerpc: Split out instruction analysis part of emulate_step()")
Signed-off-by: Len Sorensen &lt;lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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Commit be96f63375a1 ("powerpc: Split out instruction analysis part of
emulate_step()") introduced ldarx and stdcx into the instructions in
sstep.c, which are not accepted by the assembler on powerpcspe, but does
seem to be accepted by the normal powerpc assembler even in 32 bit mode.

Wrap these two instructions in a __powerpc64__ check like it is
everywhere else in the file.

Fixes: be96f63375a1 ("powerpc: Split out instruction analysis part of emulate_step()")
Signed-off-by: Len Sorensen &lt;lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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<entry>
<title>powerpc: rework sparse for lib/xor_vmx.c</title>
<updated>2016-04-26T23:33:37+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Daniel Axtens</name>
<email>dja@axtens.net</email>
</author>
<published>2016-04-26T13:49:09+00:00</published>
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Sparse doesn't seem to be passing -maltivec around properly, leading
to lots of errors:

.../include/altivec.h:34:2: error: Use the "-maltivec" flag to enable PowerPC AltiVec support
arch/powerpc/lib/xor_vmx.c:27:16: error: Expected ; at end of declaration
arch/powerpc/lib/xor_vmx.c:27:16: error: got signed
arch/powerpc/lib/xor_vmx.c:60:9: error: No right hand side of '*'-expression
arch/powerpc/lib/xor_vmx.c:60:9: error: Expected ; at end of statement
arch/powerpc/lib/xor_vmx.c:60:9: error: got v1_in
...
arch/powerpc/lib/xor_vmx.c:87:9: error: too many errors

Only include the altivec.h header for non-__CHECKER__ builds.
For builds with __CHECKER__, make up some stubs instead, as
suggested by Balbir. (The vector size of 16 is arbitrary.)

Suggested-by: Balbir Singh &lt;bsingharora@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Axtens &lt;dja@axtens.net&gt;
Tested-by: Balbir Singh &lt;bsingharora@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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Sparse doesn't seem to be passing -maltivec around properly, leading
to lots of errors:

.../include/altivec.h:34:2: error: Use the "-maltivec" flag to enable PowerPC AltiVec support
arch/powerpc/lib/xor_vmx.c:27:16: error: Expected ; at end of declaration
arch/powerpc/lib/xor_vmx.c:27:16: error: got signed
arch/powerpc/lib/xor_vmx.c:60:9: error: No right hand side of '*'-expression
arch/powerpc/lib/xor_vmx.c:60:9: error: Expected ; at end of statement
arch/powerpc/lib/xor_vmx.c:60:9: error: got v1_in
...
arch/powerpc/lib/xor_vmx.c:87:9: error: too many errors

Only include the altivec.h header for non-__CHECKER__ builds.
For builds with __CHECKER__, make up some stubs instead, as
suggested by Balbir. (The vector size of 16 is arbitrary.)

Suggested-by: Balbir Singh &lt;bsingharora@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Axtens &lt;dja@axtens.net&gt;
Tested-by: Balbir Singh &lt;bsingharora@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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<entry>
<title>powerpc: Make generic_memcpy() private to copy_32.S</title>
<updated>2016-04-11T10:30:41+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Michael Ellerman</name>
<email>mpe@ellerman.id.au</email>
</author>
<published>2016-03-16T10:36:06+00:00</published>
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generic_memcpy() is only called from copy_32.S, so there's no reason for
it to be global.

Reported-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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generic_memcpy() is only called from copy_32.S, so there's no reason for
it to be global.

Reported-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/scottwood/linux into next</title>
<updated>2016-03-14T09:05:14+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Michael Ellerman</name>
<email>mpe@ellerman.id.au</email>
</author>
<published>2016-03-14T09:05:14+00:00</published>
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Freescale updates from Scott:

"Highlights include 8xx optimizations, 32-bit checksum optimizations,
86xx consolidation, e5500/e6500 cpu hotplug, more fman and other dt
bits, and minor fixes/cleanup."
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Freescale updates from Scott:

"Highlights include 8xx optimizations, 32-bit checksum optimizations,
86xx consolidation, e5500/e6500 cpu hotplug, more fman and other dt
bits, and minor fixes/cleanup."
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<entry>
<title>powerpc: optimise csum_partial() call when len is constant</title>
<updated>2016-03-09T16:44:18+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christophe Leroy</name>
<email>christophe.leroy@c-s.fr</email>
</author>
<published>2016-03-07T17:44:37+00:00</published>
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csum_partial is often called for small fixed length packets
for which it is suboptimal to use the generic csum_partial()
function.

For instance, in my configuration, I got:
* One place calling it with constant len 4
* Seven places calling it with constant len 8
* Three places calling it with constant len 14
* One place calling it with constant len 20
* One place calling it with constant len 24
* One place calling it with constant len 32

This patch renames csum_partial() to __csum_partial() and
implements csum_partial() as a wrapper inline function which
* uses csum_add() for small 16bits multiple constant length
* uses ip_fast_csum() for other 32bits multiple constant
* uses __csum_partial() in all other cases

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy &lt;christophe.leroy@c-s.fr&gt;
Signed-off-by: Scott Wood &lt;oss@buserror.net&gt;
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csum_partial is often called for small fixed length packets
for which it is suboptimal to use the generic csum_partial()
function.

For instance, in my configuration, I got:
* One place calling it with constant len 4
* Seven places calling it with constant len 8
* Three places calling it with constant len 14
* One place calling it with constant len 20
* One place calling it with constant len 24
* One place calling it with constant len 32

This patch renames csum_partial() to __csum_partial() and
implements csum_partial() as a wrapper inline function which
* uses csum_add() for small 16bits multiple constant length
* uses ip_fast_csum() for other 32bits multiple constant
* uses __csum_partial() in all other cases

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy &lt;christophe.leroy@c-s.fr&gt;
Signed-off-by: Scott Wood &lt;oss@buserror.net&gt;
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<entry>
<title>powerpc/ftrace: Use $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE) when disabling ftrace</title>
<updated>2016-03-07T03:53:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Torsten Duwe</name>
<email>duwe@lst.de</email>
</author>
<published>2016-03-03T04:26:58+00:00</published>
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Rather than open-coding -pg whereever we want to disable ftrace, use the
existing $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE) variable.

This has the advantage that it will work in future when we use a
different set of flags to enable ftrace.

Signed-off-by: Torsten Duwe &lt;duwe@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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Rather than open-coding -pg whereever we want to disable ftrace, use the
existing $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE) variable.

This has the advantage that it will work in future when we use a
different set of flags to enable ftrace.

Signed-off-by: Torsten Duwe &lt;duwe@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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<entry>
<title>powerpc32: optimise csum_partial() loop</title>
<updated>2016-03-05T05:03:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christophe Leroy</name>
<email>christophe.leroy@c-s.fr</email>
</author>
<published>2015-09-22T14:34:32+00:00</published>
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On the 8xx, load latency is 2 cycles and taking branches also takes
2 cycles. So let's unroll the loop.

This patch improves csum_partial() speed by around 10% on both:
* 8xx (single issue processor with parallel execution)
* 83xx (superscalar 6xx processor with dual instruction fetch
and parallel execution)

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy &lt;christophe.leroy@c-s.fr&gt;
Signed-off-by: Scott Wood &lt;oss@buserror.net&gt;
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On the 8xx, load latency is 2 cycles and taking branches also takes
2 cycles. So let's unroll the loop.

This patch improves csum_partial() speed by around 10% on both:
* 8xx (single issue processor with parallel execution)
* 83xx (superscalar 6xx processor with dual instruction fetch
and parallel execution)

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy &lt;christophe.leroy@c-s.fr&gt;
Signed-off-by: Scott Wood &lt;oss@buserror.net&gt;
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<entry>
<title>powerpc32: optimise a few instructions in csum_partial()</title>
<updated>2016-03-05T05:00:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christophe Leroy</name>
<email>christophe.leroy@c-s.fr</email>
</author>
<published>2015-09-22T14:34:29+00:00</published>
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r5 does contain the value to be updated, so lets use r5 all way long
for that. It makes the code more readable.

To avoid confusion, it is better to use adde instead of addc

The first addition is useless. Its only purpose is to clear carry.
As r4 is a signed int that is always positive, this can be done by
using srawi instead of srwi

Let's also remove the comment about bdnz having no overhead as it
is not correct on all powerpc, at least on MPC8xx

In the last part, in our situation, the remaining quantity of bytes
to be proceeded is between 0 and 3. Therefore, we can base that part
on the value of bit 31 and bit 30 of r4 instead of anding r4 with 3
then proceding on comparisons and substractions.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy &lt;christophe.leroy@c-s.fr&gt;
Signed-off-by: Scott Wood &lt;oss@buserror.net&gt;
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r5 does contain the value to be updated, so lets use r5 all way long
for that. It makes the code more readable.

To avoid confusion, it is better to use adde instead of addc

The first addition is useless. Its only purpose is to clear carry.
As r4 is a signed int that is always positive, this can be done by
using srawi instead of srwi

Let's also remove the comment about bdnz having no overhead as it
is not correct on all powerpc, at least on MPC8xx

In the last part, in our situation, the remaining quantity of bytes
to be proceeded is between 0 and 3. Therefore, we can base that part
on the value of bit 31 and bit 30 of r4 instead of anding r4 with 3
then proceding on comparisons and substractions.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy &lt;christophe.leroy@c-s.fr&gt;
Signed-off-by: Scott Wood &lt;oss@buserror.net&gt;
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<entry>
<title>powerpc32: rewrite csum_partial_copy_generic() based on copy_tofrom_user()</title>
<updated>2016-03-05T04:53:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christophe Leroy</name>
<email>christophe.leroy@c-s.fr</email>
</author>
<published>2015-09-22T14:34:27+00:00</published>
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csum_partial_copy_generic() does the same as copy_tofrom_user and also
calculates the checksum during the copy. Unlike copy_tofrom_user(),
the existing version of csum_partial_copy_generic() doesn't take
benefit of the cache.

This patch is a rewrite of csum_partial_copy_generic() based on
copy_tofrom_user().
The previous version of csum_partial_copy_generic() was handling
errors. Now we have the checksum wrapper functions to handle the error
case like in powerpc64 so we can make the error case simple:
just return -EFAULT.
copy_tofrom_user() only has r12 available =&gt; we use it for the
checksum r7 and r8 which contains pointers to error feedback are used,
so we stack them.

On a TCP benchmark using socklib on the loopback interface on which
checksum offload and scatter/gather have been deactivated, we get
about 20% performance increase.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy &lt;christophe.leroy@c-s.fr&gt;
Signed-off-by: Scott Wood &lt;oss@buserror.net&gt;
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csum_partial_copy_generic() does the same as copy_tofrom_user and also
calculates the checksum during the copy. Unlike copy_tofrom_user(),
the existing version of csum_partial_copy_generic() doesn't take
benefit of the cache.

This patch is a rewrite of csum_partial_copy_generic() based on
copy_tofrom_user().
The previous version of csum_partial_copy_generic() was handling
errors. Now we have the checksum wrapper functions to handle the error
case like in powerpc64 so we can make the error case simple:
just return -EFAULT.
copy_tofrom_user() only has r12 available =&gt; we use it for the
checksum r7 and r8 which contains pointers to error feedback are used,
so we stack them.

On a TCP benchmark using socklib on the loopback interface on which
checksum offload and scatter/gather have been deactivated, we get
about 20% performance increase.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy &lt;christophe.leroy@c-s.fr&gt;
Signed-off-by: Scott Wood &lt;oss@buserror.net&gt;
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