powerpc: Pair loads and stores in copy_4k_page

A number of our chips like loads and stores to be paired. A small kernel
module testcase shows the improvement of pairing loads and stores in
copy_4k_page:

POWER6: +9%
POWER7: +1.5%

#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>

#define ITERATIONS 10000000

static int __init copypage_init(void)
{
	struct timespec before, after;
	unsigned long i;
	struct page *destpage, *srcpage;
	char *dest, *src;

	destpage = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
	srcpage = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);

	dest = page_address(destpage);
	src = page_address(srcpage);

	getnstimeofday(&before);

	for (i = 0; i < ITERATIONS; i++)
		copy_4K_page(dest, src);

	getnstimeofday(&after);

	free_page((unsigned long)dest);
	free_page((unsigned long)src);

	printk(KERN_DEBUG "copy_4K_page loop took %lu ns\n",
		(after.tv_sec - before.tv_sec) * NSEC_PER_SEC +
		(after.tv_nsec - before.tv_nsec));

	return 0;
}

static void __exit copypage_exit(void)
{
}

module_init(copypage_init)
module_exit(copypage_exit)
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
MODULE_AUTHOR("Anton Blanchard");

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/copypage_64.S b/arch/powerpc/lib/copypage_64.S
index e68beac0a171..4d4eeb900486 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/copypage_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/copypage_64.S
@@ -43,62 +43,62 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_CP_USE_DCBTZ)
         ld      r7,16(r4)
         ldu     r8,24(r4)
 1:      std     r5,8(r3)
-        ld      r9,8(r4)
         std     r6,16(r3)
+        ld      r9,8(r4)
         ld      r10,16(r4)
         std     r7,24(r3)
-        ld      r11,24(r4)
         std     r8,32(r3)
+        ld      r11,24(r4)
         ld      r12,32(r4)
         std     r9,40(r3)
-        ld      r5,40(r4)
         std     r10,48(r3)
+        ld      r5,40(r4)
         ld      r6,48(r4)
         std     r11,56(r3)
-        ld      r7,56(r4)
         std     r12,64(r3)
+        ld      r7,56(r4)
         ld      r8,64(r4)
         std     r5,72(r3)
-        ld      r9,72(r4)
         std     r6,80(r3)
+        ld      r9,72(r4)
         ld      r10,80(r4)
         std     r7,88(r3)
-        ld      r11,88(r4)
         std     r8,96(r3)
+        ld      r11,88(r4)
         ld      r12,96(r4)
         std     r9,104(r3)
-        ld      r5,104(r4)
         std     r10,112(r3)
+        ld      r5,104(r4)
         ld      r6,112(r4)
         std     r11,120(r3)
-        ld      r7,120(r4)
         stdu    r12,128(r3)
+        ld      r7,120(r4)
         ldu     r8,128(r4)
         bdnz    1b
 
         std     r5,8(r3)
-        ld      r9,8(r4)
         std     r6,16(r3)
+        ld      r9,8(r4)
         ld      r10,16(r4)
         std     r7,24(r3)
-        ld      r11,24(r4)
         std     r8,32(r3)
+        ld      r11,24(r4)
         ld      r12,32(r4)
         std     r9,40(r3)
-        ld      r5,40(r4)
         std     r10,48(r3)
+        ld      r5,40(r4)
         ld      r6,48(r4)
         std     r11,56(r3)
-        ld      r7,56(r4)
         std     r12,64(r3)
+        ld      r7,56(r4)
         ld      r8,64(r4)
         std     r5,72(r3)
-        ld      r9,72(r4)
         std     r6,80(r3)
+        ld      r9,72(r4)
         ld      r10,80(r4)
         std     r7,88(r3)
-        ld      r11,88(r4)
         std     r8,96(r3)
+        ld      r11,88(r4)
         ld      r12,96(r4)
         std     r9,104(r3)
         std     r10,112(r3)