From 103423ad7e56d6c756738823c332c414b07899e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marc Zyngier Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 13:37:54 +0000 Subject: arm64: Get rid of ARM64_HAS_NO_HW_PREFETCH Back in 2016, it was argued that implementations lacking a HW prefetcher could be helped by sprinkling a number of PRFM instructions in strategic locations. In 2023, the one platform that presumably needed this hack is no longer in active use (let alone maintained), and an quick experiment shows dropping this hack only leads to a 0.4% drop on a full kernel compilation (tested on a MT30-GS0 48 CPU system). Given that this is pretty much in the noise department and that it may give odd ideas to other implementers, drop the hack for good. Suggested-by: Will Deacon Suggested-by: Mark Rutland Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier Acked-by: Catalin Marinas Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231122133754.1240687-1-maz@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Will Deacon --- arch/arm64/lib/copy_page.S | 11 ----------- 1 file changed, 11 deletions(-) (limited to 'arch/arm64/lib') diff --git a/arch/arm64/lib/copy_page.S b/arch/arm64/lib/copy_page.S index c336d2ffdec5..6a56d7cf309d 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/lib/copy_page.S +++ b/arch/arm64/lib/copy_page.S @@ -18,13 +18,6 @@ * x1 - src */ SYM_FUNC_START(__pi_copy_page) -alternative_if ARM64_HAS_NO_HW_PREFETCH - // Prefetch three cache lines ahead. - prfm pldl1strm, [x1, #128] - prfm pldl1strm, [x1, #256] - prfm pldl1strm, [x1, #384] -alternative_else_nop_endif - ldp x2, x3, [x1] ldp x4, x5, [x1, #16] ldp x6, x7, [x1, #32] @@ -39,10 +32,6 @@ alternative_else_nop_endif 1: tst x0, #(PAGE_SIZE - 1) -alternative_if ARM64_HAS_NO_HW_PREFETCH - prfm pldl1strm, [x1, #384] -alternative_else_nop_endif - stnp x2, x3, [x0, #-256] ldp x2, x3, [x1] stnp x4, x5, [x0, #16 - 256] -- cgit v1.2.3