MIPS: cpu-probe: Set the FTLB probability bit on supported cores
authorMarkos Chandras <markos.chandras@imgtec.com>
Mon, 10 Nov 2014 12:25:34 +0000 (12:25 +0000)
committerRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Mon, 24 Nov 2014 06:44:05 +0000 (07:44 +0100)
commitcf0a8aa0226da5de88011e7f30eff22a894b2f49
treeb508470022cd20f8cf0fcb8be10ee7f2904e07bc
parent4ec8f9e9b08451303253249e4e302f10ee23d565
MIPS: cpu-probe: Set the FTLB probability bit on supported cores

Make use of the Config6/FLTBP bit to set the probability of a TLBWR
instruction to hit the FTLB or the VTLB. A value of 0 (which may be
the default value on certain cores, such as proAptiv or P5600)
means that a TLBWR instruction will never hit the VTLB which
leads to performance limitations since it effectively decreases
the number of available TLB slots.

Signed-off-by: Markos Chandras <markos.chandras@imgtec.com>
Reviewed-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v3.15+
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/8368/
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h
arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c