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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/arm/Kconfig | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/arm/lib/Makefile | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/arm/lib/uaccess_with_memcpy.c | 139 |
3 files changed, 158 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig index 9d02cdb15b23..c63e65d436a3 100644 --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig @@ -1085,6 +1085,22 @@ config ALIGNMENT_TRAP correct operation of some network protocols. With an IP-only configuration it is safe to say N, otherwise say Y. +config UACCESS_WITH_MEMCPY + bool "Use kernel mem{cpy,set}() for {copy_to,clear}_user() (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on MMU && EXPERIMENTAL + default y if CPU_FEROCEON + help + Implement faster copy_to_user and clear_user methods for CPU + cores where a 8-word STM instruction give significantly higher + memory write throughput than a sequence of individual 32bit stores. + + A possible side effect is a slight increase in scheduling latency + between threads sharing the same address space if they invoke + such copy operations with large buffers. + + However, if the CPU data cache is using a write-allocate mode, + this option is unlikely to provide any performance gain. + endmenu menu "Boot options" diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/Makefile b/arch/arm/lib/Makefile index 866f84a586ff..030ba7219f48 100644 --- a/arch/arm/lib/Makefile +++ b/arch/arm/lib/Makefile @@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ else endif endif +# using lib_ here won't override already available weak symbols +obj-$(CONFIG_UACCESS_WITH_MEMCPY) += uaccess_with_memcpy.o + lib-$(CONFIG_MMU) += $(mmu-y) ifeq ($(CONFIG_CPU_32v3),y) diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/uaccess_with_memcpy.c b/arch/arm/lib/uaccess_with_memcpy.c new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..bf987b4a2571 --- /dev/null +++ b/arch/arm/lib/uaccess_with_memcpy.c @@ -0,0 +1,139 @@ +/* + * linux/arch/arm/lib/uaccess_with_memcpy.c + * + * Written by: Lennert Buytenhek and Nicolas Pitre + * Copyright (C) 2009 Marvell Semiconductor + * + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as + * published by the Free Software Foundation. + */ + +#include <linux/kernel.h> +#include <linux/ctype.h> +#include <linux/uaccess.h> +#include <linux/rwsem.h> +#include <linux/mm.h> +#include <linux/sched.h> +#include <linux/hardirq.h> /* for in_atomic() */ +#include <asm/current.h> +#include <asm/page.h> + +static int +pin_page_for_write(const void __user *_addr, pte_t **ptep, spinlock_t **ptlp) +{ + unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)_addr; + pgd_t *pgd; + pmd_t *pmd; + pte_t *pte; + spinlock_t *ptl; + + pgd = pgd_offset(current->mm, addr); + if (unlikely(pgd_none(*pgd) || pgd_bad(*pgd))) + return 0; + + pmd = pmd_offset(pgd, addr); + if (unlikely(pmd_none(*pmd) || pmd_bad(*pmd))) + return 0; + + pte = pte_offset_map_lock(current->mm, pmd, addr, &ptl); + if (unlikely(!pte_present(*pte) || !pte_young(*pte) || + !pte_write(*pte) || !pte_dirty(*pte))) { + pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl); + return 0; + } + + *ptep = pte; + *ptlp = ptl; + + return 1; +} + +unsigned long +__copy_to_user(void __user *to, const void *from, unsigned long n) +{ + int atomic; + + if (n < 1024) + return __copy_to_user_std(to, from, n); + + if (unlikely(segment_eq(get_fs(), KERNEL_DS))) { + memcpy((void *)to, from, n); + return 0; + } + + /* the mmap semaphore is taken only if not in an atomic context */ + atomic = in_atomic(); + + if (!atomic) + down_read(¤t->mm->mmap_sem); + while (n) { + pte_t *pte; + spinlock_t *ptl; + int tocopy; + + while (!pin_page_for_write(to, &pte, &ptl)) { + if (!atomic) + up_read(¤t->mm->mmap_sem); + if (__put_user(0, (char __user *)to)) + goto out; + if (!atomic) + down_read(¤t->mm->mmap_sem); + } + + tocopy = (~(unsigned long)to & ~PAGE_MASK) + 1; + if (tocopy > n) + tocopy = n; + + memcpy((void *)to, from, tocopy); + to += tocopy; + from += tocopy; + n -= tocopy; + + pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl); + } + if (!atomic) + up_read(¤t->mm->mmap_sem); + +out: + return n; +} + +unsigned long __clear_user(void __user *addr, unsigned long n) +{ + if (n < 256) + return __clear_user_std(addr, n); + + if (unlikely(segment_eq(get_fs(), KERNEL_DS))) { + memset((void *)addr, 0, n); + return 0; + } + + down_read(¤t->mm->mmap_sem); + while (n) { + pte_t *pte; + spinlock_t *ptl; + int tocopy; + + while (!pin_page_for_write(addr, &pte, &ptl)) { + up_read(¤t->mm->mmap_sem); + if (__put_user(0, (char __user *)addr)) + goto out; + down_read(¤t->mm->mmap_sem); + } + + tocopy = (~(unsigned long)addr & ~PAGE_MASK) + 1; + if (tocopy > n) + tocopy = n; + + memset((void *)addr, 0, tocopy); + addr += tocopy; + n -= tocopy; + + pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl); + } + up_read(¤t->mm->mmap_sem); + +out: + return n; +} |