linux_dsm_epyc7002/arch
Babu Moger 0ae2d26ffe arch/sparc: Avoid DCTI Couples
Avoid un-intended DCTI Couples. Use of DCTI couples is deprecated.
Also address the "Programming Note" for optimal performance.

Here is the complete text from Oracle SPARC Architecture Specs.

6.3.4.7 DCTI Couples
"A delayed control transfer instruction (DCTI) in the delay slot of
another DCTI is referred to as a “DCTI couple”. The use of DCTI couples
is deprecated in the Oracle SPARC Architecture; no new software should
place a DCTI in the delay slot of another DCTI, because on future Oracle
SPARC Architecture implementations DCTI couples may execute either
slowly or differently than the programmer assumes it will.

SPARC V8 and SPARC V9 Compatibility Note
The SPARC V8 architecture left behavior undefined for a DCTI couple. The
SPARC V9 architecture defined behavior in that case, but as of
UltraSPARC Architecture 2005, use of DCTI couples was deprecated.
Software should not expect high performance from DCTI couples, and
performance of DCTI couples should be expected to decline further in
future processors.

Programming Note
As noted in TABLE 6-5 on page 115, an annulled branch-always
(branch-always with a = 1) instruction is not architecturally a DCTI.
However, since not all implementations make that distinction, for
optimal performance, a DCTI should not be placed in the instruction word
immediately following an annulled branch-always instruction (BA,A or
BPA,A)."

Signed-off-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Rob Gardner <rob.gardner@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2017-03-27 21:51:40 -07:00
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alpha sched/headers: Move task->mm handling methods to <linux/sched/mm.h> 2017-03-03 01:43:28 +01:00
arc arch, mm: convert all architectures to use 5level-fixup.h 2017-03-09 11:48:47 -08:00
arm ARM: SoC fixes for v4.11 2017-03-24 14:32:21 -07:00
arm64 ARM: SoC fixes for v4.11 2017-03-24 14:32:21 -07:00
avr32 arch, mm: convert all architectures to use 5level-fixup.h 2017-03-09 11:48:47 -08:00
blackfin sched/headers: Move task->mm handling methods to <linux/sched/mm.h> 2017-03-03 01:43:28 +01:00
c6x sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/task_stack.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:36 +01:00
cris Merge branch 'prep-for-5level' 2017-03-10 08:59:07 -08:00
frv arch, mm: convert all architectures to use 5level-fixup.h 2017-03-09 11:48:47 -08:00
h8300 arch, mm: convert all architectures to use 5level-fixup.h 2017-03-09 11:48:47 -08:00
hexagon arch, mm: convert all architectures to use 5level-fixup.h 2017-03-09 11:48:47 -08:00
ia64 arch, mm: convert all architectures to use 5level-fixup.h 2017-03-09 11:48:47 -08:00
m32r sched/headers: Move task->mm handling methods to <linux/sched/mm.h> 2017-03-03 01:43:28 +01:00
m68k m68k: Wire up statx 2017-03-20 11:27:28 +01:00
metag arch, mm: convert all architectures to use 5level-fixup.h 2017-03-09 11:48:47 -08:00
microblaze arch, mm: convert all architectures to use 5level-fixup.h 2017-03-09 11:48:47 -08:00
mips arch, mm: convert all architectures to use 5level-fixup.h 2017-03-09 11:48:47 -08:00
mn10300 arch, mm: convert all architectures to use 5level-fixup.h 2017-03-09 11:48:47 -08:00
nios2 arch, mm: convert all architectures to use 5level-fixup.h 2017-03-09 11:48:47 -08:00
openrisc openrisc: Export symbols needed by modules 2017-03-16 00:12:57 +09:00
parisc parisc: Fix system shutdown halt 2017-03-18 17:27:45 +01:00
powerpc Revert "powerpc/64: Disable use of radix under a hypervisor" 2017-03-21 16:50:28 +11:00
s390 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/s390/linux 2017-03-12 14:22:25 -07:00
score Fixup for arch/score after extable.h introduction 2017-03-11 14:16:50 -08:00
sh Merge branch 'prep-for-5level' 2017-03-10 08:59:07 -08:00
sparc arch/sparc: Avoid DCTI Couples 2017-03-27 21:51:40 -07:00
tile arch, mm: convert all architectures to use 5level-fixup.h 2017-03-09 11:48:47 -08:00
um arch, mm: convert all architectures to use 5level-fixup.h 2017-03-09 11:48:47 -08:00
unicore32 arch, mm: convert all architectures to use 5level-fixup.h 2017-03-09 11:48:47 -08:00
x86 Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-03-17 14:05:03 -07:00
xtensa arch, mm: convert all architectures to use 5level-fixup.h 2017-03-09 11:48:47 -08:00
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Kconfig scripts/spelling.txt: add "an user" pattern and fix typo instances 2017-02-27 18:43:46 -08:00