f441882a52
ARMv6+ processors do not use CONFIG_CPU_USE_DOMAINS and use privileged
ldr/str instructions in copy_{from/to}_user. They are currently
unnecessarily using single ldr/str instructions and can use ldm/stm
instructions instead like memcpy does (but with appropriate fixup
tables).
This speeds up a "dd if=foo of=bar bs=32k" on a tmpfs filesystem by
about 4% on my Cortex-A9.
before:134217728 bytes (128.0MB) copied, 0.543848 seconds, 235.4MB/s
before:134217728 bytes (128.0MB) copied, 0.538610 seconds, 237.6MB/s
before:134217728 bytes (128.0MB) copied, 0.544356 seconds, 235.1MB/s
before:134217728 bytes (128.0MB) copied, 0.544364 seconds, 235.1MB/s
before:134217728 bytes (128.0MB) copied, 0.537130 seconds, 238.3MB/s
before:134217728 bytes (128.0MB) copied, 0.533443 seconds, 240.0MB/s
before:134217728 bytes (128.0MB) copied, 0.545691 seconds, 234.6MB/s
before:134217728 bytes (128.0MB) copied, 0.534695 seconds, 239.4MB/s
before:134217728 bytes (128.0MB) copied, 0.540561 seconds, 236.8MB/s
before:134217728 bytes (128.0MB) copied, 0.541025 seconds, 236.6MB/s
after:134217728 bytes (128.0MB) copied, 0.520445 seconds, 245.9MB/s
after:134217728 bytes (128.0MB) copied, 0.527846 seconds, 242.5MB/s
after:134217728 bytes (128.0MB) copied, 0.519510 seconds, 246.4MB/s
after:134217728 bytes (128.0MB) copied, 0.527231 seconds, 242.8MB/s
after:134217728 bytes (128.0MB) copied, 0.525030 seconds, 243.8MB/s
after:134217728 bytes (128.0MB) copied, 0.524236 seconds, 244.2MB/s
after:134217728 bytes (128.0MB) copied, 0.523659 seconds, 244.4MB/s
after:134217728 bytes (128.0MB) copied, 0.525018 seconds, 243.8MB/s
after:134217728 bytes (128.0MB) copied, 0.519249 seconds, 246.5MB/s
after:134217728 bytes (128.0MB) copied, 0.518527 seconds, 246.9MB/s
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Vincent Whitchurch <vincent.whitchurch@axis.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.