[patch 2/2] reduce tlb/cache flush times of agpgart memoryallocation

From: Shaohua Li
Date: Mon Aug 04 2008 - 02:43:34 EST


To reduce tlb/cache flush, makes agp memory allocation do one flush
after all pages in a region are changed to uc.

All agp drivers except agp-sgi uses agp_generic_alloc_page()
for .agp_alloc_page, so the patch should work for them. agp-sgi is only
for ia64, so not a problem too.

Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/char/agp/agp.h | 4 ++++
drivers/char/agp/generic.c | 4 +++-
include/asm-x86/agp.h | 3 +++
3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux/drivers/char/agp/generic.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/drivers/char/agp/generic.c 2008-08-04 12:03:37.000000000 +0800
+++ linux/drivers/char/agp/generic.c 2008-08-04 12:06:31.000000000 +0800
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ struct agp_memory *agp_allocate_memory(s
new->memory[i] = virt_to_gart(addr);
new->page_count++;
}
+ map_page_into_agp_global_flush();
new->bridge = bridge;

return new;
@@ -1186,7 +1187,8 @@ void *agp_generic_alloc_page(struct agp_
if (page == NULL)
return NULL;

- map_page_into_agp(page);
+ /* agp_allocate_memory will do flush */
+ map_page_into_agp_noflush(page);

get_page(page);
atomic_inc(&agp_bridge->current_memory_agp);
Index: linux/include/asm-x86/agp.h
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/include/asm-x86/agp.h 2008-08-04 12:03:37.000000000 +0800
+++ linux/include/asm-x86/agp.h 2008-08-04 12:06:31.000000000 +0800
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
#define map_page_into_agp(page) set_pages_uc(page, 1)
#define unmap_page_from_agp(page) set_pages_wb(page, 1)

+#define map_page_into_agp_noflush(page) set_pages_uc_noflush(page, 1)
+#define map_page_into_agp_global_flush() set_memory_flush_all()
+
/*
* Could use CLFLUSH here if the cpu supports it. But then it would
* need to be called for each cacheline of the whole page so it may
Index: linux/drivers/char/agp/agp.h
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/drivers/char/agp/agp.h 2008-08-04 12:03:37.000000000 +0800
+++ linux/drivers/char/agp/agp.h 2008-08-04 12:06:31.000000000 +0800
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
#define _AGP_BACKEND_PRIV_H 1

#include <asm/agp.h> /* for flush_agp_cache() */
+#ifndef map_page_into_agp_noflush
+#define map_page_into_agp_noflush(page) map_page_into_agp(page)
+#define map_page_into_agp_global_flush()
+#endif

#define PFX "agpgart: "



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