[POWERPC] Add fast little-endian switch system call
This adds a system call on 64-bit platforms for switching between little-endian and big-endian modes that is much faster than doing a prctl call. This system call is handled as a special case right at the start of the system call entry code, and because it is a special case, it uses a system call number which is out of the range of normal system calls, namely 0x1ebe. Measurements with lmbench on a 4.2GHz POWER6 showed no measurable change in the speed of normal system calls with this patch. Switching endianness with this new system call takes around 60ns on a 4.2GHz POWER6, compared with around 300ns to switch endian mode with a prctl. This can provide a significant performance advantage for emulators for little-endian architectures that want to switch between big-endian and little-endian mode frequently, e.g. because they are generating instructions sequences on the fly and they want to run those sequences in little-endian mode. The other thing about this system call is that it doesn't clobber as many registers as a normal system call. It only clobbers r12. Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
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.globl system_call_pSeries
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system_call_pSeries:
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HMT_MEDIUM
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BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
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cmpdi r0,0x1ebe
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beq- 1f
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END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_REAL_LE)
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mr r9,r13
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mfmsr r10
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mfspr r13,SPRN_SPRG3
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rfid
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b . /* prevent speculative execution */
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/* Fast LE/BE switch system call */
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1: mfspr r12,SPRN_SRR1
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xori r12,r12,MSR_LE
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mtspr SPRN_SRR1,r12
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rfid /* return to userspace */
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b .
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STD_EXCEPTION_PSERIES(0xd00, single_step)
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STD_EXCEPTION_PSERIES(0xe00, trap_0e)
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