tree 5ba44983f09c477a35381b1171f58596b7d1110e
parent 13fdd31abec5f48cf97693bd14d2e11e0779b4ca
author Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> 1155397208 +0100
committer Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> 1159360654 +0100

[MIPS] Retire flush_icache_page from mm use.

On the 34K the redundant cache operations were causing excessive stalls
resulting in realtime code running on the second VPE missing its deadline.
For all other platforms this patch is just a significant performance
improvment as illustrated by below benchmark numbers.

Processor, Processes - times in microseconds - smaller is better
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Host                 OS  Mhz null null      open slct sig  sig  fork exec sh
                             call  I/O stat clos TCP  inst hndl proc proc proc
--------- ------------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
25Kf      2.6.18-rc4     533 0.49 1.16 7.57 33.4 30.5 1.34 12.4 5497 17.K 54.K
25Kf      2.6.18-rc4-p   533 0.49 1.16 6.68 23.0 30.7 1.36 8.55 5030 16.K 48.K
4Kc       2.6.18-rc4      80 4.21 15.0 131. 289. 261. 16.5 258. 18.K 70.K 227K
4Kc       2.6.18-rc4-p    80 4.34 13.1 128. 285. 262. 18.2 258. 12.K 52.K 176K
34Kc      2.6.18-rc4      40 5.01 14.0 61.6 90.0 477. 17.9 94.7 29.K 108K 342K
34Kc      2.6.18-rc4-p    40 4.98 13.9 61.2 89.7 475. 17.6 93.7 8758 44.K 158K
BCM1480   2.6.18-rc4     700 0.28 0.60 3.68 5.92 16.0 0.78 5.08 931. 3163 15.K
BCM1480   2.6.18-rc4-p   700 0.28 0.61 3.65 5.85 16.0 0.79 5.20 395. 1464 8385
TX49-16K  2.6.18-rc3     197 0.73 2.41 19.0 37.8 82.9 2.94 17.5 4438 14.K 56.K
TX49-16K  2.6.18-rc3-p   197 0.73 2.40 19.9 36.3 82.9 2.94 23.4 2577 9103 38.K
TX49-32K  2.6.18-rc3     396 0.36 1.19 6.80 11.8 41.0 1.46 8.17 2738 8465 32.K
TX49-32K  2.6.18-rc3-p   396 0.36 1.19 6.82 10.2 41.0 1.46 8.18 1330 4638 18.K
    
Original patch by me with enhancements by Atsushi Nemoto.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>