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From: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	Vineet Gupta <vgupta@synopsys.com>,
	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 05/13] powerpc: use linux/unaligned/le_struct.h on LE power7
Date: Fri, 14 May 2021 06:48:13 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210514114813.GJ10366@gate.crashing.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210514100106.3404011-6-arnd@kernel.org>

Hi Arnd,

On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 12:00:53PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> Little-endian POWER7 kernels disable
> CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS because that is not supported on
> the hardware, but the kernel still uses direct load/store for explicti
> get_unaligned()/put_unaligned().
> 
> I assume this is a mistake that leads to power7 having to trap and fix
> up all these unaligned accesses at a noticeable performance cost.
> 
> The fix is completely trivial, just remove the file and use the
> generic version that gets it right.

LE p7 isn't supported (it requires special firmware), and no one uses it
anymore, also not for development.  It was used for powerpc64le-linux
development before p8 was widely available.


Segher

  reply	other threads:[~2021-05-14 11:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-05-14 10:00 [PATCH v2 00/13] Unify asm/unaligned.h around struct helper Arnd Bergmann
2021-05-14 10:00 ` [PATCH v2 01/13] asm-generic: use asm-generic/unaligned.h for most architectures Arnd Bergmann
2021-05-14 10:00 ` [PATCH v2 02/13] openrisc: always use unaligned-struct header Arnd Bergmann
2021-05-14 10:00 ` [PATCH v2 03/13] sh: remove unaligned access for sh4a Arnd Bergmann
2021-05-14 10:34   ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2021-05-14 12:22     ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-05-15 15:36       ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2021-05-15 20:10         ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-05-14 10:00 ` [PATCH v2 04/13] m68k: select CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS Arnd Bergmann
2021-05-14 10:00 ` [PATCH v2 05/13] powerpc: use linux/unaligned/le_struct.h on LE power7 Arnd Bergmann
2021-05-14 11:48   ` Segher Boessenkool [this message]
2021-05-14 13:02     ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-05-14 10:00 ` [PATCH v2 06/13] asm-generic: unaligned: remove byteshift helpers Arnd Bergmann
2021-05-14 10:00 ` [PATCH v2 07/13] asm-generic: unaligned always use struct helpers Arnd Bergmann
2021-05-17 21:53   ` Eric Biggers
2021-05-18  7:25     ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-05-18 14:56       ` Linus Torvalds
2021-05-18 15:41         ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-05-18 16:12           ` Linus Torvalds
2021-05-18 18:09             ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2021-05-18 20:51             ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-05-18 21:31               ` Eric Biggers
2021-05-18 21:14         ` David Laight
2021-05-14 10:00 ` [PATCH v2 08/13] partitions: msdos: fix one-byte get_unaligned() Arnd Bergmann
2021-05-17 10:28   ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-05-17 10:44     ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-05-14 10:00 ` [PATCH v2 09/13] apparmor: use get_unaligned() only for multi-byte words Arnd Bergmann
2021-05-14 10:00 ` [PATCH v2 10/13] mwifiex: re-fix for unaligned accesses Arnd Bergmann
2021-05-15  6:22   ` Kalle Valo
2021-05-15  9:01     ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-05-15 18:23       ` Kalle Valo
2021-05-14 10:00 ` [PATCH v2 11/13] netpoll: avoid put_unaligned() on single character Arnd Bergmann
2021-05-14 10:01 ` [PATCH v2 12/13] asm-generic: uaccess: 1-byte access is always aligned Arnd Bergmann
2021-05-15 18:41   ` Randy Dunlap
2021-05-15 20:16     ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-05-14 10:01 ` [PATCH v2 13/13] asm-generic: simplify asm/unaligned.h Arnd Bergmann
2021-05-14 10:35   ` David Laight
2021-05-14 17:32 ` [PATCH v2 00/13] Unify asm/unaligned.h around struct helper Linus Torvalds
2021-05-14 18:51   ` Vineet Gupta
2021-05-14 19:22     ` Linus Torvalds
2021-05-14 19:45       ` Vineet Gupta
2021-05-14 20:19         ` Linus Torvalds
2021-05-14 19:31   ` Arnd Bergmann
2021-12-16 17:29 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2021-12-16 17:42   ` Linus Torvalds
2021-12-16 17:49   ` David Laight
2021-12-16 18:56   ` Segher Boessenkool
2021-12-17 12:34     ` David Laight
2021-12-17 13:35       ` Segher Boessenkool

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