[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [xen staging] x86: prefer RDTSCP in rdtsc_ordered()
commit 3a38cc2bd753fc0f19bfc1bd5da1d8d662d8b730 Author: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Wed Oct 2 08:52:18 2024 +0200 Commit: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx> CommitDate: Wed Oct 2 08:52:18 2024 +0200 x86: prefer RDTSCP in rdtsc_ordered() If available, its use is supposed to be cheaper than LFENCE+RDTSC, and is virtually guaranteed to be cheaper than MFENCE+RDTSC. Update commentary (and indentation) while there. Suggested-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> --- xen/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h | 30 ++++++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h b/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h index e1e7439d6c..355fb324ec 100644 --- a/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h +++ b/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h @@ -108,18 +108,24 @@ static inline uint64_t rdtsc(void) static inline uint64_t rdtsc_ordered(void) { - /* - * The RDTSC instruction is not ordered relative to memory access. - * The Intel SDM and the AMD APM are both vague on this point, but - * empirically an RDTSC instruction can be speculatively executed - * before prior loads. An RDTSC immediately after an appropriate - * barrier appears to be ordered as a normal load, that is, it - * provides the same ordering guarantees as reading from a global - * memory location that some other imaginary CPU is updating - * continuously with a time stamp. - */ - alternative("lfence", "mfence", X86_FEATURE_MFENCE_RDTSC); - return rdtsc(); + uint64_t low, high, aux; + + /* + * The RDTSC instruction is not serializing. Make it dispatch serializing + * for the purposes here by issuing LFENCE (or MFENCE if necessary) ahead + * of it. + * + * RDTSCP, otoh, "does wait until all previous instructions have executed + * and all previous loads are globally visible" (SDM) / "forces all older + * instructions to retire before reading the timestamp counter" (APM). + */ + alternative_io_2("lfence; rdtsc", + "mfence; rdtsc", X86_FEATURE_MFENCE_RDTSC, + "rdtscp", X86_FEATURE_RDTSCP, + ASM_OUTPUT2("=a" (low), "=d" (high), "=c" (aux)), + /* no inputs */); + + return (high << 32) | low; } #define __write_tsc(val) wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_TSC, val) -- generated by git-patchbot for /home/xen/git/xen.git#staging
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