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    [PATCH] ppc64: improved VSID allocation algorithm · c69ebb63
    David Gibson authored
    This patch has been tested both on SLB and segment table machines.  This
    new approach is far from the final word in VSID/context allocation, but
    it's a noticeable improvement on the old method.
    
    Replace the VSID allocation algorithm.  The new algorithm first generates a
    36-bit "proto-VSID" (with 0xfffffffff reserved).  For kernel addresses this
    is equal to the ESID (address >> 28), for user addresses it is:
    
    	(context << 15) | (esid & 0x7fff)
    
    These are distinguishable from kernel proto-VSIDs because the top bit is
    clear.  Proto-VSIDs with the top two bits equal to 0b10 are reserved for
    now.
    
    The proto-VSIDs are then scrambled into real VSIDs with the multiplicative
    hash:
    
    	VSID = (proto-VSID * VSID_MULTIPLIER) % VSID_MODULUS
    	where	VSID_MULTIPLIER = 268435399 = 0xFFFFFC7
    		VSID_MODULUS = 2^36-1 = 0xFFFFFFFFF
    
    This scramble is 1:1, because VSID_MULTIPLIER and VSID_MODULUS are co-prime
    since VSID_MULTIPLIER is prime (the largest 28-bit prime, in fact).
    
    This scheme has a number of advantages over the old one:
    
    - We now have VSIDs for every kernel address (i.e.  everything above
      0xC000000000000000), except the very top segment.  That simplifies a
      number of things.
    
    - We allow for 15 significant bits of ESID for user addresses with 20
      bits of context.  i.e.  8T (43 bits) of address space for up to 1M
      contexts, significantly more than the old method (although we will need
      changes in the hash path and context allocation to take advantage of
      this).
    
    - Because we use a real multiplicative hash function, we have better and
      more robust hash scattering with this VSID algorithm (at least based on
      some initial results).
    
    Because the MODULUS is 2^n-1 we can use a trick to compute it efficiently
    without a divide or extra multiply.  This makes the new algorithm barely
    slower than the old one.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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