Add Samuel Rydth improved software CPU timebase synchronisation

used on machines that don't have a HW facility (or we don't drive
it yet like G5s)

arch/ppc/kernel/Makefile

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_MODULES)		+= module.o ppc_ksyms.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PCI)		+= pci.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PCI)		+= pci-dma.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KGDB)		+= ppc-stub.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_SMP)		+= smp.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SMP)		+= smp.o smp-tbsync.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TAU)		+= temp.o
 
 ifdef CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION

arch/ppc/kernel/smp-tbsync.c

+/*
+ * Smp timebase synchronization for ppc.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 Samuel Rydh (samuel@ibrium.se)
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <linux/config.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/smp.h>
+#include <linux/unistd.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <asm/atomic.h>
+#include <asm/smp.h>
+#include <asm/time.h>
+
+#define NUM_ITER		300
+
+enum {
+	kExit=0, kSetAndTest, kTest
+};
+
+static struct {
+	volatile int		tbu;
+	volatile int		tbl;
+	volatile int		mark;
+	volatile int		cmd;
+	volatile int		handshake;
+	int			filler[3];
+
+	volatile int		ack;
+	int			filler2[7];
+
+	volatile int		race_result;
+} *tbsync;
+
+static volatile int		running;
+
+static void __devinit
+enter_contest( int mark, int add )
+{
+	while( (int)(get_tbl() - mark) < 0 )
+		tbsync->race_result = add;
+}
+
+void __devinit
+smp_generic_take_timebase( void )
+{
+	int cmd, tbl, tbu;
+
+	local_irq_disable();
+	while( !running )
+		;
+	rmb();
+
+	for( ;; ) {
+		tbsync->ack = 1;
+		while( !tbsync->handshake )
+			;
+		rmb();
+
+		cmd = tbsync->cmd;
+		tbl = tbsync->tbl;
+		tbu = tbsync->tbu;
+		tbsync->ack = 0;
+		if( cmd == kExit )
+			return;
+
+		if( cmd == kSetAndTest ) {
+			while( tbsync->handshake )
+				;
+			asm volatile ("mttbl %0" :: "r" (tbl) );
+			asm volatile ("mttbu %0" :: "r" (tbu) );
+		} else {
+			while( tbsync->handshake )
+				;
+		}
+		enter_contest( tbsync->mark, -1 );
+	}
+	local_irq_enable();
+}
+
+static int __devinit
+start_contest( int cmd, int offset, int num )
+{
+	int i, tbu, tbl, mark, score=0;
+
+	tbsync->cmd = cmd;
+
+	local_irq_disable();
+	for( i=-3; i<num; ) {
+		tbl = get_tbl() + 400;
+		tbsync->tbu = tbu = get_tbu();
+		tbsync->tbl = tbl + offset;
+		tbsync->mark = mark = tbl + 400;
+
+		wmb();
+
+		tbsync->handshake = 1;
+		while( tbsync->ack )
+			;
+
+		while( (int)(get_tbl() - tbl) <= 0 )
+			;
+		tbsync->handshake = 0;
+		enter_contest( mark, 1 );
+
+		while( !tbsync->ack )
+			;
+
+		if( tbsync->tbu != get_tbu() || ((tbsync->tbl ^ get_tbl()) & 0x80000000) )
+			continue;
+		if( i++ > 0 )
+			score += tbsync->race_result;
+	}
+	local_irq_enable();
+	return score;
+}
+
+void __devinit
+smp_generic_give_timebase( void )
+{
+	int i, score, score2, old, min=0, max=5000, offset=1000;
+
+	printk("Synchronizing timebase\n");
+
+	/* if this fails then this kernel won't work anyway... */
+	tbsync = kmalloc( sizeof(*tbsync), GFP_KERNEL );
+	memset( tbsync, 0, sizeof(*tbsync) );
+	mb();
+	running = 1;
+
+	while( !tbsync->ack )
+		;
+
+	/* binary search */
+	for( old=-1 ; old != offset ; offset=(min+max)/2 ) {
+		score = start_contest( kSetAndTest, offset, NUM_ITER );
+
+		printk("score %d, offset %d\n", score, offset );
+
+		if( score > 0 )
+			max = offset;
+		else
+			min = offset;
+		old = offset;
+	}
+	score = start_contest( kSetAndTest, min, NUM_ITER );
+	score2 = start_contest( kSetAndTest, max, NUM_ITER );
+
+	printk( "Min %d (score %d), Max %d (score %d)\n", min, score, max, score2 );
+	score = abs( score );
+	score2 = abs( score2 );
+	offset = (score < score2) ? min : max;
+
+	/* guard against inaccurate mttb */
+	for( i=0; i<10; i++ ) {
+		start_contest( kSetAndTest, offset, NUM_ITER/10 );
+
+		if( (score2=start_contest(kTest, offset, NUM_ITER)) < 0 )
+			score2 = -score2;
+		if( score2 <= score || score2 < 20 )
+			break;
+	}
+	printk("Final offset: %d (%d/%d)\n", offset, score2, NUM_ITER );
+
+	/* exiting */
+	tbsync->cmd = kExit;
+	wmb();
+	tbsync->handshake = 1;
+	while( tbsync->ack )
+		;
+	tbsync->handshake = 0;
+	kfree( tbsync );
+	tbsync = NULL;
+	running = 0;
+
+	/* all done */
+	smp_tb_synchronized = 1;
+}

arch/ppc/kernel/smp.c

@@ -61,10 +61,6 @@ static struct smp_ops_t *smp_ops;
 /* all cpu mappings are 1-1 -- Cort */
 volatile unsigned long cpu_callin_map[NR_CPUS];
 
-#define TB_SYNC_PASSES 4
-volatile unsigned long __initdata tb_sync_flag = 0;
-volatile unsigned long __initdata tb_offset = 0;
-
 int start_secondary(void *);
 extern int cpu_idle(void *unused);
 void smp_call_function_interrupt(void);
@@ -291,41 +287,6 @@ void smp_call_function_interrupt(void)
 		atomic_inc(&call_data->finished);
 }
 
-/* FIXME: Do this properly for all archs --RR */
-static spinlock_t timebase_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
-static unsigned int timebase_upper = 0, timebase_lower = 0;
-
-void __devinit
-smp_generic_give_timebase(void)
-{
-	spin_lock(&timebase_lock);
-	do {
-		timebase_upper = get_tbu();
-		timebase_lower = get_tbl();
-	} while (timebase_upper != get_tbu());
-	spin_unlock(&timebase_lock);
-
-	while (timebase_upper || timebase_lower)
-		rmb();
-}
-
-void __devinit
-smp_generic_take_timebase(void)
-{
-	int done = 0;
-
-	while (!done) {
-		spin_lock(&timebase_lock);
-		if (timebase_upper || timebase_lower) {
-			set_tb(timebase_upper, timebase_lower);
-			timebase_upper = 0;
-			timebase_lower = 0;
-			done = 1;
-		}
-		spin_unlock(&timebase_lock);
-	}
-}
-
 static void __devinit smp_store_cpu_info(int id)
 {
         struct cpuinfo_PPC *c = &cpu_data[id];