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    arm64: Avoid cpus_have_const_cap() for ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI · 47759eca
    Mark Rutland authored
    In arch_tlbbatch_should_defer() we use cpus_have_const_cap() to check
    for ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI, but this is not necessary and
    alternative_has_cap_*() would be preferable.
    
    For historical reasons, cpus_have_const_cap() is more complicated than
    it needs to be. Before cpucaps are finalized, it will perform a bitmap
    test of the system_cpucaps bitmap, and once cpucaps are finalized it
    will use an alternative branch. This used to be necessary to handle some
    race conditions in the window between cpucap detection and the
    subsequent patching of alternatives and static branches, where different
    branches could be out-of-sync with one another (or w.r.t. alternative
    sequences). Now that we use alternative branches instead of static
    branches, these are all patched atomically w.r.t. one another, and there
    are only a handful of cases that need special care in the window between
    cpucap detection and alternative patching.
    
    Due to the above, it would be nice to remove cpus_have_const_cap(), and
    migrate callers over to alternative_has_cap_*(), cpus_have_final_cap(),
    or cpus_have_cap() depending on when their requirements. This will
    remove redundant instructions and improve code generation, and will make
    it easier to determine how each callsite will behave before, during, and
    after alternative patching.
    
    The cpus_have_const_cap() check in arch_tlbbatch_should_defer() is an
    optimization to avoid some redundant work when the
    ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI cpucap is detected and forces the immediate
    use of TLBI + DSB ISH. In the window between detecting the
    ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI cpucap and patching alternatives this is
    not a big concern and there's no need to optimize this window at the
    expsense of subsequent usage at runtime.
    
    This patch replaces the use of cpus_have_const_cap() with
    alternative_has_cap_unlikely(), which will avoid generating code to test
    the system_cpucaps bitmap and should be better for all subsequent calls
    at runtime. The ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI cpucap is added to
    cpucap_is_possible() so that code can be elided entirely when this is
    not possible without requiring ifdeffery or IS_ENABLED() checks at each
    usage.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
    Cc: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
    Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarCatalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
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