[PATCH] hpet-RTC: cache the comparator register
Reads from an HPET register require a round trip to the south bridge and are
almost as slow as PCI reads. By caching the last value we've written to the
comparator register, we can eliminate all HPET reads from the fast path in the
emulated RTC interrupt handler.
Signed-off-by: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
Acked-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/time_hpet.c b/arch/i386/kernel/time_hpet.c
index cb1f313..9caeaa3 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/time_hpet.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/time_hpet.c
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@
static unsigned long PIE_count;
static unsigned long hpet_rtc_int_freq; /* RTC interrupt frequency */
+static unsigned int hpet_t1_cmp; /* cached comparator register */
/*
* Timer 1 for RTC, we do not use periodic interrupt feature,
@@ -306,6 +307,7 @@
cnt = hpet_readl(HPET_COUNTER);
cnt += ((hpet_tick*HZ)/hpet_rtc_int_freq);
hpet_writel(cnt, HPET_T1_CMP);
+ hpet_t1_cmp = cnt;
local_irq_restore(flags);
cfg = hpet_readl(HPET_T1_CFG);
@@ -333,9 +335,10 @@
hpet_rtc_int_freq = DEFAULT_RTC_INT_FREQ;
/* It is more accurate to use the comparator value than current count.*/
- cnt = hpet_readl(HPET_T1_CMP);
+ cnt = hpet_t1_cmp;
cnt += hpet_tick*HZ/hpet_rtc_int_freq;
hpet_writel(cnt, HPET_T1_CMP);
+ hpet_t1_cmp = cnt;
}
/*
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c
index 35a896e..fdaddc4 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c
@@ -1089,6 +1089,7 @@
static unsigned long PIE_count;
static unsigned long hpet_rtc_int_freq; /* RTC interrupt frequency */
+static unsigned int hpet_t1_cmp; /* cached comparator register */
int is_hpet_enabled(void)
{
@@ -1125,6 +1126,7 @@
cnt = hpet_readl(HPET_COUNTER);
cnt += ((hpet_tick*HZ)/hpet_rtc_int_freq);
hpet_writel(cnt, HPET_T1_CMP);
+ hpet_t1_cmp = cnt;
local_irq_restore(flags);
cfg = hpet_readl(HPET_T1_CFG);
@@ -1152,9 +1154,10 @@
hpet_rtc_int_freq = DEFAULT_RTC_INT_FREQ;
/* It is more accurate to use the comparator value than current count.*/
- cnt = hpet_readl(HPET_T1_CMP);
+ cnt = hpet_t1_cmp;
cnt += hpet_tick*HZ/hpet_rtc_int_freq;
hpet_writel(cnt, HPET_T1_CMP);
+ hpet_t1_cmp = cnt;
}
/*