Christophe Leroy 8b4bb0ad00 powerpc/code-patching: Speed up page mapping/unmapping ...

Since commit 591b4b2684 ("powerpc/code-patching: Pre-map patch area")
the patch area is premapped so intermediate page tables are already
allocated.

Use __set_pte_at() directly instead of the heavy map_kernel_page(),
at for unmapping just do a pte_clear() followed by a flush.

__set_pte_at() can be used directly without the filters in
set_pte_at() because we are mapping a normal page non executable.

Make sure gcc knows text_poke_area is page aligned in order to
optimise the flush.

This change reduces by 66% the time needed to activate ftrace on
an 8xx (588000 tb ticks instead of 1744000).

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
[mpe: Add ptesync needed on radix to avoid spurious fault]
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220815114840.1468656-1-mpe@ellerman.id.au

2022-09-01 13:56:01 +10:00

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