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powerpc: Large user copy aware of full:rt:lazy preemption
Large user copy_to/from (more than 16 bytes) uses vmx instructions to speed things up. Once the copy is done, it makes sense to try schedule as soon as possible for preemptible kernels. So do this for preempt=full/lazy and rt kernel. Not checking for lazy bit here, since it could lead to unnecessary context switches. Suggested-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241116192306.88217-3-sshegde@linux.ibm.com
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arch/powerpc/lib/vmx-helper.c

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@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ int exit_vmx_usercopy(void)
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* set and we are preemptible. The hack here is to schedule a
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* decrementer to fire here and reschedule for us if necessary.
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*/
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if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT) && need_resched())
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if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPTION) && need_resched())
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set_dec(1);
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return 0;
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}

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