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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 01/25] powerpc/8xx: Save r3 all the time in DTLB miss handler
    On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 06:50:29PM +0200, Christophe Leroy wrote:
    > We are spending between 40 and 160 cycles with a mean of 65 cycles in
    > the TLB handling routines (measured with mftbl) so make it more
    > simple althought it adds one instruction.
    >
    > Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@c-s.fr>

    Does this just make it simpler or does it make it faster? What is the
    performance impact? Is the performance impact seen with or without
    CONFIG_8xx_CPU6 enabled? Without it, it looks like you're adding an
    mtspr/mfspr combo in order to replace one mfspr.

    -Scott


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