[MIPS] Retire flush_icache_page from mm use.
On the 34K the redundant cache operations were causing excessive stalls
resulting in realtime code running on the second VPE missing its deadline.
For all other platforms this patch is just a significant performance
improvment as illustrated by below benchmark numbers.
Processor, Processes - times in microseconds - smaller is better
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Host OS Mhz null null open slct sig sig fork exec sh
call I/O stat clos TCP inst hndl proc proc proc
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25Kf 2.6.18-rc4 533 0.49 1.16 7.57 33.4 30.5 1.34 12.4 5497 17.K 54.K
25Kf 2.6.18-rc4-p 533 0.49 1.16 6.68 23.0 30.7 1.36 8.55 5030 16.K 48.K
4Kc 2.6.18-rc4 80 4.21 15.0 131. 289. 261. 16.5 258. 18.K 70.K 227K
4Kc 2.6.18-rc4-p 80 4.34 13.1 128. 285. 262. 18.2 258. 12.K 52.K 176K
34Kc 2.6.18-rc4 40 5.01 14.0 61.6 90.0 477. 17.9 94.7 29.K 108K 342K
34Kc 2.6.18-rc4-p 40 4.98 13.9 61.2 89.7 475. 17.6 93.7 8758 44.K 158K
BCM1480 2.6.18-rc4 700 0.28 0.60 3.68 5.92 16.0 0.78 5.08 931. 3163 15.K
BCM1480 2.6.18-rc4-p 700 0.28 0.61 3.65 5.85 16.0 0.79 5.20 395. 1464 8385
TX49-16K 2.6.18-rc3 197 0.73 2.41 19.0 37.8 82.9 2.94 17.5 4438 14.K 56.K
TX49-16K 2.6.18-rc3-p 197 0.73 2.40 19.9 36.3 82.9 2.94 23.4 2577 9103 38.K
TX49-32K 2.6.18-rc3 396 0.36 1.19 6.80 11.8 41.0 1.46 8.17 2738 8465 32.K
TX49-32K 2.6.18-rc3-p 396 0.36 1.19 6.82 10.2 41.0 1.46 8.18 1330 4638 18.K
Original patch by me with enhancements by Atsushi Nemoto.
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>
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