[ipv4] Profile transmit and receive datapaths

Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
[tcp] Profile transmit and receive datapaths

Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
[http] Profile receive datapath

Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
[downloader] Profile receive datapath

Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
[build] Allow for a debug level of zero

Allow for an explicit debug level of zero, which will enable
assertions and profiling (i.e. anything controlled by NDEBUG) without
generating any debug messages.

Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
[librm] Allow interrupts in protected mode

When running in a virtual machine, switching to real mode may be
expensive.  Allow interrupts to be enabled while in protected mode and
reflected down to the real-mode interrupt handlers.

Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
[comboot] Use built-in interrupt reflector

We now have the ability to handle interrupts while in protected mode,
and so no longer need to set up a dedicated interrupt descriptor table
while running COM32 executables.

Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
[pcbios] Do not switch to real mode to check for timer interrupt

The currticks() function is called at least once per TCP packet, and
so is performance-critical.  Switching to real mode just to allow the
timer interrupt to fire is expensive when running inside a virtual
machine, and imposes a significant performance cost.

Fix by enabling interrupts without switching to real mode.  This
results in an approximately 100% increase in download speed when
running under KVM.

Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
[pcbios] Do not switch to real mode to sleep the CPU

Now that we can handle interrupts while in protected mode, there is no
need to switch to real mode just to halt the CPU.

Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
[test] Print out profiling statistics after a successful test run

Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
[librm] Add a profiling self-test for measuring mode transition times

Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
[librm] Add meaningful labels at section changes

The mode-transition code involves paths which switch back and forth
between the .text and .text16 sections.  At present, only the start of
each function is labelled, which makes it difficult to decode
addresses within the parts of the function existing in a different
section.

Add explicit labels at the start of each section change, so that
addresses can be meaningfully decoded to the nearest label.

Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
[librm] Speed up protected-to-real mode transition under KVM

On an Intel CPU supporting VMX, KVM will emulate instructions while
the CPU state remains "invalid".  In real mode, the CPU state is
defined to be "invalid" if any segment register has a base which is
not equal to (sreg<<4) or a limit which is not equal to 64kB.

We don't actually use the base stored in the REAL_DS descriptor for
any significant purpose.  Change the base stored in this descriptor to
be equal to (REAL_DS<<4).  A segment register loaded with REAL_DS is
then automatically valid in both real and protected modes.  This
allows KVM to stop emulating instructions much sooner.

The only use of REAL_DS for memory accesses currently occurs in the
indirect ljmp within prot_to_real.  Change this to a direct ljmp,
storing rm_cs in .text16 as part of the ljmp instruction.  This
removes the only memory access via REAL_DS (thereby allowing for the
above descriptor base address hack), and also simplifies the ljmp
instruction (which will still have to be emulated).

Load the real-mode interrupt descriptor table register before
switching to real mode, since this avoids triggering an EXCEPTION_NMI
and corresponding VM exit.

This reduces the time taken by prot_to_real under KVM by around 65%.

Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
[librm] Speed up real-to-protected mode transition under KVM

Ensure that all segment registers have zero in the low two bits before
transitioning to protected mode.  This allows the CPU state to
immediately be deemed to be "valid", and eliminates the need for any
further emulated instructions.

Load the protected-mode interrupt descriptor table after switching to
protected mode, since this avoids triggering an EXCEPTION_NMI and
corresponding VM exit.

This reduces the time taken by real_to_prot under KVM by around 50%.

Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
[librm] Speed up protected-mode calls under KVM

When making a call from real mode to protected mode, we save and
restore the global and interrupt descriptor table registers.  The
restore currently takes place after returning to real mode, which
generates two EXCEPTION_NMIs and corresponding VM exits when running
under KVM on an Intel CPU.

Avoid the VM exits by restoring the descriptor table registers inside
prot_to_real, while still running in protected mode.

Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
[profile] Provide methods for profiling individual stages of operations

Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
[librm] Add profiling self-tests for complete real_call and prot_call cycles

Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
[pxe] Profile all PXE API calls

Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
[pxe] Profile UNDI transmit datapath

Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
[pxe] Work around missing PXENV_UNDI_OPEN only when necessary

Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>