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Subject: Re: [tip:x86/asm] x86: Speed up ___preempt_schedule*() by using THUNK helpers
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 16:13:38 -0700
To: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>,
        Chuck Ebbert <cebbert.lkml@gmail.com>
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Yes, it is.

On October 3, 2014 3:53:08 PM PDT, Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> wrote:
>On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 3:48 PM, Chuck Ebbert <cebbert.lkml@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>> On Fri, 3 Oct 2014 23:41:24 +0200
>> Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 10/03, Chuck Ebbert wrote:
>>> >
>>> > > [  921.917752] ? ___preempt_schedule_context
>(arch/x86/lib/thunk_64.S:44)
>>> > > [  921.917752] ? preempt_schedule_context
>(kernel/context_tracking.c:145)
>>> > > [  921.917752] ? ___preempt_schedule_context
>(arch/x86/lib/thunk_64.S:44)
>>> > > [  921.917752] ? preempt_schedule_context
>(kernel/context_tracking.c:145)
>>> > > [  921.917752] ? ___preempt_schedule_context
>(arch/x86/lib/thunk_64.S:44)
>>> > > [  921.917752] ? preempt_schedule_context
>(kernel/context_tracking.c:145)
>>> > > [  921.917752] ? ___preempt_schedule_context
>(arch/x86/lib/thunk_64.S:44)
>>> > > [  921.917752] ? preempt_schedule_context
>(kernel/context_tracking.c:145)
>>> > > [  921.917752] ? ___preempt_schedule_context
>(arch/x86/lib/thunk_64.S:44)
>>> > > [  921.917752] ? preempt_schedule_context
>(kernel/context_tracking.c:145)
>>> >
>>> > <snip lots of repeats of this>
>>> >
>>> > I *think* this is because RBP isn't being saved across task switch
>>> > anymore?
>>> >
>>> > Without CONFIG_FRAME_POINTERS that night not be a problem...
>>>
>>> Could you please spell?
>>>
>>> I don't even understand "RBP isn't being saved",
>SAVE_CONTEXT/RESTORE_CONTEXT
>>> do push/pop %rbp?
>>>
>>
>> SAVE_ARGS/RESTORE_ARGS, which is what THUNK uses, doesn't push/pop
>%rbp
>>
>> Before, SAVE_ALL/RESTORE_ALL were being used around the call to
>> preempt_schedule(). So from the symptoms I thought this was the
>problem.
>
>rbp is callee-saved no matter what, unless my memory of the ABI is
>*waaaaay* off.
>
>--Andy

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