Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752700AbbBYAbF (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Feb 2015 19:31:05 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:43927 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751226AbbBYAbD (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Feb 2015 19:31:03 -0500 From: Denys Vlasenko To: Andy Lutomirski Cc: Denys Vlasenko , Linus Torvalds , Steven Rostedt , Ingo Molnar , Borislav Petkov , "H. Peter Anvin" , Oleg Nesterov , Frederic Weisbecker , Alexei Starovoitov , Will Drewry , Kees Cook , x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 2/7 v2] x86: entry.S: simplify optimistic SYSRET Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 01:30:22 +0100 Message-Id: <1424824222-10856-1-git-send-email-dvlasenk@redhat.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2160 Lines: 64 Avoid redundant load of %r11 (it is already loaded a few instructions before). Do not needlessly increment %rsp - we are going to return to userspace via SYSRET, this insn doesn't use stack for return. Changes since v1: added a comment Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko CC: Linus Torvalds CC: Steven Rostedt CC: Ingo Molnar CC: Borislav Petkov CC: "H. Peter Anvin" CC: Andy Lutomirski CC: Oleg Nesterov CC: Frederic Weisbecker CC: Alexei Starovoitov CC: Will Drewry CC: Kees Cook CC: x86@kernel.org CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --- arch/x86/include/asm/calling.h | 3 +++ arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S | 6 +++--- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/calling.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/calling.h index 3374235..f1a962f 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/calling.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/calling.h @@ -176,6 +176,9 @@ For 32-bit we have the following conventions - kernel is built with .macro RESTORE_C_REGS_EXCEPT_RCX RESTORE_C_REGS_HELPER 1,0,1,1,1 .endm + .macro RESTORE_C_REGS_EXCEPT_R11 + RESTORE_C_REGS_HELPER 1,1,0,1,1 + .endm .macro RESTORE_RSI_RDI RESTORE_C_REGS_HELPER 0,0,0,0,0 .endm diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S index 4b3f3c1..4f113c8 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S @@ -756,9 +756,9 @@ retint_swapgs: /* return to user-space */ */ irq_return_via_sysret: CFI_REMEMBER_STATE - RESTORE_C_REGS - REMOVE_PT_GPREGS_FROM_STACK 8 - movq (RSP-RIP)(%rsp),%rsp + /* r11 is already restored (see code above) */ + RESTORE_C_REGS_EXCEPT_R11 + movq RSP(%rsp),%rsp USERGS_SYSRET64 CFI_RESTORE_STATE -- 1.8.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/