linux_dsm_epyc7002/arch/x86/entry
Andy Lutomirski 37a8f7c383 x86/asm: Move 'status' from thread_struct to thread_info
The TS_COMPAT bit is very hot and is accessed from code paths that mostly
also touch thread_info::flags.  Move it into struct thread_info to improve
cache locality.

The only reason it was in thread_struct is that there was a brief period
during which arch-specific fields were not allowed in struct thread_info.

Linus suggested further changing:

  ti->status &= ~(TS_COMPAT|TS_I386_REGS_POKED);

to:

  if (unlikely(ti->status & (TS_COMPAT|TS_I386_REGS_POKED)))
          ti->status &= ~(TS_COMPAT|TS_I386_REGS_POKED);

on the theory that frequently dirtying the cacheline even in pure 64-bit
code that never needs to modify status hurts performance.  That could be a
reasonable followup patch, but I suspect it matters less on top of this
patch.

Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/03148bcc1b217100e6e8ecf6a5468c45cf4304b6.1517164461.git.luto@kernel.org
2018-01-30 15:30:36 +01:00
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syscalls Merge branch 'x86/build' into x86/asm, to fix up conflicts 2017-11-07 10:54:30 +01:00
vdso Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-12-06 17:47:29 -08:00
vsyscall x86/pti: Map the vsyscall page if needed 2017-12-23 21:13:00 +01:00
calling.h x86/pti: Fix !PCID and sanitize defines 2018-01-14 10:45:53 +01:00
common.c x86/asm: Move 'status' from thread_struct to thread_info 2018-01-30 15:30:36 +01:00
entry_32.S x86/retpoline: Simplify vmexit_fill_RSB() 2018-01-27 19:10:45 +01:00
entry_64_compat.S x86/pti: Switch to kernel CR3 at early in entry_SYSCALL_compat() 2018-01-03 23:19:32 +01:00
entry_64.S x86/entry/64: Push extra regs right away 2018-01-30 15:30:36 +01:00
Makefile License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
syscall_32.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
syscall_64.c x86/entry/64: Remove the SYSCALL64 fast path 2018-01-30 15:30:36 +01:00
thunk_32.S x86: move exports to actual definitions 2016-08-07 23:47:15 -04:00
thunk_64.S x86: move exports to actual definitions 2016-08-07 23:47:15 -04:00