From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>,
"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 7/7] x86/mm: Opt-in to IRQs-off activate_mm()
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2025 11:45:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250402094540.3586683-8-mingo@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250402094540.3586683-1-mingo@kernel.org>
From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
We gain nothing by having the core code enable IRQs right before calling
activate_mm() only for us to turn them right back off again in switch_mm().
This will save a few cycles, so execve() should be blazingly fast with this
patch applied!
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241119163035.985203915@infradead.org
---
arch/x86/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 98bd4935280c..6b90d93fc40e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ config X86
select ARCH_WANT_OPTIMIZE_HUGETLB_VMEMMAP if X86_64
select ARCH_WANTS_THP_SWAP if X86_64
select ARCH_HAS_PARANOID_L1D_FLUSH
+ select ARCH_WANT_IRQS_OFF_ACTIVATE_MM
select BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT
select CLKEVT_I8253
select CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h
index 988c11792634..c511f8584ae4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ extern void switch_mm_irqs_off(struct mm_struct *prev, struct mm_struct *next,
#define activate_mm(prev, next) \
do { \
paravirt_enter_mmap(next); \
- switch_mm((prev), (next), NULL); \
+ switch_mm_irqs_off((prev), (next), NULL); \
} while (0);
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
--
2.45.2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-04-02 9:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-04-02 9:45 [PATCH 0/7 -v2] Factor out, clean up and use the use_/unuse_temporary_mm() APIs some more Ingo Molnar
2025-04-02 9:45 ` [PATCH 1/7] x86/mm: Add 'mm' argument to unuse_temporary_mm() Ingo Molnar
2025-04-12 18:46 ` [tip: x86/alternatives] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2025-04-02 9:45 ` [PATCH 2/7] x86/events, x86/insn-eval: Remove incorrect current->active_mm references Ingo Molnar
2025-04-12 18:46 ` [tip: x86/alternatives] " tip-bot2 for Andy Lutomirski
2025-04-02 9:45 ` [PATCH 3/7] x86/mm: Make use_/unuse_temporary_mm() non-static Ingo Molnar
2025-04-12 18:46 ` [tip: x86/alternatives] " tip-bot2 for Andy Lutomirski
2025-04-02 9:45 ` [PATCH 4/7] x86/mm: Remove 'mm' argument from unuse_temporary_mm() again Ingo Molnar
2025-04-12 18:46 ` [tip: x86/alternatives] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2025-04-02 9:45 ` [PATCH 5/7] x86/mm: Allow temporary MMs when IRQs are on Ingo Molnar
2025-04-12 18:46 ` [tip: x86/alternatives] " tip-bot2 for Andy Lutomirski
2025-04-02 9:45 ` [PATCH 6/7] x86/efi: Make efi_enter/leave_mm() use the use_/unuse_temporary_mm() machinery Ingo Molnar
2025-04-12 18:46 ` [tip: x86/alternatives] " tip-bot2 for Andy Lutomirski
2025-04-17 14:17 ` Borislav Petkov
2025-04-18 9:50 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-04-18 11:43 ` Borislav Petkov
2025-04-18 12:37 ` Ingo Molnar
2025-04-18 12:48 ` [tip: x86/alternatives] x86/mm: Fix {,un}use_temporary_mm() IRQ state tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2025-04-02 9:45 ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2025-04-12 18:46 ` [tip: x86/alternatives] x86/mm: Opt-in to IRQs-off activate_mm() tip-bot2 for Andy Lutomirski
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