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From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
To: x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Brian Gerst" <brgerst@gmail.com>,
	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	"Borislav Petkov" <bp@alien8.de>,
	"Frédéric Weisbecker" <fweisbec@gmail.com>,
	"Peter Zijlstra" <peterz@infradead.org>,
	"Andy Lutomirski" <luto@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 0/4] x86 entry stuff, maybe for 4.4
Date: Fri,  6 Nov 2015 15:12:42 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <cover.1446849780.git.luto@kernel.org> (raw)

The first patch is a bit ugly, but it fixes a bug that could affect
lockdep.  That bug is very minor and may not be observable at all,
but I don't really want to bet on it.

The other three are intended to fix a performance regression in the
entry rework that Frédéric objected to.  They're much later than I'd
like to have sent them for 4.4, but they're kind-of sort-of
regression fixes, so maybe they're still okay.  They would certainly
need careful review, though.

I don't have a great benchmark for them.  The biggest impact is
likely to be to user page fault latency on CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING=y
kernels (i.e. distro kernels) that don't use context tracking
(i.e. most users).

Andy Lutomirski (4):
  x86/entry/64: Fix irqflag tracing wrt context tracking
  context_tracking: Switch to new static_branch API
  x86/asm: Add asm macros for static keys/jump labels
  x86/entry/64: Bypass enter_from_user_mode on non-context-tracking
    boots

 arch/x86/entry/calling.h               | 15 ++++++++++
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S              | 19 ++++++++-----
 arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h      | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 include/linux/context_tracking_state.h |  4 +--
 kernel/context_tracking.c              |  4 +--
 5 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

-- 
2.4.3


             reply	other threads:[~2015-11-06 23:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-11-06 23:12 Andy Lutomirski [this message]
2015-11-06 23:12 ` [PATCH 1/4] x86/entry/64: Fix irqflag tracing wrt context tracking Andy Lutomirski
2015-11-07  9:59   ` Thomas Gleixner
2015-11-07 11:18   ` Borislav Petkov
2015-11-09  4:20     ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-11-06 23:12 ` [PATCH 2/4] context_tracking: Switch to new static_branch API Andy Lutomirski
2015-11-07  9:59   ` Thomas Gleixner
2015-11-06 23:12 ` [PATCH 3/4] x86/asm: Add asm macros for static keys/jump labels Andy Lutomirski
2015-11-07 11:20   ` Thomas Gleixner
2015-11-07 16:49     ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-11-07 16:58       ` Thomas Gleixner
2015-11-07 17:05         ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-11-07 17:08           ` Thomas Gleixner
2015-11-07 18:16             ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-11-09  9:48               ` Peter Zijlstra
2015-11-08 16:16             ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-11-06 23:12 ` [PATCH 4/4] x86/entry/64: Bypass enter_from_user_mode on non-context-tracking boots Andy Lutomirski
2015-11-09  8:52   ` Ingo Molnar

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