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* [PATCH v3 0/5] x86 entry stuff, maybe for 4.4
@ 2015-11-12 20:58 Andy Lutomirski
  2015-11-12 20:59 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] x86/entry/64: Fix irqflag tracing wrt context tracking Andy Lutomirski
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  0 siblings, 5 replies; 19+ messages in thread
From: Andy Lutomirski @ 2015-11-12 20:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: x86, linux-kernel
  Cc: Brian Gerst, Linus Torvalds, Borislav Petkov,
	Frédéric Weisbecker, Peter Zijlstra, Andy Lutomirski

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).

Changes from v3: Actually send entire series (patch 1 was missing)

Changes from v1:
 - CALL_ENTER_FROM_USER_MODE is now CALL_enter_from_user_mode (Ingo)
 - STATIC_JUMP_IF_{TRUE,FALSE} now cannot be (mis-)used on non-jump-label
   kernels (Thomas)
 - Comments are better (Borislav)

This doesn't really address Thomas' objections to the HAVE_JUMP_LABEL stuff,
but it's more robust now, and maybe that's good enough.

Andy Lutomirski (5):
  x86/entry/64: Fix irqflag tracing wrt context tracking
  context_tracking: Switch to new static_branch API
  x86/asm: Error out if asm/jump_label.h is included inappropriately
  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              | 27 +++++++++++----
 arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h      | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 include/linux/context_tracking_state.h |  4 +--
 kernel/context_tracking.c              |  4 +--
 5 files changed, 95 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

-- 
2.5.0


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2015-11-24  9:35   ` [tip:x86/asm] " tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
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2015-11-12 20:59 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] x86/asm: Error out if asm/jump_label.h is included inappropriately Andy Lutomirski
2015-11-13 14:13   ` Thomas Gleixner
2015-11-24  9:35   ` [tip:x86/asm] x86/asm: Error out if asm/ jump_label.h " tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
2015-11-12 20:59 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] x86/asm: Add asm macros for static keys/jump labels Andy Lutomirski
2015-11-13 14:22   ` Thomas Gleixner
2015-11-24  9:36   ` [tip:x86/asm] " tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
2015-11-12 20:59 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] x86/entry/64: Bypass enter_from_user_mode on non-context-tracking boots Andy Lutomirski
2015-11-13 14:23   ` Thomas Gleixner
2015-11-13 15:26   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2015-11-16 19:10     ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-11-16 22:50       ` Frederic Weisbecker
2015-11-16 23:57         ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-11-19  0:57           ` Frederic Weisbecker
2015-11-24  9:36   ` [tip:x86/asm] " tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski

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