From: tip-bot for Borislav Petkov <tipbot@zytor.com>
To: linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org
Cc: mingo@kernel.org, josh@joshtriplett.org, tglx@linutronix.de,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, bp@suse.de
Subject: [tip:x86/cpufeature] x86/cpu: Provide a config option to disable static_cpu_has
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 02:19:44 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <tip-a4eb0afca79fd699b33e059f81d204e84f2b6760@git.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1449481182-27541-5-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de>
Commit-ID: a4eb0afca79fd699b33e059f81d204e84f2b6760
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/a4eb0afca79fd699b33e059f81d204e84f2b6760
Author: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
AuthorDate: Mon, 7 Dec 2015 10:39:42 +0100
Committer: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
CommitDate: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 11:14:01 +0100
x86/cpu: Provide a config option to disable static_cpu_has
This brings .text savings of about ~1.6K when building a tinyconfig. It
is off by default so nothing changes for the default.
Kconfig help text from Josh.
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1449481182-27541-5-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
---
arch/x86/Kconfig | 11 +++++++++++
arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index db3622f..a2abc2f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -349,6 +349,17 @@ config X86_FEATURE_NAMES
If in doubt, say Y.
+config X86_FAST_FEATURE_TESTS
+ bool "Fast CPU feature tests" if EMBEDDED
+ default y
+ ---help---
+ Some fast-paths in the kernel depend on the capabilities of the CPU.
+ Say Y here for the kernel to patch in the appropriate code at runtime
+ based on the capabilities of the CPU. The infrastructure for patching
+ code at runtime takes up some additional space; space-constrained
+ embedded systems may wish to say N here to produce smaller, slightly
+ slower code.
+
config X86_X2APIC
bool "Support x2apic"
depends on X86_LOCAL_APIC && X86_64 && (IRQ_REMAP || HYPERVISOR_GUEST)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index 144b042..43e1444 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ extern const char * const x86_bug_flags[NBUGINTS*32];
* fast paths and boot_cpu_has() otherwise!
*/
-#if __GNUC__ >= 4
+#if __GNUC__ >= 4 && defined(CONFIG_X86_FAST_FEATURE_TESTS)
extern void warn_pre_alternatives(void);
extern bool __static_cpu_has_safe(u16 bit);
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-12-19 10:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-12-07 9:39 [PATCH 0/4] x86/cpufeature: Cleanup, p1 Borislav Petkov
2015-12-07 9:39 ` [PATCH 1/4] x86/cpufeature: Move some of the scattered feature bits to x86_capability Borislav Petkov
2015-12-19 10:18 ` [tip:x86/cpufeature] " tip-bot for Borislav Petkov
2015-12-19 10:54 ` [tip:x86/cleanups] " tip-bot for Borislav Petkov
2015-12-07 9:39 ` [PATCH 2/4] x86/cpufeature: Cleanup get_cpu_cap() Borislav Petkov
2015-12-19 10:19 ` [tip:x86/cpufeature] " tip-bot for Borislav Petkov
2015-12-19 10:55 ` [tip:x86/cleanups] " tip-bot for Borislav Petkov
2015-12-07 9:39 ` [PATCH 3/4] x86/cpufeature: Remove unused and seldomly used cpu_has_xx macros Borislav Petkov
2015-12-07 9:45 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-12-07 9:54 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-12-07 13:36 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-12-19 10:19 ` [tip:x86/cpufeature] " tip-bot for Borislav Petkov
2015-12-19 10:55 ` [tip:x86/cleanups] " tip-bot for Borislav Petkov
2015-12-07 9:39 ` [PATCH 4/4] x86/cpu: Provide a config option to disable static_cpu_has Borislav Petkov
2015-12-19 10:19 ` tip-bot for Borislav Petkov [this message]
2015-12-19 10:55 ` [tip:x86/cleanups] " tip-bot for Borislav Petkov
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