From: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Alexander van Heukelum <heukelum@mailshack.com>
Subject: [PATCH] x86-64: remove locked instruction from switch_to()
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:00:22 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090111040022.GG13467@kvack.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090110223616.GB16719@elte.hu>
Here is a rediffed and test booted version of the patch against linus' git
tree as of a couple of hours ago.
The patch below removes an unnecessary locked instruction from
switch_to(). TIF_FORK is only ever set in copy_thread() on initial
process creation, and gets cleared during the first scheduling of the
process. As such, it is safe to use an unlocked test for the flag
within switch_to()./
Signed-off-by: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org>
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/system.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/system.h
index 8e626ea..fa47b1e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/system.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/system.h
@@ -96,15 +96,15 @@ do { \
"thread_return:\n\t" \
"movq %%gs:%P[pda_pcurrent],%%rsi\n\t" \
"movq %P[thread_info](%%rsi),%%r8\n\t" \
- LOCK_PREFIX "btr %[tif_fork],%P[ti_flags](%%r8)\n\t" \
"movq %%rax,%%rdi\n\t" \
- "jc ret_from_fork\n\t" \
+ "testl %[_tif_fork],%P[ti_flags](%%r8)\n\t" \
+ "jnz ret_from_fork\n\t" \
RESTORE_CONTEXT \
: "=a" (last) \
: [next] "S" (next), [prev] "D" (prev), \
[threadrsp] "i" (offsetof(struct task_struct, thread.sp)), \
[ti_flags] "i" (offsetof(struct thread_info, flags)), \
- [tif_fork] "i" (TIF_FORK), \
+ [_tif_fork] "i" (_TIF_FORK), \
[thread_info] "i" (offsetof(struct task_struct, stack)), \
[pda_pcurrent] "i" (offsetof(struct x8664_pda, pcurrent)) \
: "memory", "cc" __EXTRA_CLOBBER)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
index e28c7a9..38dd374 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -408,6 +408,8 @@ END(save_paranoid)
ENTRY(ret_from_fork)
DEFAULT_FRAME
+ LOCK ; btr $TIF_FORK,TI_flags(%r8)
+
push kernel_eflags(%rip)
CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET 8
popf # reset kernel eflags
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-11 4:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-10 21:26 [x86-64] remove locked instruction from switch_to() Benjamin LaHaise
2009-01-10 22:36 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-01-11 4:00 ` Benjamin LaHaise [this message]
2009-01-11 4:05 ` [PATCH] x86-64: " Ingo Molnar
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