From: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com>
To: x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com>,
Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@suse.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: [PATCH -tip v2 2/2] x86/asm: Replace "REP; NOP" with PAUSE mnemonic
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 10:07:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250418080805.83679-2-ubizjak@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250418080805.83679-1-ubizjak@gmail.com>
Current minimum required version of binutils is 2.25,
which supports PAUSE instruction mnemonic.
Replace "REP; NOP" with this proper mnemonic.
No functional change intended.
Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@suse.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
---
v2: Rename rep_nop() to native_pause() first.
---
arch/x86/boot/boot.h | 2 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/vdso/processor.h | 4 ++--
arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_64.S | 4 ++--
3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/boot.h b/arch/x86/boot/boot.h
index f3771a6373c7..60580836daf7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/boot.h
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/boot.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
extern struct setup_header hdr;
extern struct boot_params boot_params;
-#define cpu_relax() asm volatile("rep; nop")
+#define cpu_relax() asm volatile("pause")
static inline void io_delay(void)
{
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso/processor.h
index 895333b52cb3..7000aeb59aa2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso/processor.h
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
#ifndef __ASSEMBLER__
-/* REP NOP (PAUSE) is a good thing to insert into busy-wait loops. */
+/* PAUSE is a good thing to insert into busy-wait loops. */
static __always_inline void native_pause(void)
{
- asm volatile("rep; nop" ::: "memory");
+ asm volatile("pause" ::: "memory");
}
static __always_inline void cpu_relax(void)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_64.S
index 1d6355227bf6..ea604f4d0b52 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_64.S
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ SYM_CODE_START_LOCAL_NOALIGN(pr_char_8250)
inb %dx, %al
testb $XMTRDY, %al
jnz .Lready
- rep nop
+ pause
jmp .Lxmtrdy_loop
.Lready:
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ SYM_CODE_START_LOCAL_NOALIGN(pr_char_8250_mmio32)
movb (LSR*4)(%rdx), %ah
testb $XMTRDY, %ah
jnz .Lready_mmio
- rep nop
+ pause
jmp .Lxmtrdy_loop_mmio
.Lready_mmio:
--
2.49.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-04-18 8:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-04-18 8:07 [PATCH -tip v2 1/2] x86/asm: Rename rep_nop() to native_pause() Uros Bizjak
2025-04-18 8:07 ` Uros Bizjak [this message]
2025-04-18 8:46 ` [tip: x86/asm] x86/asm: Replace "REP; NOP" with PAUSE mnemonic tip-bot2 for Uros Bizjak
2025-04-18 8:46 ` [tip: x86/asm] x86/asm: Rename rep_nop() to native_pause() tip-bot2 for Uros Bizjak
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