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From: tip-bot for Jiri Olsa <tipbot@zytor.com>
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	torvalds@linux-foundation.org, acme@ghostprotocols.net,
	jolsa@redhat.com, fweisbec@gmail.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
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	andi@firstfloor.org, vincent.weaver@maine.edu, mingo@elte.hu
Subject: [tip:perf/core] x86/signals: Merge EFLAGS bit clearing into a single statement
Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 05:54:07 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <tip-ddd40da4ccbabdd2e941837aa987e08dfa4396b4@git.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1367421944-19082-4-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com>

Commit-ID:  ddd40da4ccbabdd2e941837aa987e08dfa4396b4
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/ddd40da4ccbabdd2e941837aa987e08dfa4396b4
Author:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
AuthorDate: Wed, 1 May 2013 17:25:43 +0200
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
CommitDate: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:46:53 +0200

x86/signals: Merge EFLAGS bit clearing into a single statement

Merging EFLAGS bit clearing into a single statement, to
ensure EFLAGS bits are being cleared in a single instruction.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Originally-Reported-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@ghostprotocols.net>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1367421944-19082-4-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c | 10 +++-------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
index cb12fc9..cf91358 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
@@ -662,21 +662,17 @@ handle_signal(struct ksignal *ksig, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (!failed) {
 		/*
 		 * Clear the direction flag as per the ABI for function entry.
-		 */
-		regs->flags &= ~X86_EFLAGS_DF;
-		/*
+		 *
 		 * Clear RF when entering the signal handler, because
 		 * it might disable possible debug exception from the
 		 * signal handler.
-		 */
-		regs->flags &= ~X86_EFLAGS_RF;
-		/*
+		 *
 		 * Clear TF when entering the signal handler, but
 		 * notify any tracer that was single-stepping it.
 		 * The tracer may want to single-step inside the
 		 * handler too.
 		 */
-		regs->flags &= ~X86_EFLAGS_TF;
+		regs->flags &= ~(X86_EFLAGS_DF|X86_EFLAGS_RF|X86_EFLAGS_TF);
 	}
 	signal_setup_done(failed, ksig, test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP));
 }

  reply	other threads:[~2013-05-28 12:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-05-01 15:25 [PATCHv3 0/4] perf, signal x86: Fix breakpoint events overflow handling Jiri Olsa
2013-05-01 15:25 ` [PATCH 1/4] signal x86: Propage RF EFLAGS bit throught the signal restore call Jiri Olsa
2013-05-28 12:51   ` [tip:perf/core] x86/signals: Propagate RF EFLAGS bit through " tip-bot for Jiri Olsa
2013-05-01 15:25 ` [PATCH 2/4] signal x86: Clear RF EFLAGS bit for signal handler Jiri Olsa
2013-05-28 12:52   ` [tip:perf/core] x86/signals: " tip-bot for Jiri Olsa
2013-05-01 15:25 ` [PATCH 3/4] signal x86: Merge EFLAGS bit clearing into single statement Jiri Olsa
2013-05-28 12:54   ` tip-bot for Jiri Olsa [this message]
2013-05-01 15:25 ` [PATCH 4/4] perf: Fix hw breakpoints overflow period sampling Jiri Olsa
2013-05-28 12:56   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Jiri Olsa
2013-05-01 15:52 ` [PATCHv3 0/4] perf, signal x86: Fix breakpoint events overflow handling Oleg Nesterov
2013-05-07 12:29 ` Jiri Olsa
2013-05-15 15:04   ` Jiri Olsa
2013-05-15 15:44     ` Frederic Weisbecker
2013-05-15 19:28       ` Jiri Olsa
2013-05-15 16:52     ` Peter Zijlstra
2013-05-15 19:28       ` Jiri Olsa

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