kernel.git/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c, branch linux-3.18.y

x86: Store a per-cpu shadow copy of CR4

2015-06-28T17:39:27Z

[ Upstream commit 1e02ce4cccdcb9688386e5b8d2c9fa4660b45389 ] Context switches and TLB flushes can change individual bits of CR4. CR4 reads take several cycles, so store a shadow copy of CR4 in a per-cpu variable. To avoid wasting a cache line, I added the CR4 shadow to cpu_tlbstate, which is already touched in switch_mm. The heaviest users of the cr4 shadow will be switch_mm and __switch_to_xtra, and __switch_to_xtra is called shortly after switch_mm during context switch, so the cacheline is likely to be hot. Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Cc: Kees Cook Cc: Andrea Arcangeli Cc: Vince Weaver Cc: "hillf.zj" Cc: Valdis Kletnieks Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Linus Torvalds Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/3a54dd3353fffbf84804398e00dfdc5b7c1afd7d.1414190806.git.luto@amacapital.net Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

x86: copy_thread: Don't nullify ->ptrace_bps twice

2014-09-02T21:51:17Z

Both 32bit and 64bit versions of copy_thread() do memset(ptrace_bps) twice for no reason, kill the 2nd memset(). Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140902175733.GA21676@redhat.com Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin

x86, fpu: Shift "fpu_counter = 0" from copy_thread() to arch_dup_task_struct()

2014-09-02T21:51:16Z

Cosmetic, but I think thread.fpu_counter should be initialized in arch_dup_task_struct() too, along with other "fpu" variables. And probably it make sense to turn it into thread.fpu->counter. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140902175730.GA21669@redhat.com Reviewed-by: Suresh Siddha Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin

x86: Keep thread_info on thread stack in x86_32

2014-03-07T00:56:55Z

x86_64 uses a per_cpu variable kernel_stack to always point to the thread stack of current. This is where the thread_info is stored and is accessed from this location even when the irq or exception stack is in use. This removes the complexity of having to maintain the thread info on the stack when interrupts are running and having to copy the preempt_count and other fields to the interrupt stack. x86_32 uses the old method of copying the thread_info from the thread stack to the exception stack just before executing the exception. Having the two different requires #ifdefs and also the x86_32 way is a bit of a pain to maintain. By converting x86_32 to the same method of x86_64, we can remove #ifdefs, clean up the x86_32 code a little, and remove the overhead of the copy. Cc: Andrew Morton Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Brian Gerst Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20110806012354.263834829@goodmis.org Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140206144321.852942014@goodmis.org Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin

x86: Delete non-required instances of include

2014-01-07T05:25:18Z

None of these files are actually using any __init type directives and hence don't need to include . Most are just a left over from __devinit and __cpuinit removal, or simply due to code getting copied from one driver to the next. [ hpa: undid incorrect removal from arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S ] Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1389054026-12947-1-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin

x86: move fpu_counter into ARCH specific thread_struct

2013-11-13T03:09:13Z

Only a couple of arches (sh/x86) use fpu_counter in task_struct so it can be moved out into ARCH specific thread_struct, reducing the size of task_struct for other arches. Compile tested i386_defconfig + gcc 4.7.3 Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta Acked-by: Ingo Molnar Cc: Paul Mundt Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

sched, x86: Provide a per-cpu preempt_count implementation

2013-09-25T12:07:57Z

Convert x86 to use a per-cpu preemption count. The reason for doing so is that accessing per-cpu variables is a lot cheaper than accessing thread_info variables. We still need to save/restore the actual preemption count due to PREEMPT_ACTIVE so we place the per-cpu __preempt_count variable in the same cache-line as the other hot __switch_to() variables such as current_task. NOTE: this save/restore is required even for !PREEMPT kernels as cond_resched() also relies on preempt_count's PREEMPT_ACTIVE to ignore task_struct::state. Also rename thread_info::preempt_count to ensure nobody is 'accidentally' still poking at it. Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-gzn5rfsf8trgjoqx8hyayy3q@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

x86, asmlinkage: Make 32bit/64bit __switch_to visible

2013-08-06T21:18:30Z

This function is called from inline assembler, so has to be visible. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1375740170-7446-6-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin

Merge branch 'x86-debug-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2013-07-02T23:25:06Z

Pull x86 debug update from Ingo Molnar: "Misc debuggability improvements: - Optimize the x86 CPU register printout a bit - Expose the tboot TXT log via debugfs - Small do_debug() cleanup" * 'x86-debug-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86/tboot: Provide debugfs interfaces to access TXT log x86: Remove weird PTR_ERR() in do_debug x86/debug: Only print out DR registers if they are not power-on defaults

x86, flags: Rename X86_EFLAGS_BIT1 to X86_EFLAGS_FIXED

2013-06-25T23:25:32Z

Bit 1 in the x86 EFLAGS is always set. Name the macro something that actually tries to explain what it is all about, rather than being a tautology. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin Cc: Rusty Russell Cc: Gleb Natapov Cc: Paolo Bonzini Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-f10rx5vjjm6tfnt8o1wseb3v@git.kernel.org