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authorAndy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>2018-01-28 21:38:50 +0300
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2018-01-30 17:30:36 +0300
commit37a8f7c38339b22b69876d6f5a0ab851565284e3 (patch)
treea4a7f97813a1adb6ec8b5ed1d441979498805b12 /arch/x86/include/asm/syscall.h
parentd1f7732009e0549eedf8ea1db948dc37be77fd46 (diff)
downloadlinux-37a8f7c38339b22b69876d6f5a0ab851565284e3.tar.xz
x86/asm: Move 'status' from thread_struct to thread_info
The TS_COMPAT bit is very hot and is accessed from code paths that mostly also touch thread_info::flags. Move it into struct thread_info to improve cache locality. The only reason it was in thread_struct is that there was a brief period during which arch-specific fields were not allowed in struct thread_info. Linus suggested further changing: ti->status &= ~(TS_COMPAT|TS_I386_REGS_POKED); to: if (unlikely(ti->status & (TS_COMPAT|TS_I386_REGS_POKED))) ti->status &= ~(TS_COMPAT|TS_I386_REGS_POKED); on the theory that frequently dirtying the cacheline even in pure 64-bit code that never needs to modify status hurts performance. That could be a reasonable followup patch, but I suspect it matters less on top of this patch. Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/03148bcc1b217100e6e8ecf6a5468c45cf4304b6.1517164461.git.luto@kernel.org
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/syscall.h')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/syscall.h6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/syscall.h
index e3c95e8e61c5..03eedc21246d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/syscall.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/syscall.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static inline long syscall_get_error(struct task_struct *task,
* TS_COMPAT is set for 32-bit syscall entries and then
* remains set until we return to user mode.
*/
- if (task->thread.status & (TS_COMPAT|TS_I386_REGS_POKED))
+ if (task->thread_info.status & (TS_COMPAT|TS_I386_REGS_POKED))
/*
* Sign-extend the value so (int)-EFOO becomes (long)-EFOO
* and will match correctly in comparisons.
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static inline void syscall_get_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
unsigned long *args)
{
# ifdef CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION
- if (task->thread.status & TS_COMPAT)
+ if (task->thread_info.status & TS_COMPAT)
switch (i) {
case 0:
if (!n--) break;
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static inline void syscall_set_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
const unsigned long *args)
{
# ifdef CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION
- if (task->thread.status & TS_COMPAT)
+ if (task->thread_info.status & TS_COMPAT)
switch (i) {
case 0:
if (!n--) break;