[PATCH 1/2] x86/vdso: Use RDPID in preference to LSL when available

From: Andy Lutomirski
Date: Wed Nov 16 2016 - 13:23:39 EST


RDPID is a new instruction that reads MSR_TSC_AUX quickly. This
should be considerably faster than reading the GDT. Add a
cpufeature for it and use it from __vdso_getcpu when available.

Tested-by: Megha Dey <megha.dey@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h | 1 +
arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h | 7 ++++++-
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
index a39629206864..3068edf43abe 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@
/* Intel-defined CPU features, CPUID level 0x00000007:0 (ecx), word 16 */
#define X86_FEATURE_PKU (16*32+ 3) /* Protection Keys for Userspace */
#define X86_FEATURE_OSPKE (16*32+ 4) /* OS Protection Keys Enable */
+#define X86_FEATURE_RDPID (16*32+ 22) /* RDPID instruction */

/* AMD-defined CPU features, CPUID level 0x80000007 (ebx), word 17 */
#define X86_FEATURE_OVERFLOW_RECOV (17*32+0) /* MCA overflow recovery support */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h
index e728699db774..3a01996db58f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h
@@ -89,8 +89,13 @@ static inline unsigned int __getcpu(void)
* works on all CPUs. This is volatile so that it orders
* correctly wrt barrier() and to keep gcc from cleverly
* hoisting it out of the calling function.
+ *
+ * If RDPID is available, use it.
*/
- asm volatile ("lsl %1,%0" : "=r" (p) : "r" (__PER_CPU_SEG));
+ alternative_io ("lsl %[p],%[seg]",
+ ".byte 0xf3,0x0f,0xc7,0xf8", /* RDPID %eax/rax */
+ X86_FEATURE_RDPID,
+ [p] "=a" (p), [seg] "r" (__PER_CPU_SEG));

return p;
}
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2.7.4