[PATCH 4.9 52/87] x86/process: Optimize TIF_NOTSC switch

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon May 21 2018 - 17:23:28 EST


4.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 5a920155e388ec22a22e0532fb695b9215c9b34d upstream

Provide and use a toggle helper instead of doing it with a branch.

x86_64: arch/x86/kernel/process.o
text data bss dec hex
3008 8577 16 11601 2d51 Before
2976 8577 16 11569 2d31 After

i386: arch/x86/kernel/process.o
text data bss dec hex
2925 8673 8 11606 2d56 Before
2893 8673 8 11574 2d36 After

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170214081104.9244-4-khuey@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h | 10 ++++++++++
arch/x86/kernel/process.c | 22 ++++------------------
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h
@@ -111,6 +111,16 @@ static inline void cr4_clear_bits(unsign
}
}

+static inline void cr4_toggle_bits(unsigned long mask)
+{
+ unsigned long cr4;
+
+ cr4 = this_cpu_read(cpu_tlbstate.cr4);
+ cr4 ^= mask;
+ this_cpu_write(cpu_tlbstate.cr4, cr4);
+ __write_cr4(cr4);
+}
+
/* Read the CR4 shadow. */
static inline unsigned long cr4_read_shadow(void)
{
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -134,11 +134,6 @@ void flush_thread(void)
fpu__clear(&tsk->thread.fpu);
}

-static void hard_disable_TSC(void)
-{
- cr4_set_bits(X86_CR4_TSD);
-}
-
void disable_TSC(void)
{
preempt_disable();
@@ -147,15 +142,10 @@ void disable_TSC(void)
* Must flip the CPU state synchronously with
* TIF_NOTSC in the current running context.
*/
- hard_disable_TSC();
+ cr4_set_bits(X86_CR4_TSD);
preempt_enable();
}

-static void hard_enable_TSC(void)
-{
- cr4_clear_bits(X86_CR4_TSD);
-}
-
static void enable_TSC(void)
{
preempt_disable();
@@ -164,7 +154,7 @@ static void enable_TSC(void)
* Must flip the CPU state synchronously with
* TIF_NOTSC in the current running context.
*/
- hard_enable_TSC();
+ cr4_clear_bits(X86_CR4_TSD);
preempt_enable();
}

@@ -238,12 +228,8 @@ void __switch_to_xtra(struct task_struct
wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR, debugctl);
}

- if ((tifp ^ tifn) & _TIF_NOTSC) {
- if (tifn & _TIF_NOTSC)
- hard_disable_TSC();
- else
- hard_enable_TSC();
- }
+ if ((tifp ^ tifn) & _TIF_NOTSC)
+ cr4_toggle_bits(X86_CR4_TSD);
}

/*