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authorTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>2009-02-09 22:17:40 +0900
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-02-10 00:42:00 +0100
commitccbeed3a05908d201b47b6c3dd1a373138bba566 (patch)
treee834d548c70426aa3885dd2169be1a79be4a617b /arch/x86/include/asm/system.h
parentd9a89a26e02ef9ed03f74a755a8b4d8f3a066622 (diff)
x86: make lazy %gs optional on x86_32
Impact: pt_regs changed, lazy gs handling made optional, add slight overhead to SAVE_ALL, simplifies error_code path a bit On x86_32, %gs hasn't been used by kernel and handled lazily. pt_regs doesn't have place for it and gs is saved/loaded only when necessary. In preparation for stack protector support, this patch makes lazy %gs handling optional by doing the followings. * Add CONFIG_X86_32_LAZY_GS and place for gs in pt_regs. * Save and restore %gs along with other registers in entry_32.S unless LAZY_GS. Note that this unfortunately adds "pushl $0" on SAVE_ALL even when LAZY_GS. However, it adds no overhead to common exit path and simplifies entry path with error code. * Define different user_gs accessors depending on LAZY_GS and add lazy_save_gs() and lazy_load_gs() which are noop if !LAZY_GS. The lazy_*_gs() ops are used to save, load and clear %gs lazily. * Define ELF_CORE_COPY_KERNEL_REGS() which always read %gs directly. xen and lguest changes need to be verified. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/system.h')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/system.h12
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/system.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/system.h
index 70c74b8db87..79b98e5b96f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/system.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/system.h
@@ -186,10 +186,20 @@ extern void native_load_gs_index(unsigned);
* x86_32 user gs accessors.
*/
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32_LAZY_GS
#define get_user_gs(regs) (u16)({unsigned long v; savesegment(gs, v); v;})
#define set_user_gs(regs, v) loadsegment(gs, (unsigned long)(v))
#define task_user_gs(tsk) ((tsk)->thread.gs)
-#endif
+#define lazy_save_gs(v) savesegment(gs, (v))
+#define lazy_load_gs(v) loadsegment(gs, (v))
+#else /* X86_32_LAZY_GS */
+#define get_user_gs(regs) (u16)((regs)->gs)
+#define set_user_gs(regs, v) do { (regs)->gs = (v); } while (0)
+#define task_user_gs(tsk) (task_pt_regs(tsk)->gs)
+#define lazy_save_gs(v) do { } while (0)
+#define lazy_load_gs(v) do { } while (0)
+#endif /* X86_32_LAZY_GS */
+#endif /* X86_32 */
static inline unsigned long get_limit(unsigned long segment)
{