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authorFenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>2012-05-24 18:19:45 -0700
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>2012-06-29 15:33:34 -0700
commit954e482bde20b0e208fd4d34ef26e10afd194600 (patch)
treea98702fdde1d47b31851cee7b81849dec8b91f09 /arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr
parent2f74759056797054122cdc70844137f70bb3f626 (diff)
x86/copy_user_generic: Optimize copy_user_generic with CPU erms feature
According to Intel 64 and IA-32 SDM and Optimization Reference Manual, beginning with Ivybridge, REG string operation using MOVSB and STOSB can provide both flexible and high-performance REG string operations in cases like memory copy. Enhancement availability is indicated by CPUID.7.0.EBX[9] (Enhanced REP MOVSB/ STOSB). If CPU erms feature is detected, patch copy_user_generic with enhanced fast string version of copy_user_generic. A few new macros are defined to reduce duplicate code in ALTERNATIVE and ALTERNATIVE_2. Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1337908785-14015-1-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
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