linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH v6 5/5] Thread-local ABI: wire up x86 32/64 system call

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Date:	Mon,  4 Apr 2016 13:01:53 -0400
From:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
	Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>, Andrew Hunter <ahh@...gle.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Dave Watson <davejwatson@...com>, Chris Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	Ben Maurer <bmaurer@...com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH v6 5/5] Thread-local ABI: wire up x86 32/64 system call

Wire up the thread-local ABI system call on x86 32/64.

This provides an ABI improving the speed of a getcpu operation
on x86 by removing the need to perform a function call, "lsl"
instruction, or system call on the fast path.

The thread-local ABI can be extended to add features in the future.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
CC: Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>
CC: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
CC: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CC: Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>
CC: Andrew Hunter <ahh@...gle.com>
CC: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CC: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
CC: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
CC: Dave Watson <davejwatson@...com>
CC: Chris Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
CC: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
CC: Ben Maurer <bmaurer@...com>
CC: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
CC: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
CC: Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
CC: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
CC: linux-api@...r.kernel.org
---
 arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl | 1 +
 arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
index cb713df..e31d5a5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
@@ -384,3 +384,4 @@
 375	i386	membarrier		sys_membarrier
 376	i386	mlock2			sys_mlock2
 377	i386	copy_file_range		sys_copy_file_range
+378	i386	thread_local_abi	sys_thread_local_abi
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
index dc1040a..6aaddb4b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@
 324	common	membarrier		sys_membarrier
 325	common	mlock2			sys_mlock2
 326	common	copy_file_range		sys_copy_file_range
+326	common	thread_local_abi	sys_thread_local_abi
 
 #
 # x32-specific system call numbers start at 512 to avoid cache impact
-- 
2.1.4