linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86-64: improve insn scheduling in SAVE_ARGS

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Message-Id: <4ED4C6DF0200007800064018@nat28.tlf.novell.com>
Date:	Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:49:51 +0000
From:	"Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@...e.com>
To:	<mingo@...e.hu>, <tglx@...utronix.de>, <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] x86-64: improve insn scheduling in SAVE_ARGS_IRQ

In one case, use an address register that was computed earlier (and
with a simpler instruction), thus reducing the risk of a stall.

In the second case, eliminate a branch by using a conditional move (as
is already done in call_softirq and xen_do_hypervisor_callback).

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...e.com>

---
 arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S |    7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- 3.2-rc3/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ 3.2-rc3-x86_64-entry-sched/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ ENDPROC(native_usergs_sysret64)
 	movq %rsp, %rsi
 
 	leaq -RBP(%rsp),%rdi	/* arg1 for handler */
-	testl $3, CS(%rdi)
+	testl $3, CS-RBP(%rsi)
 	je 1f
 	SWAPGS
 	/*
@@ -329,11 +329,10 @@ ENDPROC(native_usergs_sysret64)
 	 * moving irq_enter into assembly, which would be too much work)
 	 */
 1:	incl PER_CPU_VAR(irq_count)
-	jne 2f
-	mov PER_CPU_VAR(irq_stack_ptr),%rsp
+	cmovzq PER_CPU_VAR(irq_stack_ptr),%rsp
 	CFI_DEF_CFA_REGISTER	rsi
 
-2:	/* Store previous stack value */
+	/* Store previous stack value */
 	pushq %rsi
 	CFI_ESCAPE	0x0f /* DW_CFA_def_cfa_expression */, 6, \
 			0x77 /* DW_OP_breg7 */, 0, \



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