linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86/copy_user.S: Remove zero byte check before copy user buffer.

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Message-Id: <1384634221-6006-1-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Date:	Sat, 16 Nov 2013 12:37:01 -0800
From:	"Fenghua Yu" <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
To:	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>,
	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	"linux-kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH] x86/copy_user.S: Remove zero byte check before copy user buffer.

From: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>

Operation of rep movsb instruction handles zero byte copy. As pointed out by
Linus, there is no need to check zero size in kernel. Removing this redundant
check saves a few cycles in copy user functions.

Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
---
 arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S b/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S
index a30ca15..ffe4eb9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S
@@ -236,8 +236,6 @@ ENDPROC(copy_user_generic_unrolled)
 ENTRY(copy_user_generic_string)
 	CFI_STARTPROC
 	ASM_STAC
-	andl %edx,%edx
-	jz 4f
 	cmpl $8,%edx
 	jb 2f		/* less than 8 bytes, go to byte copy loop */
 	ALIGN_DESTINATION
@@ -249,7 +247,7 @@ ENTRY(copy_user_generic_string)
 2:	movl %edx,%ecx
 3:	rep
 	movsb
-4:	xorl %eax,%eax
+	xorl %eax,%eax
 	ASM_CLAC
 	ret
 
@@ -279,12 +277,10 @@ ENDPROC(copy_user_generic_string)
 ENTRY(copy_user_enhanced_fast_string)
 	CFI_STARTPROC
 	ASM_STAC
-	andl %edx,%edx
-	jz 2f
 	movl %edx,%ecx
 1:	rep
 	movsb
-2:	xorl %eax,%eax
+	xorl %eax,%eax
 	ASM_CLAC
 	ret
 
-- 
1.8.0.1

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