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Message-ID: <tip-f9de314b340f4816671f037e79ed01f685ac9787@git.kernel.org>
Date:	Fri, 30 May 2014 08:12:15 -0700
From:	tip-bot for Fenghua Yu <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...nel.org,
	fenghua.yu@...el.com, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...ux.intel.com
Subject: [tip:x86/xsave] x86/xsaves: Use xsaves/xrstors for context switch

Commit-ID:  f9de314b340f4816671f037e79ed01f685ac9787
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/f9de314b340f4816671f037e79ed01f685ac9787
Author:     Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
AuthorDate: Thu, 29 May 2014 11:12:37 -0700
Committer:  H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
CommitDate: Thu, 29 May 2014 14:31:25 -0700

x86/xsaves: Use xsaves/xrstors for context switch

If xsaves is eanbled, use xsaves/xrstors for context switch to support
compacted format xsave area to occupy less memory and modified optimization
to improve saving performance.

Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1401387164-43416-10-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/xsave.h | 37 ++++++++++++-------------------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/xsave.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/xsave.h
index f9177a2..8b75824 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/xsave.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/xsave.h
@@ -129,22 +129,20 @@ static inline int xrstor_state(struct xsave_struct *fx, u64 mask)
 	return err;
 }
 
-static inline int fpu_xrstor_checking(struct xsave_struct *fx)
+/*
+ * Save xstate context for old process during context switch.
+ */
+static inline void fpu_xsave(struct fpu *fpu)
 {
-	int err;
-
-	asm volatile("1: .byte " REX_PREFIX "0x0f,0xae,0x2f\n\t"
-		     "2:\n"
-		     ".section .fixup,\"ax\"\n"
-		     "3:  movl $-1,%[err]\n"
-		     "    jmp  2b\n"
-		     ".previous\n"
-		     _ASM_EXTABLE(1b, 3b)
-		     : [err] "=r" (err)
-		     : "D" (fx), "m" (*fx), "a" (-1), "d" (-1), "0" (0)
-		     : "memory");
+	xsave_state(&fpu->state->xsave, -1);
+}
 
-	return err;
+/*
+ * Restore xstate context for new process during context switch.
+ */
+static inline int fpu_xrstor_checking(struct xsave_struct *fx)
+{
+	return xrstor_state(fx, -1);
 }
 
 static inline int xsave_user(struct xsave_struct __user *buf)
@@ -194,15 +192,4 @@ static inline int xrestore_user(struct xsave_struct __user *buf, u64 mask)
 	return err;
 }
 
-static inline void fpu_xsave(struct fpu *fpu)
-{
-	/* This, however, we can work around by forcing the compiler to select
-	   an addressing mode that doesn't require extended registers. */
-	alternative_input(
-		".byte " REX_PREFIX "0x0f,0xae,0x27",
-		".byte " REX_PREFIX "0x0f,0xae,0x37",
-		X86_FEATURE_XSAVEOPT,
-		[fx] "D" (&fpu->state->xsave), "a" (-1), "d" (-1) :
-		"memory");
-}
 #endif
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