linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/5 v2] x86/asm/entry/64: simplify looping around preempt_schedule

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Message-Id: <1427797998-7357-1-git-send-email-dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 31 Mar 2015 12:33:18 +0200
From:	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>,
	Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 5/5 v2] x86/asm/entry/64: simplify looping around preempt_schedule_irq

At this label, we test whether interrupt/exception was in kernel.
If it did, we jump to preemption check. If preemption does happen
(IOW if we call preempt_schedule_irq), we go back to exit_intr.

But it's pointless, we already know that test succeeded last time,
preemption doesn't change the fact that interrupt/exception
was in kernel. We can go back directly to checking
PER_CPU_VAR(__preempt_count) instead.

This makes exit_intr label unused. Dropping it.

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>
CC: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CC: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
CC: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
CC: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
CC: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
CC: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
CC: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>
CC: Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>
CC: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
CC: x86@...nel.org
CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
---

Changes in v2:
* split insn cleanups into a separate patch
* improve commit log message

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

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
index 16bf357..356266c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -653,7 +653,6 @@ ret_from_intr:
 	CFI_DEF_CFA_REGISTER	rsp
 	CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET	RBP
 
-exit_intr:
 	testl $3,CS(%rsp)
 	je retint_kernel
 	/* Interrupt came from user space */
@@ -740,12 +739,12 @@ retint_kernel:
 #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT
 	/* Interrupts are off */
 	/* Check if we need preemption */
-	cmpl	$0,PER_CPU_VAR(__preempt_count)
-	jnz	1f
 	bt	$9,EFLAGS(%rsp)	/* interrupts were off? */
 	jnc	1f
+0:	cmpl	$0,PER_CPU_VAR(__preempt_count)
+	jnz	1f
 	call	preempt_schedule_irq
-	jmp	exit_intr
+	jmp	0b
 1:
 #endif
 	/*
-- 
1.8.1.4

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