linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86/cpufeature: Speedup cpu_feature

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Date:	Tue, 16 Feb 2016 00:19:18 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
Subject: [PATCH] x86/cpufeature: Speedup cpu_feature_enabled()

From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>

When gcc cannot do constant folding for this macro, it falls back to
cpu_has(). But static_cpu_has() is optimal and it works at all times
now. So use it and speedup the fallback case.

Before we had this:

  mov    0x99d674(%rip),%rdx        # ffffffff81b0d9f4 <boot_cpu_data+0x34>
  shr    $0x2e,%rdx
  and    $0x1,%edx
  jne    ffffffff811704e9 <do_munmap+0x3f9>

After alternatives patching, it turns into:

		  jmp    0xffffffff81170390
		  nopl   (%rax)
		  ...
		  callq  ffffffff81056e00 <mpx_notify_unmap>
ffffffff81170390: mov    0x170(%r12),%rdi

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Cc: Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index 9fba7a5dd24a..68e4e8258b84 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@ extern const char * const x86_bug_flags[NBUGINTS*32];
  * is not relevant.
  */
 #define cpu_feature_enabled(bit)	\
-	(__builtin_constant_p(bit) && DISABLED_MASK_BIT_SET(bit) ? 0 :	\
-	 cpu_has(&boot_cpu_data, bit))
+	(__builtin_constant_p(bit) && DISABLED_MASK_BIT_SET(bit) ? 0 : static_cpu_has(bit))
 
 #define boot_cpu_has(bit)	cpu_has(&boot_cpu_data, bit)
 
-- 
2.3.5