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Date:   Sat, 11 Mar 2017 03:50:22 -0800
From:   tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     luto@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com, peterz@...radead.org,
        mingo@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip:x86/process] x86/process: Optimize TIF_NOTSC switch

Commit-ID:  5a920155e388ec22a22e0532fb695b9215c9b34d
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/5a920155e388ec22a22e0532fb695b9215c9b34d
Author:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
AuthorDate: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 00:11:04 -0800
Committer:  Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CommitDate: Sat, 11 Mar 2017 12:45:18 +0100

x86/process: Optimize TIF_NOTSC switch

Provide and use a toggle helper instead of doing it with a branch.

x86_64: arch/x86/kernel/process.o
text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex
3008	   8577	     16	  11601	   2d51 Before
2976       8577      16	  11569	   2d31 After

i386: arch/x86/kernel/process.o
text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex
2925	   8673	      8	  11606	   2d56 Before
2893	   8673       8	  11574	   2d36 After

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170214081104.9244-4-khuey@kylehuey.com
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>

---
 arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h | 10 ++++++++++
 arch/x86/kernel/process.c       | 22 ++++------------------
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h
index 6fa8594..ff4923a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h
@@ -110,6 +110,16 @@ static inline void cr4_clear_bits(unsigned long mask)
 	}
 }
 
+static inline void cr4_toggle_bits(unsigned long mask)
+{
+	unsigned long cr4;
+
+	cr4 = this_cpu_read(cpu_tlbstate.cr4);
+	cr4 ^= mask;
+	this_cpu_write(cpu_tlbstate.cr4, cr4);
+	__write_cr4(cr4);
+}
+
 /* Read the CR4 shadow. */
 static inline unsigned long cr4_read_shadow(void)
 {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 83fa3cb..366db77 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -124,11 +124,6 @@ void flush_thread(void)
 	fpu__clear(&tsk->thread.fpu);
 }
 
-static void hard_disable_TSC(void)
-{
-	cr4_set_bits(X86_CR4_TSD);
-}
-
 void disable_TSC(void)
 {
 	preempt_disable();
@@ -137,15 +132,10 @@ void disable_TSC(void)
 		 * Must flip the CPU state synchronously with
 		 * TIF_NOTSC in the current running context.
 		 */
-		hard_disable_TSC();
+		cr4_set_bits(X86_CR4_TSD);
 	preempt_enable();
 }
 
-static void hard_enable_TSC(void)
-{
-	cr4_clear_bits(X86_CR4_TSD);
-}
-
 static void enable_TSC(void)
 {
 	preempt_disable();
@@ -154,7 +144,7 @@ static void enable_TSC(void)
 		 * Must flip the CPU state synchronously with
 		 * TIF_NOTSC in the current running context.
 		 */
-		hard_enable_TSC();
+		cr4_clear_bits(X86_CR4_TSD);
 	preempt_enable();
 }
 
@@ -233,12 +223,8 @@ void __switch_to_xtra(struct task_struct *prev_p, struct task_struct *next_p,
 		wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR, debugctl);
 	}
 
-	if ((tifp ^ tifn) & _TIF_NOTSC) {
-		if (tifn & _TIF_NOTSC)
-			hard_disable_TSC();
-		else
-			hard_enable_TSC();
-	}
+	if ((tifp ^ tifn) & _TIF_NOTSC)
+		cr4_toggle_bits(X86_CR4_TSD);
 }
 
 /*