linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.14 041/159] x86/entry/64: Merge the fast and slow SYSRET paths

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Date:   Fri, 22 Dec 2017 09:45:26 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bpetkov@...e.de>,
        Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4.14 041/159] x86/entry/64: Merge the fast and slow SYSRET paths

4.14-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>

commit a512210643da8082cb44181dba8b18e752bd68f0 upstream.

They did almost the same thing.  Remove a bunch of pointless
instructions (mostly hidden in macros) and reduce cognitive load by
merging them.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bpetkov@...e.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1204e20233fcab9130a1ba80b3b1879b5db3fc1f.1509609304.git.luto@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S |    6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
@@ -221,10 +221,9 @@ entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath:
 	TRACE_IRQS_ON		/* user mode is traced as IRQs on */
 	movq	RIP(%rsp), %rcx
 	movq	EFLAGS(%rsp), %r11
-	RESTORE_C_REGS_EXCEPT_RCX_R11
-	movq	RSP(%rsp), %rsp
+	addq	$6*8, %rsp	/* skip extra regs -- they were preserved */
 	UNWIND_HINT_EMPTY
-	USERGS_SYSRET64
+	jmp	.Lpop_c_regs_except_rcx_r11_and_sysret
 
 1:
 	/*
@@ -318,6 +317,7 @@ syscall_return_via_sysret:
 	/* rcx and r11 are already restored (see code above) */
 	UNWIND_HINT_EMPTY
 	POP_EXTRA_REGS
+.Lpop_c_regs_except_rcx_r11_and_sysret:
 	popq	%rsi	/* skip r11 */
 	popq	%r10
 	popq	%r9