linux-kernel - [tip: sched/core] rseq: Optimize rseq_update_cpu

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Date:   Thu, 15 Apr 2021 08:37:34 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Eric Dumazet" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: sched/core] rseq: Optimize rseq_update_cpu_id()

The following commit has been merged into the sched/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     60af388d23889636011488c42763876bcdda3eab
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/60af388d23889636011488c42763876bcdda3eab
Author:        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
AuthorDate:    Tue, 13 Apr 2021 13:33:50 -07:00
Committer:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CommitterDate: Wed, 14 Apr 2021 18:04:09 +02:00

rseq: Optimize rseq_update_cpu_id()

Two put_user() in rseq_update_cpu_id() are replaced
by a pair of unsafe_put_user() with appropriate surroundings.

This removes one stac/clac pair on x86 in fast path.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Reviewed-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210413203352.71350-2-eric.dumazet@gmail.com
---
 kernel/rseq.c | 15 +++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rseq.c b/kernel/rseq.c
index a4f86a9..f020f18 100644
--- a/kernel/rseq.c
+++ b/kernel/rseq.c
@@ -84,13 +84,20 @@
 static int rseq_update_cpu_id(struct task_struct *t)
 {
 	u32 cpu_id = raw_smp_processor_id();
+	struct rseq __user *rseq = t->rseq;
 
-	if (put_user(cpu_id, &t->rseq->cpu_id_start))
-		return -EFAULT;
-	if (put_user(cpu_id, &t->rseq->cpu_id))
-		return -EFAULT;
+	if (!user_write_access_begin(rseq, sizeof(*rseq)))
+		goto efault;
+	unsafe_put_user(cpu_id, &rseq->cpu_id_start, efault_end);
+	unsafe_put_user(cpu_id, &rseq->cpu_id, efault_end);
+	user_write_access_end();
 	trace_rseq_update(t);
 	return 0;
+
+efault_end:
+	user_write_access_end();
+efault:
+	return -EFAULT;
 }
 
 static int rseq_reset_rseq_cpu_id(struct task_struct *t)