linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] x86/entry: Optimize common_interrupt

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Message-Id: <20231120143626.638107480@infradead.org>
Date:   Mon, 20 Nov 2023 15:33:45 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     x86@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, peterz@...radead.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] x86/entry: Optimize common_interrupt_return()

The code in common_interrupt_return() does a bunch of unconditional
work that is really only needed on PTI kernels. Specifically it
unconditionally copies the IRET frame back onto the entry stack,
swizzles onto the entry stack and does IRET from there.

However, without PTI we can simply IRET from whatever stack we're on.

ivb-ep, mitigations=off, gettid-1m:

PRE:
       140,118,538      cycles:k                                                      ( +-  0.01% )
       236,692,878      instructions:k            #    1.69  insn per cycle           ( +-  0.00% )

POST:
       140,026,608      cycles:k                                                      ( +-  0.01% )
       236,696,176      instructions:k            #    1.69  insn per cycle           ( +-  0.00% )

(this is with --repeat 100 and the run-to-run variance is bigger than
the difference shown)

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
---
 arch/x86/entry/calling.h  |   12 +++++++++---
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S |   17 +++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/entry/calling.h
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/calling.h
@@ -175,8 +175,7 @@ For 32-bit we have the following convent
 #define THIS_CPU_user_pcid_flush_mask   \
 	PER_CPU_VAR(cpu_tlbstate + TLB_STATE_user_pcid_flush_mask)
 
-.macro SWITCH_TO_USER_CR3_NOSTACK scratch_reg:req scratch_reg2:req
-	ALTERNATIVE "jmp .Lend_\@", "", X86_FEATURE_PTI
+.macro SWITCH_TO_USER_CR3 scratch_reg:req scratch_reg2:req
 	mov	%cr3, \scratch_reg
 
 	ALTERNATIVE "jmp .Lwrcr3_\@", "", X86_FEATURE_PCID
@@ -206,13 +205,20 @@ For 32-bit we have the following convent
 	/* Flip the PGD to the user version */
 	orq     $(PTI_USER_PGTABLE_MASK), \scratch_reg
 	mov	\scratch_reg, %cr3
+.endm
+
+.macro SWITCH_TO_USER_CR3_NOSTACK scratch_reg:req scratch_reg2:req
+	ALTERNATIVE "jmp .Lend_\@", "", X86_FEATURE_PTI
+	SWITCH_TO_USER_CR3 \scratch_reg \scratch_reg2
 .Lend_\@:
 .endm
 
 .macro SWITCH_TO_USER_CR3_STACK	scratch_reg:req
+	ALTERNATIVE "jmp .Lend_\@", "", X86_FEATURE_PTI
 	pushq	%rax
-	SWITCH_TO_USER_CR3_NOSTACK scratch_reg=\scratch_reg scratch_reg2=%rax
+	SWITCH_TO_USER_CR3 scratch_reg=\scratch_reg scratch_reg2=%rax
 	popq	%rax
+.Lend_\@:
 .endm
 
 .macro SAVE_AND_SWITCH_TO_KERNEL_CR3 scratch_reg:req save_reg:req
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
@@ -569,7 +569,18 @@ SYM_INNER_LABEL(swapgs_restore_regs_and_
 #ifdef CONFIG_XEN_PV
 	ALTERNATIVE "", "jmp xenpv_restore_regs_and_return_to_usermode", X86_FEATURE_XENPV
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_PAGE_TABLE_ISOLATION
+	ALTERNATIVE "", "jmp .Lpti_restore_regs_and_return_to_usermode", X86_FEATURE_PTI
+#endif
+
+	STACKLEAK_ERASE
+	POP_REGS
+	add	$8, %rsp	/* orig_ax */
+	swapgs
+	jmp	.Lnative_iret
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PAGE_TABLE_ISOLATION
+.Lpti_restore_regs_and_return_to_usermode:
 	POP_REGS pop_rdi=0
 
 	/*
@@ -596,13 +607,15 @@ SYM_INNER_LABEL(swapgs_restore_regs_and_
 	 */
 	STACKLEAK_ERASE_NOCLOBBER
 
-	SWITCH_TO_USER_CR3_STACK scratch_reg=%rdi
+	push	%rax
+	SWITCH_TO_USER_CR3 scratch_reg=%rdi scratch_reg2=%rax
+	pop	%rax
 
 	/* Restore RDI. */
 	popq	%rdi
 	swapgs
 	jmp	.Lnative_iret
-
+#endif
 
 SYM_INNER_LABEL(restore_regs_and_return_to_kernel, SYM_L_GLOBAL)
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_ENTRY