linux-kernel - [GIT PULL] Generic syscall entry code changes for v6.8

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Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2024 10:51:06 +0100
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Subject: [GIT PULL] Generic syscall entry code changes for v6.8

Linus,

Please pull the latest core/entry git tree from:

   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git core-entry-2024-01-08

   # HEAD: 221a164035fd8b554a44bd7c4bf8e7715a497561 entry: Move syscall_enter_from_user_mode() to header file

Move various entry functions from kernel/entry/common.c to <linux/entry-common.h>,
and always-inline them, to improve syscall entry performance on s390 by ~11%.

 Thanks,

	Ingo

------------------>
Sven Schnelle (3):
      entry: Move exit to usermode functions to header file
      entry: Move enter_from_user_mode() to header file
      entry: Move syscall_enter_from_user_mode() to header file


 include/linux/entry-common.h |  95 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 kernel/entry/common.c        | 108 +++++--------------------------------------
 2 files changed, 103 insertions(+), 100 deletions(-)