From 2c7577a7583747c9b71f26dced7f696b739da745 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andy Lutomirski Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 11:28:25 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] sched/x86_64: Don't save flags on context switch Now that the kernel always runs with clean flags (in particular, NT is clear), there is no need to save and restore flags on every context switch. Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski Cc: Sebastian Lackner Cc: Anish Bhatt Cc: Chuck Ebbert Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Jan Beulich Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/bf6fb790787eb95b922157838f52712c25dda157.1412187233.git.luto@amacapital.net Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- arch/x86/include/asm/switch_to.h | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/switch_to.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/switch_to.h index d7f3b3b78ac3..751bf4b7bf11 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/switch_to.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/switch_to.h @@ -79,12 +79,12 @@ do { \ #else /* CONFIG_X86_32 */ /* frame pointer must be last for get_wchan */ -#define SAVE_CONTEXT "pushf ; pushq %%rbp ; movq %%rsi,%%rbp\n\t" -#define RESTORE_CONTEXT "movq %%rbp,%%rsi ; popq %%rbp ; popf\t" +#define SAVE_CONTEXT "pushq %%rbp ; movq %%rsi,%%rbp\n\t" +#define RESTORE_CONTEXT "movq %%rbp,%%rsi ; popq %%rbp\t" #define __EXTRA_CLOBBER \ , "rcx", "rbx", "rdx", "r8", "r9", "r10", "r11", \ - "r12", "r13", "r14", "r15" + "r12", "r13", "r14", "r15", "flags" #ifdef CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR #define __switch_canary \ @@ -100,7 +100,11 @@ do { \ #define __switch_canary_iparam #endif /* CC_STACKPROTECTOR */ -/* Save restore flags to clear handle leaking NT */ +/* + * There is no need to save or restore flags, because flags are always + * clean in kernel mode, with the possible exception of IOPL. Kernel IOPL + * has no effect. + */ #define switch_to(prev, next, last) \ asm volatile(SAVE_CONTEXT \ "movq %%rsp,%P[threadrsp](%[prev])\n\t" /* save RSP */ \ -- 2.30.2