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authorAndy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>2018-01-28 10:38:50 -0800
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2018-01-30 15:30:36 +0100
commit37a8f7c38339b22b69876d6f5a0ab851565284e3 (patch)
treea4a7f97813a1adb6ec8b5ed1d441979498805b12 /arch/x86/kernel
parentd1f7732009e0549eedf8ea1db948dc37be77fd46 (diff)
x86/asm: Move 'status' from thread_struct to thread_info
The TS_COMPAT bit is very hot and is accessed from code paths that mostly also touch thread_info::flags. Move it into struct thread_info to improve cache locality. The only reason it was in thread_struct is that there was a brief period during which arch-specific fields were not allowed in struct thread_info. Linus suggested further changing: ti->status &= ~(TS_COMPAT|TS_I386_REGS_POKED); to: if (unlikely(ti->status & (TS_COMPAT|TS_I386_REGS_POKED))) ti->status &= ~(TS_COMPAT|TS_I386_REGS_POKED); on the theory that frequently dirtying the cacheline even in pure 64-bit code that never needs to modify status hurts performance. That could be a reasonable followup patch, but I suspect it matters less on top of this patch. Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/03148bcc1b217100e6e8ecf6a5468c45cf4304b6.1517164461.git.luto@kernel.org
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c4
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c2
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/signal.c2
3 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index c75466232016..9eb448c7859d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ static void __set_personality_x32(void)
* Pretend to come from a x32 execve.
*/
task_pt_regs(current)->orig_ax = __NR_x32_execve | __X32_SYSCALL_BIT;
- current->thread.status &= ~TS_COMPAT;
+ current_thread_info()->status &= ~TS_COMPAT;
#endif
}
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ static void __set_personality_ia32(void)
current->personality |= force_personality32;
/* Prepare the first "return" to user space */
task_pt_regs(current)->orig_ax = __NR_ia32_execve;
- current->thread.status |= TS_COMPAT;
+ current_thread_info()->status |= TS_COMPAT;
#endif
}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
index f37d18124648..ed5c4cdf0a34 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ static int putreg32(struct task_struct *child, unsigned regno, u32 value)
*/
regs->orig_ax = value;
if (syscall_get_nr(child, regs) >= 0)
- child->thread.status |= TS_I386_REGS_POKED;
+ child->thread_info.status |= TS_I386_REGS_POKED;
break;
case offsetof(struct user32, regs.eflags):
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
index b9e00e8f1c9b..4cdc0b27ec82 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ static inline unsigned long get_nr_restart_syscall(const struct pt_regs *regs)
* than the tracee.
*/
#ifdef CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION
- if (current->thread.status & (TS_COMPAT|TS_I386_REGS_POKED))
+ if (current_thread_info()->status & (TS_COMPAT|TS_I386_REGS_POKED))
return __NR_ia32_restart_syscall;
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_X32_ABI