From ccbeed3a05908d201b47b6c3dd1a373138bba566 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tejun Heo Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 22:17:40 +0900 Subject: x86: make lazy %gs optional on x86_32 Impact: pt_regs changed, lazy gs handling made optional, add slight overhead to SAVE_ALL, simplifies error_code path a bit On x86_32, %gs hasn't been used by kernel and handled lazily. pt_regs doesn't have place for it and gs is saved/loaded only when necessary. In preparation for stack protector support, this patch makes lazy %gs handling optional by doing the followings. * Add CONFIG_X86_32_LAZY_GS and place for gs in pt_regs. * Save and restore %gs along with other registers in entry_32.S unless LAZY_GS. Note that this unfortunately adds "pushl $0" on SAVE_ALL even when LAZY_GS. However, it adds no overhead to common exit path and simplifies entry path with error code. * Define different user_gs accessors depending on LAZY_GS and add lazy_save_gs() and lazy_load_gs() which are noop if !LAZY_GS. The lazy_*_gs() ops are used to save, load and clear %gs lazily. * Define ELF_CORE_COPY_KERNEL_REGS() which always read %gs directly. xen and lguest changes need to be verified. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge Cc: Rusty Russell Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c') diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c index d58a340e1be3..86122fa2a1ba 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c @@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ __switch_to(struct task_struct *prev_p, struct task_struct *next_p) * used %fs or %gs (it does not today), or if the kernel is * running inside of a hypervisor layer. */ - savesegment(gs, prev->gs); + lazy_save_gs(prev->gs); /* * Load the per-thread Thread-Local Storage descriptor. @@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ __switch_to(struct task_struct *prev_p, struct task_struct *next_p) * Restore %gs if needed (which is common) */ if (prev->gs | next->gs) - loadsegment(gs, next->gs); + lazy_load_gs(next->gs); percpu_write(current_task, next_p); -- cgit v1.2.3