From 7106a5ab89c50c6b5aadea0850b40323804a922d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benjamin LaHaise Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:00:22 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] x86-64: remove locked instruction from switch_to() Impact: micro-optimization The patch below removes an unnecessary locked instruction from switch_to(). TIF_FORK is only ever set in copy_thread() on initial process creation, and gets cleared during the first scheduling of the process. As such, it is safe to use an unlocked test for the flag within switch_to(). Signed-off-by: Benjamin LaHaise Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- arch/x86/include/asm/system.h | 6 +++--- arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/system.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/system.h index 8e626ea..fa47b1e 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/system.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/system.h @@ -96,15 +96,15 @@ do { \ "thread_return:\n\t" \ "movq %%gs:%P[pda_pcurrent],%%rsi\n\t" \ "movq %P[thread_info](%%rsi),%%r8\n\t" \ - LOCK_PREFIX "btr %[tif_fork],%P[ti_flags](%%r8)\n\t" \ "movq %%rax,%%rdi\n\t" \ - "jc ret_from_fork\n\t" \ + "testl %[_tif_fork],%P[ti_flags](%%r8)\n\t" \ + "jnz ret_from_fork\n\t" \ RESTORE_CONTEXT \ : "=a" (last) \ : [next] "S" (next), [prev] "D" (prev), \ [threadrsp] "i" (offsetof(struct task_struct, thread.sp)), \ [ti_flags] "i" (offsetof(struct thread_info, flags)), \ - [tif_fork] "i" (TIF_FORK), \ + [_tif_fork] "i" (_TIF_FORK), \ [thread_info] "i" (offsetof(struct task_struct, stack)), \ [pda_pcurrent] "i" (offsetof(struct x8664_pda, pcurrent)) \ : "memory", "cc" __EXTRA_CLOBBER) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S index e28c7a9..38dd374 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S @@ -408,6 +408,8 @@ END(save_paranoid) ENTRY(ret_from_fork) DEFAULT_FRAME + LOCK ; btr $TIF_FORK,TI_flags(%r8) + push kernel_eflags(%rip) CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET 8 popf # reset kernel eflags -- 2.7.4