From: Denys Vlasenko <dvlas...@redhat.com>
Avoid redundant load of %r11 (it is already loaded a few instructions before).
Do not needlessly increment %rsp - we are going to return to userspace
via SYSRET, this insn doesn't use stack for return.
Changes since v1: added a comment
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <dvlas...@redhat.com>
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Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <l...@amacapital.net>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/calling.h | 3 +++
arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S | 6 +++---
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/calling.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/calling.h
index 337423590b08..f1a962ff7ddf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/calling.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/calling.h
@@ -176,6 +176,9 @@ For 32-bit we have the following conventions - kernel is
built with
.macro RESTORE_C_REGS_EXCEPT_RCX
RESTORE_C_REGS_HELPER 1,0,1,1,1
.endm
+ .macro RESTORE_C_REGS_EXCEPT_R11
+ RESTORE_C_REGS_HELPER 1,1,0,1,1
+ .endm
.macro RESTORE_RSI_RDI
RESTORE_C_REGS_HELPER 0,0,0,0,0
.endm
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
index 6fcf5d1e36c9..4670fcdb5150 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -757,9 +757,9 @@ retint_swapgs: /* return to user-space */
*/
irq_return_via_sysret:
CFI_REMEMBER_STATE
- RESTORE_C_REGS
- REMOVE_PT_GPREGS_FROM_STACK 8
- movq (RSP-RIP)(%rsp),%rsp
+ /* r11 is already restored (see code above) */
+ RESTORE_C_REGS_EXCEPT_R11
+ movq RSP(%rsp),%rsp
USERGS_SYSRET64
CFI_RESTORE_STATE
--
2.1.0
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