On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 4:29 PM, Denys Vlasenko <[email protected]> wrote:
> Internally, lockdep_sys_exit_thunk saves callee-clobbered registers,
> and calls a C function, lockdep_sys_exix. Thus, callee-preserved
> won't be mangled, there is no need to save them.
>
> Patch was run-tested.

Peterz, I think this was your code.

--Andy

>
> Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <[email protected]>
> CC: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
> CC: Steven Rostedt <[email protected]>
> CC: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
> CC: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]>
> CC: "H. Peter Anvin" <[email protected]>
> CC: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]>
> CC: Oleg Nesterov <[email protected]>
> CC: Frederic Weisbecker <[email protected]>
> CC: Alexei Starovoitov <[email protected]>
> CC: Will Drewry <[email protected]>
> CC: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
> CC: [email protected]
> CC: [email protected]
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h
> index 19355f3..9a63eae 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h
> @@ -179,9 +179,7 @@ static inline int arch_irqs_disabled(void)
>  #    define LOCKDEP_SYS_EXIT_IRQ \
>         TRACE_IRQS_ON; \
>         sti; \
> -       SAVE_EXTRA_REGS; \
>         call lockdep_sys_exit_thunk; \
> -       RESTORE_EXTRA_REGS; \
>         cli; \
>         TRACE_IRQS_OFF;
>  #  else
> --
> 1.8.1.4
>



-- 
Andy Lutomirski
AMA Capital Management, LLC
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