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Denys Vlasenko committed 29722cd4ef6
x86/asm/entry/64: Save R11 into pt_regs->flags on SYSCALL64 fastpath Before this patch, R11 was saved in pt_regs->r11. Which looks natural, but requires messy shuffling to/from iret frame whenever ptrace or e.g. sys_iopl() wants to modify flags - because that's how this register is used by SYSCALL/SYSRET. This patch saves R11 in pt_regs->flags, and uses that value for the SYSRET64 instruction. Shuffling is eliminated. FIXUP/RESTORE_TOP_OF_STACK are simplified. stub_iopl is no longer needed: pt_regs->flags needs no fixing up. Testing shows that syscall fast path is ~54.3 ns before and after the patch (on 2.7 GHz Sandy Bridge CPU). Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com> Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Will Drewry <wad@chromium.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1425926364-9526-2-git-send-email-dvlasenk@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>