Commit-ID: 33c52129f45e06d9ce23e1a3d50bf9fd6770748b
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/33c52129f45e06d9ce23e1a3d50bf9fd6770748b
Author: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 17:48:19 -0700
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 09:41:12 +0200
x86/entry: Force inlining of 32-bit syscall code
On systems that support fast syscalls, we only really care about
the performance of the fast syscall path. Forcibly inline it
and add a likely annotation.
This saves 4-6 cycles.
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/8472036ff1f4b426b4c4c3e3d0b3bf5264407c0c.1444091585.git.luto@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/entry/common.c | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/common.c b/arch/x86/entry/common.c
index 03aacd1..d5eee85 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/common.c
@@ -324,9 +324,11 @@ __visible void syscall_return_slowpath(struct pt_regs *regs)
#if defined(CONFIG_X86_32) || defined(CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION)
/*
* Does a 32-bit syscall. Called with IRQs on and does all entry and
- * exit work and returns with IRQs off.
+ * exit work and returns with IRQs off. This function is extremely hot
+ * in workloads that use it, and it's usually called from
+ * do_fast_syscall_32, so forcibly inline it to improve performance.
*/
-static void do_syscall_32_irqs_on(struct pt_regs *regs)
+static __always_inline void do_syscall_32_irqs_on(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
struct thread_info *ti = pt_regs_to_thread_info(regs);
unsigned int nr = (unsigned int)regs->orig_ax;
@@ -345,7 +347,7 @@ static void do_syscall_32_irqs_on(struct pt_regs *regs)
nr = syscall_trace_enter(regs);
}
- if (nr < IA32_NR_syscalls) {
+ if (likely(nr < IA32_NR_syscalls)) {
/*
* It's possible that a 32-bit syscall implementation
* takes a 64-bit parameter but nonetheless assumes that
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