[tip:x86/asm] x86/entry/64: Merge the fast and slow SYSRET paths

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Commit-ID:  a512210643da8082cb44181dba8b18e752bd68f0
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/a512210643da8082cb44181dba8b18e752bd68f0
Author:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu, 2 Nov 2017 00:59:04 -0700
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Thu, 2 Nov 2017 11:04:40 +0100

x86/entry/64: Merge the fast and slow SYSRET paths

They did almost the same thing.  Remove a bunch of pointless
instructions (mostly hidden in macros) and reduce cognitive load by
merging them.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bpetkov@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1204e20233fcab9130a1ba80b3b1879b5db3fc1f.1509609304.git.luto@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
index 4f9b446..b5a0ea6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
@@ -220,10 +220,9 @@ entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath:
 	TRACE_IRQS_ON		/* user mode is traced as IRQs on */
 	movq	RIP(%rsp), %rcx
 	movq	EFLAGS(%rsp), %r11
-	RESTORE_C_REGS_EXCEPT_RCX_R11
-	movq	RSP(%rsp), %rsp
+	addq	$6*8, %rsp	/* skip extra regs -- they were preserved */
 	UNWIND_HINT_EMPTY
-	USERGS_SYSRET64
+	jmp	.Lpop_c_regs_except_rcx_r11_and_sysret
 
 1:
 	/*
@@ -317,6 +316,7 @@ syscall_return_via_sysret:
 	/* rcx and r11 are already restored (see code above) */
 	UNWIND_HINT_EMPTY
 	POP_EXTRA_REGS
+.Lpop_c_regs_except_rcx_r11_and_sysret:
 	popq	%rsi	/* skip r11 */
 	popq	%r10
 	popq	%r9
--
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