This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
x86/entry/64: Simplify reg restore code in the standard IRET paths
to the 4.14-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
x86-entry-64-simplify-reg-restore-code-in-the-standard-iret-paths.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From e872045bfd9c465a8555bab4b8567d56a4d2d3bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2017 00:59:01 -0700
Subject: x86/entry/64: Simplify reg restore code in the standard IRET paths
From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit e872045bfd9c465a8555bab4b8567d56a4d2d3bb upstream.
The old code restored all the registers with movq instead of pop.
In theory, this was done because some CPUs have higher movq
throughput, but any gain there would be tiny and is almost certainly
outweighed by the higher text size.
This saves 96 bytes of text.
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/ad82520a207ccd851b04ba613f4f752b33ac05f7.1509609304.git.luto@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/entry/calling.h | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 12 ++++++------
2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/x86/entry/calling.h
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/calling.h
@@ -152,6 +152,27 @@ For 32-bit we have the following convent
UNWIND_HINT_REGS offset=\offset extra=0
.endm
+ .macro POP_EXTRA_REGS
+ popq %r15
+ popq %r14
+ popq %r13
+ popq %r12
+ popq %rbp
+ popq %rbx
+ .endm
+
+ .macro POP_C_REGS
+ popq %r11
+ popq %r10
+ popq %r9
+ popq %r8
+ popq %rax
+ popq %rcx
+ popq %rdx
+ popq %rsi
+ popq %rdi
+ .endm
+
.macro RESTORE_C_REGS_HELPER rstor_rax=1, rstor_rcx=1, rstor_r11=1, rstor_r8910=1, rstor_rdx=1
.if \rstor_r11
movq 6*8(%rsp), %r11
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
@@ -619,9 +619,9 @@ GLOBAL(swapgs_restore_regs_and_return_to
1:
#endif
SWAPGS
- RESTORE_EXTRA_REGS
- RESTORE_C_REGS
- REMOVE_PT_GPREGS_FROM_STACK 8
+ POP_EXTRA_REGS
+ POP_C_REGS
+ addq $8, %rsp /* skip regs->orig_ax */
INTERRUPT_RETURN
@@ -651,9 +651,9 @@ GLOBAL(restore_regs_and_return_to_kernel
ud2
1:
#endif
- RESTORE_EXTRA_REGS
- RESTORE_C_REGS
- REMOVE_PT_GPREGS_FROM_STACK 8
+ POP_EXTRA_REGS
+ POP_C_REGS
+ addq $8, %rsp /* skip regs->orig_ax */
INTERRUPT_RETURN
ENTRY(native_iret)
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from luto@xxxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-simplify-reg-restore-code-in-the-standard-iret-paths.patch
queue-4.14/x86-cpufeatures-fix-various-details-in-the-feature-definitions.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-move-the-ist-stacks-into-struct-cpu_entry_area.patch
queue-4.14/x86-dumpstack-add-get_stack_info-support-for-the-sysenter-stack.patch
queue-4.14/x86-asm-don-t-use-the-confusing-.ifeq-directive.patch
queue-4.14/selftests-x86-ldt_gdt-add-infrastructure-to-test-set_thread_area.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-remap-the-tss-into-the-cpu-entry-area.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-paravirt-use-paravirt-safe-macro-to-access-eflags.patch
queue-4.14/x86-mm-fixmap-generalize-the-gdt-fixmap-mechanism-introduce-struct-cpu_entry_area.patch
queue-4.14/x86-paravirt-dont-patch-flush_tlb_single.patch
queue-4.14/x86-dumpstack-handle-stack-overflow-on-all-stacks.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-use-pop-instead-of-movq-in-syscall_return_via_sysret.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-return-to-userspace-from-the-trampoline-stack.patch
queue-4.14/x86-paravirt-provide-a-way-to-check-for-hypervisors.patch
queue-4.14/xen-x86-entry-64-add-xen-nmi-trap-entry.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-remove-the-restore_c_regs_and_iret-label.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-create-a-per-cpu-syscall-entry-trampoline.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-remove-the-restore_..._regs-infrastructure.patch
queue-4.14/x86-xen-64-x86-entry-64-clean-up-sp-code-in-cpu_initialize_context.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-add-task_top_of_stack-to-find-the-top-of-a-task-s-stack.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-remove-all-remaining-direct-thread_struct-sp0-reads.patch
queue-4.14/x86-boot-relocate-definition-of-the-initial-state-of-cr0.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-stop-initializing-tss.sp0-at-boot.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-de-xen-ify-our-nmi-code.patch
queue-4.14/objtool-don-t-report-end-of-section-error-after-an-empty-unwind-hint.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-pass-sp0-directly-to-load_sp0.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-use-a-per-cpu-trampoline-stack-for-idt-entries.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-move-swapgs-into-the-common-iret-to-usermode-path.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-shorten-test-instructions.patch
queue-4.14/x86-cpufeature-add-user-mode-instruction-prevention-definitions.patch
queue-4.14/x86-cpufeatures-make-cpu-bugs-sticky.patch
queue-4.14/x86-espfix-64-stop-assuming-that-pt_regs-is-on-the-entry-stack.patch
queue-4.14/x86-traps-use-a-new-on_thread_stack-helper-to-clean-up-an-assertion.patch
queue-4.14/x86-xen-fix-xen-head-elf-annotations.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-remove-thread_struct-sp0.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-move-sysenter_stack-to-the-beginning-of-struct-tss_struct.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-allocate-and-enable-the-sysenter-stack.patch
queue-4.14/x86-unwinder-orc-dont-bail-on-stack-overflow.patch
queue-4.14/x86-head-fix-head-elf-function-annotations.patch
queue-4.14/selftests-x86-ldt_gdt-run-most-existing-ldt-test-cases-against-the-gdt-as-well.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-32-pull-the-msr_ia32_sysenter_cs-update-code-out-of-native_load_sp0.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-split-the-iret-to-user-and-iret-to-kernel-paths.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-shrink-paranoid_exit_restore-and-make-labels-local.patch
queue-4.14/x86-head-add-unwind-hint-annotations.patch
queue-4.14/x86-head-remove-unused-bad_address-code.patch
queue-4.14/x86-xen-add-unwind-hint-annotations.patch
queue-4.14/x86-kasan-64-teach-kasan-about-the-cpu_entry_area.patch
queue-4.14/x86-head-remove-confusing-comment.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-remove-the-sysenter-stack-canary.patch
queue-4.14/x86-mm-kasan-don-t-use-vmemmap_populate-to-initialize-shadow.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-gdt-put-per-cpu-gdt-remaps-in-ascending-order.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-fix-assumptions-that-the-hw-tss-is-at-the-beginning-of-cpu_tss.patch
queue-4.14/x86-cpufeatures-re-tabulate-the-x86_feature-definitions.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-32-fix-cpu_current_top_of_stack-initialization-at-boot.patch
queue-4.14/ptrace-x86-make-user_64bit_mode-available-to-32-bit-builds.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-make-cpu_entry_area.tss-read-only.patch
queue-4.14/x86-mm-relocate-page-fault-error-codes-to-traps.h.patch
queue-4.14/x86-unwinder-handle-stack-overflows-more-gracefully.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-use-pop-instead-of-mov-to-restore-regs-on-nmi-return.patch
queue-4.14/x86-irq-64-print-the-offending-ip-in-the-stack-overflow-warning.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-clean-up-the-sysenter_stack-code.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-merge-the-fast-and-slow-sysret-paths.patch
queue-4.14/x86-entry-64-separate-cpu_current_top_of_stack-from-tss.sp0.patch
queue-4.14/x86-boot-annotate-verify_cpu-as-a-callable-function.patch
queue-4.14/x86-irq-remove-an-old-outdated-comment-about-context-tracking-races.patch