4.14-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> commit a512210643da8082cb44181dba8b18e752bd68f0 upstream. 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> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S +++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S @@ -221,10 +221,9 @@ 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: /* @@ -318,6 +317,7 @@ 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