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| author | Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org> | 2009-01-10 23:00:22 -0500 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-01-11 05:05:33 +0100 |
| commit | 7106a5ab89c50c6b5aadea0850b40323804a922d (patch) | |
| tree | d4ce5df5ff89da035b6dd092bbe089757def7c34 /arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S | |
| parent | c59765042f53a79a7a65585042ff463b69cb248c (diff) | |
x86-64: remove locked instruction from switch_to()
Impact: micro-optimization
The patch below removes an unnecessary locked instruction from
switch_to(). TIF_FORK is only ever set in copy_thread() on initial
process creation, and gets cleared during the first scheduling of the
process. As such, it is safe to use an unlocked test for the flag
within switch_to().
Signed-off-by: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S | 2 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S index e28c7a98779..38dd37458e4 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S @@ -408,6 +408,8 @@ END(save_paranoid) ENTRY(ret_from_fork) DEFAULT_FRAME + LOCK ; btr $TIF_FORK,TI_flags(%r8) + push kernel_eflags(%rip) CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET 8 popf # reset kernel eflags |