From ccbeed3a05908d201b47b6c3dd1a373138bba566 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tejun Heo Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 22:17:40 +0900 Subject: x86: make lazy %gs optional on x86_32 Impact: pt_regs changed, lazy gs handling made optional, add slight overhead to SAVE_ALL, simplifies error_code path a bit On x86_32, %gs hasn't been used by kernel and handled lazily. pt_regs doesn't have place for it and gs is saved/loaded only when necessary. In preparation for stack protector support, this patch makes lazy %gs handling optional by doing the followings. * Add CONFIG_X86_32_LAZY_GS and place for gs in pt_regs. * Save and restore %gs along with other registers in entry_32.S unless LAZY_GS. Note that this unfortunately adds "pushl $0" on SAVE_ALL even when LAZY_GS. However, it adds no overhead to common exit path and simplifies entry path with error code. * Define different user_gs accessors depending on LAZY_GS and add lazy_save_gs() and lazy_load_gs() which are noop if !LAZY_GS. The lazy_*_gs() ops are used to save, load and clear %gs lazily. * Define ELF_CORE_COPY_KERNEL_REGS() which always read %gs directly. xen and lguest changes need to be verified. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge Cc: Rusty Russell Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- arch/x86/Kconfig | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig') diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index 5c8e353c112..5bcdede71ba 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -207,6 +207,10 @@ config X86_TRAMPOLINE depends on X86_SMP || (X86_VOYAGER && SMP) || (64BIT && ACPI_SLEEP) default y +config X86_32_LAZY_GS + def_bool y + depends on X86_32 + config KTIME_SCALAR def_bool X86_32 source "init/Kconfig" -- cgit v1.2.3