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/lguest/boot.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'arch/x86/lguest') diff --git a/arch/x86/lguest/boot.c b/arch/x86/lguest/boot.c index 19e33b6cd59..da2e314f61b 100644 --- a/arch/x86/lguest/boot.c +++ b/arch/x86/lguest/boot.c @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ static void lguest_load_tls(struct thread_struct *t, unsigned int cpu) /* There's one problem which normal hardware doesn't have: the Host * can't handle us removing entries we're currently using. So we clear * the GS register here: if it's needed it'll be reloaded anyway. */ - loadsegment(gs, 0); + lazy_load_gs(0); lazy_hcall(LHCALL_LOAD_TLS, __pa(&t->tls_array), cpu, 0); } -- cgit v1.2.3