[PATCH] x86/cpufeature: Speedup cpu_feature_enabled()

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Mon Feb 15 2016 - 18:19:30 EST


From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>

When gcc cannot do constant folding for this macro, it falls back to
cpu_has(). But static_cpu_has() is optimal and it works at all times
now. So use it and speedup the fallback case.

Before we had this:

mov 0x99d674(%rip),%rdx # ffffffff81b0d9f4 <boot_cpu_data+0x34>
shr $0x2e,%rdx
and $0x1,%edx
jne ffffffff811704e9 <do_munmap+0x3f9>

After alternatives patching, it turns into:

jmp 0xffffffff81170390
nopl (%rax)
...
callq ffffffff81056e00 <mpx_notify_unmap>
ffffffff81170390: mov 0x170(%r12),%rdi

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Joerg Roedel <joro@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index 9fba7a5dd24a..68e4e8258b84 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@ extern const char * const x86_bug_flags[NBUGINTS*32];
* is not relevant.
*/
#define cpu_feature_enabled(bit) \
- (__builtin_constant_p(bit) && DISABLED_MASK_BIT_SET(bit) ? 0 : \
- cpu_has(&boot_cpu_data, bit))
+ (__builtin_constant_p(bit) && DISABLED_MASK_BIT_SET(bit) ? 0 : static_cpu_has(bit))

#define boot_cpu_has(bit) cpu_has(&boot_cpu_data, bit)

--
2.3.5