[tip:x86/urgent] x86/uaccess/64: Make the __copy_user_nocache() assembly code more readable
From: tip-bot for Toshi Kani
Date: Wed Feb 17 2016 - 07:15:34 EST
Commit-ID: ee9737c924706aaa72c2ead93e3ad5644681dc1c
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/ee9737c924706aaa72c2ead93e3ad5644681dc1c
Author: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 14:24:16 -0700
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 09:10:22 +0100
x86/uaccess/64: Make the __copy_user_nocache() assembly code more readable
Add comments to __copy_user_nocache() to clarify its procedures
and alignment requirements.
Also change numeric branch target labels to named local labels.
No code changed:
arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.o:
text data bss dec hex filename
1239 0 0 1239 4d7 copy_user_64.o.before
1239 0 0 1239 4d7 copy_user_64.o.after
md5:
58bed94c2db98c1ca9a2d46d0680aaae copy_user_64.o.before.asm
58bed94c2db98c1ca9a2d46d0680aaae copy_user_64.o.after.asm
Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxx>
Cc: brian.boylston@xxxxxxx
Cc: dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-nvdimm@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: micah.parrish@xxxxxxx
Cc: ross.zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: vishal.l.verma@xxxxxxxxx
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1455225857-12039-2-git-send-email-toshi.kani@xxxxxxx
[ Small readability edits and added object file comparison. ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S | 114 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 73 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S b/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S
index 982ce34..a644aad 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S
@@ -232,17 +232,30 @@ ENDPROC(copy_user_enhanced_fast_string)
/*
* copy_user_nocache - Uncached memory copy with exception handling
- * This will force destination/source out of cache for more performance.
+ * This will force destination out of cache for more performance.
+ *
+ * Note: Cached memory copy is used when destination or size is not
+ * naturally aligned. That is:
+ * - Require 8-byte alignment when size is 8 bytes or larger.
*/
ENTRY(__copy_user_nocache)
ASM_STAC
+
+ /* If size is less than 8 bytes, go to byte copy */
cmpl $8,%edx
- jb 20f /* less then 8 bytes, go to byte copy loop */
+ jb .L_1b_cache_copy_entry
+
+ /* If destination is not 8-byte aligned, "cache" copy to align it */
ALIGN_DESTINATION
+
+ /* Set 4x8-byte copy count and remainder */
movl %edx,%ecx
andl $63,%edx
shrl $6,%ecx
- jz 17f
+ jz .L_8b_nocache_copy_entry /* jump if count is 0 */
+
+ /* Perform 4x8-byte nocache loop-copy */
+.L_4x8b_nocache_copy_loop:
1: movq (%rsi),%r8
2: movq 1*8(%rsi),%r9
3: movq 2*8(%rsi),%r10
@@ -262,60 +275,79 @@ ENTRY(__copy_user_nocache)
leaq 64(%rsi),%rsi
leaq 64(%rdi),%rdi
decl %ecx
- jnz 1b
-17: movl %edx,%ecx
+ jnz .L_4x8b_nocache_copy_loop
+
+ /* Set 8-byte copy count and remainder */
+.L_8b_nocache_copy_entry:
+ movl %edx,%ecx
andl $7,%edx
shrl $3,%ecx
- jz 20f
-18: movq (%rsi),%r8
-19: movnti %r8,(%rdi)
+ jz .L_1b_cache_copy_entry /* jump if count is 0 */
+
+ /* Perform 8-byte nocache loop-copy */
+.L_8b_nocache_copy_loop:
+20: movq (%rsi),%r8
+21: movnti %r8,(%rdi)
leaq 8(%rsi),%rsi
leaq 8(%rdi),%rdi
decl %ecx
- jnz 18b
-20: andl %edx,%edx
- jz 23f
+ jnz .L_8b_nocache_copy_loop
+
+ /* If no byte left, we're done */
+.L_1b_cache_copy_entry:
+ andl %edx,%edx
+ jz .L_finish_copy
+
+ /* Perform byte "cache" loop-copy for the remainder */
movl %edx,%ecx
-21: movb (%rsi),%al
-22: movb %al,(%rdi)
+.L_1b_cache_copy_loop:
+40: movb (%rsi),%al
+41: movb %al,(%rdi)
incq %rsi
incq %rdi
decl %ecx
- jnz 21b
-23: xorl %eax,%eax
+ jnz .L_1b_cache_copy_loop
+
+ /* Finished copying; fence the prior stores */
+.L_finish_copy:
+ xorl %eax,%eax
ASM_CLAC
sfence
ret
.section .fixup,"ax"
-30: shll $6,%ecx
+.L_fixup_4x8b_copy:
+ shll $6,%ecx
addl %ecx,%edx
- jmp 60f
-40: lea (%rdx,%rcx,8),%rdx
- jmp 60f
-50: movl %ecx,%edx
-60: sfence
+ jmp .L_fixup_handle_tail
+.L_fixup_8b_copy:
+ lea (%rdx,%rcx,8),%rdx
+ jmp .L_fixup_handle_tail
+.L_fixup_1b_copy:
+ movl %ecx,%edx
+.L_fixup_handle_tail:
+ sfence
jmp copy_user_handle_tail
.previous
- _ASM_EXTABLE(1b,30b)
- _ASM_EXTABLE(2b,30b)
- _ASM_EXTABLE(3b,30b)
- _ASM_EXTABLE(4b,30b)
- _ASM_EXTABLE(5b,30b)
- _ASM_EXTABLE(6b,30b)
- _ASM_EXTABLE(7b,30b)
- _ASM_EXTABLE(8b,30b)
- _ASM_EXTABLE(9b,30b)
- _ASM_EXTABLE(10b,30b)
- _ASM_EXTABLE(11b,30b)
- _ASM_EXTABLE(12b,30b)
- _ASM_EXTABLE(13b,30b)
- _ASM_EXTABLE(14b,30b)
- _ASM_EXTABLE(15b,30b)
- _ASM_EXTABLE(16b,30b)
- _ASM_EXTABLE(18b,40b)
- _ASM_EXTABLE(19b,40b)
- _ASM_EXTABLE(21b,50b)
- _ASM_EXTABLE(22b,50b)
+ _ASM_EXTABLE(1b,.L_fixup_4x8b_copy)
+ _ASM_EXTABLE(2b,.L_fixup_4x8b_copy)
+ _ASM_EXTABLE(3b,.L_fixup_4x8b_copy)
+ _ASM_EXTABLE(4b,.L_fixup_4x8b_copy)
+ _ASM_EXTABLE(5b,.L_fixup_4x8b_copy)
+ _ASM_EXTABLE(6b,.L_fixup_4x8b_copy)
+ _ASM_EXTABLE(7b,.L_fixup_4x8b_copy)
+ _ASM_EXTABLE(8b,.L_fixup_4x8b_copy)
+ _ASM_EXTABLE(9b,.L_fixup_4x8b_copy)
+ _ASM_EXTABLE(10b,.L_fixup_4x8b_copy)
+ _ASM_EXTABLE(11b,.L_fixup_4x8b_copy)
+ _ASM_EXTABLE(12b,.L_fixup_4x8b_copy)
+ _ASM_EXTABLE(13b,.L_fixup_4x8b_copy)
+ _ASM_EXTABLE(14b,.L_fixup_4x8b_copy)
+ _ASM_EXTABLE(15b,.L_fixup_4x8b_copy)
+ _ASM_EXTABLE(16b,.L_fixup_4x8b_copy)
+ _ASM_EXTABLE(20b,.L_fixup_8b_copy)
+ _ASM_EXTABLE(21b,.L_fixup_8b_copy)
+ _ASM_EXTABLE(40b,.L_fixup_1b_copy)
+ _ASM_EXTABLE(41b,.L_fixup_1b_copy)
ENDPROC(__copy_user_nocache)