Re: [RFC 00/17] Pile o' entry stack changes

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Wed Sep 06 2017 - 18:16:55 EST


Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> - Lots of people (Linus included) have asked to convert the entry
> code to pop registers on exit instead of movqing them off the
> stack. This makes a bunch of progress in that direction.

You should benchmark it on Atoms. Likely it's a regression there
because they don't have the special PUSH/POP acceleration.

-Andi