Re: [PATCH 07/18] x86/asm/64: Merge the fast and slow SYSRET paths

[Brian Gerst]

On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 4:26 AM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> They did almost the same thing.  Remove a bunch of pointless
> instructions (mostly hidden in macros) and reduce cognitive load by
> merging them.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
> index 9dafafa3e0ec..c855ee91a3a5 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
> +++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
> @@ -220,10 +220,9 @@ entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath:
>         TRACE_IRQS_ON           /* user mode is traced as IRQs on */
>         movq    RIP(%rsp), %rcx
>         movq    EFLAGS(%rsp), %r11
> -       RESTORE_C_REGS_EXCEPT_RCX_R11
> -       movq    RSP(%rsp), %rsp
> +       addq    $6*8, %rsp      /* skip extra regs -- they were preserved */
>         UNWIND_HINT_EMPTY
> -       USERGS_SYSRET64
> +       jmp     .Lpop_c_regs_except_rcx_r11_and_sysret
>
>  1:
>         /*
> @@ -315,6 +314,7 @@ syscall_return_via_sysret:
>         /* rcx and r11 are already restored (see code above) */
>         UNWIND_HINT_EMPTY
>         POP_EXTRA_REGS
> +.Lpop_c_regs_except_rcx_r11_and_sysret:
>         popq    %rsi    /* skip r11 */
>         popq    %r10
>         popq    %r9

Wouldn't it be more logical to keep the SYSRET path at the end of the
fast path (reverse of what you are doing here)?  That way the fast
path falls through without jumping.

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Brian Gerst