[tip:x86/pti] x86/entry/64: Use 'xorl' for faster register clearing

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Date: Sat Feb 17 2018 - 06:51:24 EST

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Commit-ID: ced5d0bf603fa0baee8ea889e1d70971fd210894
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/ced5d0bf603fa0baee8ea889e1d70971fd210894
Author: Dominik Brodowski <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 18:59:24 +0100
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Sat, 17 Feb 2018 11:14:33 +0100

x86/entry/64: Use 'xorl' for faster register clearing

On some x86 CPU microarchitectures using 'xorq' to clear general-purpose
registers is slower than 'xorl'. As 'xorl' is sufficient to clear all
64 bits of these registers due to zero-extension [*], switch the x86
64-bit entry code to use 'xorl'.

No change in functionality and no change in code size.

[*] According to Intel 64 and IA-32 Architecture Software Developer's
Manual, section 3.4.1.1, the result of 32-bit operands are "zero-
extended to a 64-bit result in the destination general-purpose
register." The AMD64 Architecture Programmerâs Manual Volume 3,
Appendix B.1, describes the same behaviour.

Suggested-by: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180214175924.23065-3-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[ Improved on the changelog a bit. ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/entry/calling.h | 16 ++++++------
arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/calling.h b/arch/x86/entry/calling.h
index 196b610..5d10b7a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/calling.h
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/calling.h
@@ -117,25 +117,25 @@ For 32-bit we have the following conventions - kernel is built with
pushq %rcx /* pt_regs->cx */
pushq \rax /* pt_regs->ax */
pushq %r8 /* pt_regs->r8 */
- xorq %r8, %r8 /* nospec r8 */
+ xorl %r8d, %r8d /* nospec r8 */
pushq %r9 /* pt_regs->r9 */
- xorq %r9, %r9 /* nospec r9 */
+ xorl %r9d, %r9d /* nospec r9 */
pushq %r10 /* pt_regs->r10 */
- xorq %r10, %r10 /* nospec r10 */
+ xorl %r10d, %r10d /* nospec r10 */
pushq %r11 /* pt_regs->r11 */
- xorq %r11, %r11 /* nospec r11*/
+ xorl %r11d, %r11d /* nospec r11*/
pushq %rbx /* pt_regs->rbx */
xorl %ebx, %ebx /* nospec rbx*/
pushq %rbp /* pt_regs->rbp */
xorl %ebp, %ebp /* nospec rbp*/
pushq %r12 /* pt_regs->r12 */
- xorq %r12, %r12 /* nospec r12*/
+ xorl %r12d, %r12d /* nospec r12*/
pushq %r13 /* pt_regs->r13 */
- xorq %r13, %r13 /* nospec r13*/
+ xorl %r13d, %r13d /* nospec r13*/
pushq %r14 /* pt_regs->r14 */
- xorq %r14, %r14 /* nospec r14*/
+ xorl %r14d, %r14d /* nospec r14*/
pushq %r15 /* pt_regs->r15 */
- xorq %r15, %r15 /* nospec r15*/
+ xorl %r15d, %r15d /* nospec r15*/
UNWIND_HINT_REGS
.if \save_ret
pushq %rsi /* return address on top of stack */
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S
index fd65e01..364ea4a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S
@@ -85,25 +85,25 @@ ENTRY(entry_SYSENTER_compat)
pushq %rcx /* pt_regs->cx */
pushq $-ENOSYS /* pt_regs->ax */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r8 = 0 */
- xorq %r8, %r8 /* nospec r8 */
+ xorl %r8d, %r8d /* nospec r8 */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r9 = 0 */
- xorq %r9, %r9 /* nospec r9 */
+ xorl %r9d, %r9d /* nospec r9 */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r10 = 0 */
- xorq %r10, %r10 /* nospec r10 */
+ xorl %r10d, %r10d /* nospec r10 */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r11 = 0 */
- xorq %r11, %r11 /* nospec r11 */
+ xorl %r11d, %r11d /* nospec r11 */
pushq %rbx /* pt_regs->rbx */
xorl %ebx, %ebx /* nospec rbx */
pushq %rbp /* pt_regs->rbp (will be overwritten) */
xorl %ebp, %ebp /* nospec rbp */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r12 = 0 */
- xorq %r12, %r12 /* nospec r12 */
+ xorl %r12d, %r12d /* nospec r12 */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r13 = 0 */
- xorq %r13, %r13 /* nospec r13 */
+ xorl %r13d, %r13d /* nospec r13 */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r14 = 0 */
- xorq %r14, %r14 /* nospec r14 */
+ xorl %r14d, %r14d /* nospec r14 */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r15 = 0 */
- xorq %r15, %r15 /* nospec r15 */
+ xorl %r15d, %r15d /* nospec r15 */
cld

/*
@@ -224,25 +224,25 @@ GLOBAL(entry_SYSCALL_compat_after_hwframe)
pushq %rbp /* pt_regs->cx (stashed in bp) */
pushq $-ENOSYS /* pt_regs->ax */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r8 = 0 */
- xorq %r8, %r8 /* nospec r8 */
+ xorl %r8d, %r8d /* nospec r8 */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r9 = 0 */
- xorq %r9, %r9 /* nospec r9 */
+ xorl %r9d, %r9d /* nospec r9 */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r10 = 0 */
- xorq %r10, %r10 /* nospec r10 */
+ xorl %r10d, %r10d /* nospec r10 */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r11 = 0 */
- xorq %r11, %r11 /* nospec r11 */
+ xorl %r11d, %r11d /* nospec r11 */
pushq %rbx /* pt_regs->rbx */
xorl %ebx, %ebx /* nospec rbx */
pushq %rbp /* pt_regs->rbp (will be overwritten) */
xorl %ebp, %ebp /* nospec rbp */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r12 = 0 */
- xorq %r12, %r12 /* nospec r12 */
+ xorl %r12d, %r12d /* nospec r12 */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r13 = 0 */
- xorq %r13, %r13 /* nospec r13 */
+ xorl %r13d, %r13d /* nospec r13 */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r14 = 0 */
- xorq %r14, %r14 /* nospec r14 */
+ xorl %r14d, %r14d /* nospec r14 */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r15 = 0 */
- xorq %r15, %r15 /* nospec r15 */
+ xorl %r15d, %r15d /* nospec r15 */

/*
* User mode is traced as though IRQs are on, and SYSENTER
@@ -298,9 +298,9 @@ sysret32_from_system_call:
*/
SWITCH_TO_USER_CR3_NOSTACK scratch_reg=%r8 scratch_reg2=%r9

- xorq %r8, %r8
- xorq %r9, %r9
- xorq %r10, %r10
+ xorl %r8d, %r8d
+ xorl %r9d, %r9d
+ xorl %r10d, %r10d
swapgs
sysretl
END(entry_SYSCALL_compat)
@@ -358,25 +358,25 @@ ENTRY(entry_INT80_compat)
pushq %rcx /* pt_regs->cx */
pushq $-ENOSYS /* pt_regs->ax */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r8 = 0 */
- xorq %r8, %r8 /* nospec r8 */
+ xorl %r8d, %r8d /* nospec r8 */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r9 = 0 */
- xorq %r9, %r9 /* nospec r9 */
+ xorl %r9d, %r9d /* nospec r9 */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r10 = 0 */
- xorq %r10, %r10 /* nospec r10 */
+ xorl %r10d, %r10d /* nospec r10 */
pushq $0 /* pt_regs->r11 = 0 */
- xorq %r11, %r11 /* nospec r11 */
+ xorl %r11d, %r11d /* nospec r11 */
pushq %rbx /* pt_regs->rbx */
xorl %ebx, %ebx /* nospec rbx */
pushq %rbp /* pt_regs->rbp */
xorl %ebp, %ebp /* nospec rbp */
pushq %r12 /* pt_regs->r12 */
- xorq %r12, %r12 /* nospec r12 */
+ xorl %r12d, %r12d /* nospec r12 */
pushq %r13 /* pt_regs->r13 */
- xorq %r13, %r13 /* nospec r13 */
+ xorl %r13d, %r13d /* nospec r13 */
pushq %r14 /* pt_regs->r14 */
- xorq %r14, %r14 /* nospec r14 */
+ xorl %r14d, %r14d /* nospec r14 */
pushq %r15 /* pt_regs->r15 */
- xorq %r15, %r15 /* nospec r15 */
+ xorl %r15d, %r15d /* nospec r15 */
cld

/*

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