Re: [PATCH] Convert filldir[64]() from __put_user() to unsafe_put_user()

[Linus Torvalds]

On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 9:09 PM Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Try the attached patch, and then count the number of "rorx"
> instructions in the kernel. Hint: not many. On my personal config,
> this triggers 15 times in the whole kernel build (not counting
> modules).

So here's a serious patch that doesn't just mark things for counting -
it just removes the cases entirely.

Doesn't this look nice:

  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 133 deletions(-)

and it is one less thing to worry about when doing further cleanup.

Seriously, if any of those __copy_{to,from}_user() constant cases were
a big deal, we can turn them into get_user/put_user calls. But only
after they show up as an actual performance issue.

            Linus
 arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_32.h |  27 ----------
 arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h | 108 +-------------------------------------
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 133 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_32.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_32.h
index ba2dc1930630..388a40660c7b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_32.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_32.h
@@ -23,33 +23,6 @@ raw_copy_to_user(void __user *to, const void *from, unsigned long n)
 static __always_inline unsigned long
 raw_copy_from_user(void *to, const void __user *from, unsigned long n)
 {
-	if (__builtin_constant_p(n)) {
-		unsigned long ret;
-
-		switch (n) {
-		case 1:
-			ret = 0;
-			__uaccess_begin_nospec();
-			__get_user_asm_nozero(*(u8 *)to, from, ret,
-					      "b", "b", "=q", 1);
-			__uaccess_end();
-			return ret;
-		case 2:
-			ret = 0;
-			__uaccess_begin_nospec();
-			__get_user_asm_nozero(*(u16 *)to, from, ret,
-					      "w", "w", "=r", 2);
-			__uaccess_end();
-			return ret;
-		case 4:
-			ret = 0;
-			__uaccess_begin_nospec();
-			__get_user_asm_nozero(*(u32 *)to, from, ret,
-					      "l", "k", "=r", 4);
-			__uaccess_end();
-			return ret;
-		}
-	}
 	return __copy_user_ll(to, (__force const void *)from, n);
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
index 5cd1caa8bc65..bc10e3dc64fe 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
@@ -65,117 +65,13 @@ copy_to_user_mcsafe(void *to, const void *from, unsigned len)
 static __always_inline __must_check unsigned long
 raw_copy_from_user(void *dst, const void __user *src, unsigned long size)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	if (!__builtin_constant_p(size))
-		return copy_user_generic(dst, (__force void *)src, size);
-	switch (size) {
-	case 1:
-		__uaccess_begin_nospec();
-		__get_user_asm_nozero(*(u8 *)dst, (u8 __user *)src,
-			      ret, "b", "b", "=q", 1);
-		__uaccess_end();
-		return ret;
-	case 2:
-		__uaccess_begin_nospec();
-		__get_user_asm_nozero(*(u16 *)dst, (u16 __user *)src,
-			      ret, "w", "w", "=r", 2);
-		__uaccess_end();
-		return ret;
-	case 4:
-		__uaccess_begin_nospec();
-		__get_user_asm_nozero(*(u32 *)dst, (u32 __user *)src,
-			      ret, "l", "k", "=r", 4);
-		__uaccess_end();
-		return ret;
-	case 8:
-		__uaccess_begin_nospec();
-		__get_user_asm_nozero(*(u64 *)dst, (u64 __user *)src,
-			      ret, "q", "", "=r", 8);
-		__uaccess_end();
-		return ret;
-	case 10:
-		__uaccess_begin_nospec();
-		__get_user_asm_nozero(*(u64 *)dst, (u64 __user *)src,
-			       ret, "q", "", "=r", 10);
-		if (likely(!ret))
-			__get_user_asm_nozero(*(u16 *)(8 + (char *)dst),
-				       (u16 __user *)(8 + (char __user *)src),
-				       ret, "w", "w", "=r", 2);
-		__uaccess_end();
-		return ret;
-	case 16:
-		__uaccess_begin_nospec();
-		__get_user_asm_nozero(*(u64 *)dst, (u64 __user *)src,
-			       ret, "q", "", "=r", 16);
-		if (likely(!ret))
-			__get_user_asm_nozero(*(u64 *)(8 + (char *)dst),
-				       (u64 __user *)(8 + (char __user *)src),
-				       ret, "q", "", "=r", 8);
-		__uaccess_end();
-		return ret;
-	default:
-		return copy_user_generic(dst, (__force void *)src, size);
-	}
+	return copy_user_generic(dst, (__force void *)src, size);
 }
 
 static __always_inline __must_check unsigned long
 raw_copy_to_user(void __user *dst, const void *src, unsigned long size)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	if (!__builtin_constant_p(size))
-		return copy_user_generic((__force void *)dst, src, size);
-	switch (size) {
-	case 1:
-		__uaccess_begin();
-		__put_user_asm(*(u8 *)src, (u8 __user *)dst,
-			      ret, "b", "b", "iq", 1);
-		__uaccess_end();
-		return ret;
-	case 2:
-		__uaccess_begin();
-		__put_user_asm(*(u16 *)src, (u16 __user *)dst,
-			      ret, "w", "w", "ir", 2);
-		__uaccess_end();
-		return ret;
-	case 4:
-		__uaccess_begin();
-		__put_user_asm(*(u32 *)src, (u32 __user *)dst,
-			      ret, "l", "k", "ir", 4);
-		__uaccess_end();
-		return ret;
-	case 8:
-		__uaccess_begin();
-		__put_user_asm(*(u64 *)src, (u64 __user *)dst,
-			      ret, "q", "", "er", 8);
-		__uaccess_end();
-		return ret;
-	case 10:
-		__uaccess_begin();
-		__put_user_asm(*(u64 *)src, (u64 __user *)dst,
-			       ret, "q", "", "er", 10);
-		if (likely(!ret)) {
-			asm("":::"memory");
-			__put_user_asm(4[(u16 *)src], 4 + (u16 __user *)dst,
-				       ret, "w", "w", "ir", 2);
-		}
-		__uaccess_end();
-		return ret;
-	case 16:
-		__uaccess_begin();
-		__put_user_asm(*(u64 *)src, (u64 __user *)dst,
-			       ret, "q", "", "er", 16);
-		if (likely(!ret)) {
-			asm("":::"memory");
-			__put_user_asm(1[(u64 *)src], 1 + (u64 __user *)dst,
-				       ret, "q", "", "er", 8);
-		}
-		__uaccess_end();
-		return ret;
-	default:
-		return copy_user_generic((__force void *)dst, src, size);
-	}
+	return copy_user_generic((__force void *)dst, src, size);
 }
 
 static __always_inline __must_check