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x86/entry: Micro-optimize compat fast syscall arg fetch
authorAndy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Tue, 6 Oct 2015 00:48:20 +0000 (17:48 -0700)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Fri, 9 Oct 2015 07:41:12 +0000 (09:41 +0200)
commitc68ca6787bdd6d2df37cf950135aa11e71af358a
treee4c1c92be7f20cd4dc4b74ed605d494bc4154afb
parent33c52129f45e06d9ce23e1a3d50bf9fd6770748b
x86/entry: Micro-optimize compat fast syscall arg fetch

We're following a 32-bit pointer, and the uaccess code isn't
smart enough to figure out that the access_ok() check isn't
needed.

This saves about three cycles on a cache-hot fast syscall.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/bdff034e2f23c5eb974c760cf494cb5bddce8f29.1444091585.git.luto@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
arch/x86/entry/common.c