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authorTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>2009-02-09 14:17:40 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-02-10 00:42:00 +0100
commitccbeed3a05908d201b47b6c3dd1a373138bba566 (patch)
treee834d548c70426aa3885dd2169be1a79be4a617b /arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h
parentx86: add %gs accessors for x86_32 (diff)
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x86: make lazy %gs optional on x86_32
Impact: pt_regs changed, lazy gs handling made optional, add slight overhead to SAVE_ALL, simplifies error_code path a bit On x86_32, %gs hasn't been used by kernel and handled lazily. pt_regs doesn't have place for it and gs is saved/loaded only when necessary. In preparation for stack protector support, this patch makes lazy %gs handling optional by doing the followings. * Add CONFIG_X86_32_LAZY_GS and place for gs in pt_regs. * Save and restore %gs along with other registers in entry_32.S unless LAZY_GS. Note that this unfortunately adds "pushl $0" on SAVE_ALL even when LAZY_GS. However, it adds no overhead to common exit path and simplifies entry path with error code. * Define different user_gs accessors depending on LAZY_GS and add lazy_save_gs() and lazy_load_gs() which are noop if !LAZY_GS. The lazy_*_gs() ops are used to save, load and clear %gs lazily. * Define ELF_CORE_COPY_KERNEL_REGS() which always read %gs directly. xen and lguest changes need to be verified. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h15
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h
index 39b0aac1675c..83c1bc8d2e8a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ extern unsigned int vdso_enabled;
* now struct_user_regs, they are different)
*/
-#define ELF_CORE_COPY_REGS(pr_reg, regs) \
+#define ELF_CORE_COPY_REGS_COMMON(pr_reg, regs) \
do { \
pr_reg[0] = regs->bx; \
pr_reg[1] = regs->cx; \
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ do { \
pr_reg[7] = regs->ds & 0xffff; \
pr_reg[8] = regs->es & 0xffff; \
pr_reg[9] = regs->fs & 0xffff; \
- pr_reg[10] = get_user_gs(regs); \
pr_reg[11] = regs->orig_ax; \
pr_reg[12] = regs->ip; \
pr_reg[13] = regs->cs & 0xffff; \
@@ -133,6 +132,18 @@ do { \
pr_reg[16] = regs->ss & 0xffff; \
} while (0);
+#define ELF_CORE_COPY_REGS(pr_reg, regs) \
+do { \
+ ELF_CORE_COPY_REGS_COMMON(pr_reg, regs);\
+ pr_reg[10] = get_user_gs(regs); \
+} while (0);
+
+#define ELF_CORE_COPY_KERNEL_REGS(pr_reg, regs) \
+do { \
+ ELF_CORE_COPY_REGS_COMMON(pr_reg, regs);\
+ savesegment(gs, pr_reg[10]); \
+} while (0);
+
#define ELF_PLATFORM (utsname()->machine)
#define set_personality_64bit() do { } while (0)