Revert "sched/x86_64: Don't save flags on context switch"

This reverts commit: 2c7577a ("sched/x86_64: Don't save flags on context switch") It was a nice speedup. It's also not quite correct: SYSENTER enables interrupts too early. We can re-add this optimization once the SYSENTER code is beaten into shape, which should happen in 4.3 or 4.4. Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]> Cc: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] # v3.19 Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/85f56651f59f76624e80785a8fd3bdfdd089a818.1439838962.git.luto@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
slanterns-fork · Aug 18, 2015 · 512255a · 512255a
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commit 512255a
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diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/switch_to.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/switch_to.h
@@ -79,12 +79,12 @@ do {									\
 #else /* CONFIG_X86_32 */
 
 /* frame pointer must be last for get_wchan */
-#define SAVE_CONTEXT    "pushq %%rbp ; movq %%rsi,%%rbp\n\t"
-#define RESTORE_CONTEXT "movq %%rbp,%%rsi ; popq %%rbp\t"
+#define SAVE_CONTEXT    "pushf ; pushq %%rbp ; movq %%rsi,%%rbp\n\t"
+#define RESTORE_CONTEXT "movq %%rbp,%%rsi ; popq %%rbp ; popf\t"
 
 #define __EXTRA_CLOBBER  \
 	, "rcx", "rbx", "rdx", "r8", "r9", "r10", "r11", \
-	  "r12", "r13", "r14", "r15", "flags"
+	  "r12", "r13", "r14", "r15"
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR
 #define __switch_canary							  \
@@ -100,11 +100,7 @@ do {									\
 #define __switch_canary_iparam
 #endif	/* CC_STACKPROTECTOR */
 
-/*
- * There is no need to save or restore flags, because flags are always
- * clean in kernel mode, with the possible exception of IOPL.  Kernel IOPL
- * has no effect.
- */
+/* Save restore flags to clear handle leaking NT */
 #define switch_to(prev, next, last) \
 	asm volatile(SAVE_CONTEXT					  \
 	     "movq %%rsp,%P[threadrsp](%[prev])\n\t" /* save RSP */	  \