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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/current.h2
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h26
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h2
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c18
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c3
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c3
6 files changed, 35 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/current.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/current.h
index c68c361697e..4d447b732d8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/current.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/current.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, current_task);
static __always_inline struct task_struct *get_current(void)
{
- return percpu_read(current_task);
+ return percpu_read_stable(current_task);
}
#define current get_current()
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h
index 103f1ddb0d8..04eacefcfd2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
#define __percpu_arg(x) "%%"__stringify(__percpu_seg)":%P" #x
#define __my_cpu_offset percpu_read(this_cpu_off)
#else
-#define __percpu_arg(x) "%" #x
+#define __percpu_arg(x) "%P" #x
#endif
/*
@@ -104,36 +104,48 @@ do { \
} \
} while (0)
-#define percpu_from_op(op, var) \
+#define percpu_from_op(op, var, constraint) \
({ \
typeof(var) ret__; \
switch (sizeof(var)) { \
case 1: \
asm(op "b "__percpu_arg(1)",%0" \
: "=q" (ret__) \
- : "m" (var)); \
+ : constraint); \
break; \
case 2: \
asm(op "w "__percpu_arg(1)",%0" \
: "=r" (ret__) \
- : "m" (var)); \
+ : constraint); \
break; \
case 4: \
asm(op "l "__percpu_arg(1)",%0" \
: "=r" (ret__) \
- : "m" (var)); \
+ : constraint); \
break; \
case 8: \
asm(op "q "__percpu_arg(1)",%0" \
: "=r" (ret__) \
- : "m" (var)); \
+ : constraint); \
break; \
default: __bad_percpu_size(); \
} \
ret__; \
})
-#define percpu_read(var) percpu_from_op("mov", per_cpu__##var)
+/*
+ * percpu_read() makes gcc load the percpu variable every time it is
+ * accessed while percpu_read_stable() allows the value to be cached.
+ * percpu_read_stable() is more efficient and can be used if its value
+ * is guaranteed to be valid across cpus. The current users include
+ * get_current() and get_thread_info() both of which are actually
+ * per-thread variables implemented as per-cpu variables and thus
+ * stable for the duration of the respective task.
+ */
+#define percpu_read(var) percpu_from_op("mov", per_cpu__##var, \
+ "m" (per_cpu__##var))
+#define percpu_read_stable(var) percpu_from_op("mov", per_cpu__##var, \
+ "p" (&per_cpu__##var))
#define percpu_write(var, val) percpu_to_op("mov", per_cpu__##var, val)
#define percpu_add(var, val) percpu_to_op("add", per_cpu__##var, val)
#define percpu_sub(var, val) percpu_to_op("sub", per_cpu__##var, val)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 6f7786aea4f..d27d0a2fec4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, kernel_stack);
static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
{
struct thread_info *ti;
- ti = (void *)(percpu_read(kernel_stack) +
+ ti = (void *)(percpu_read_stable(kernel_stack) +
KERNEL_STACK_OFFSET - THREAD_SIZE);
return ti;
}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 55a6abe4039..2055fc2b2e6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -987,13 +987,21 @@ struct desc_ptr idt_descr = { NR_VECTORS * 16 - 1, (unsigned long) idt_table };
DEFINE_PER_CPU_FIRST(union irq_stack_union,
irq_stack_union) __aligned(PAGE_SIZE);
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(char *, irq_stack_ptr) =
- init_per_cpu_var(irq_stack_union.irq_stack) + IRQ_STACK_SIZE - 64;
+/*
+ * The following four percpu variables are hot. Align current_task to
+ * cacheline size such that all four fall in the same cacheline.
+ */
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, current_task) ____cacheline_aligned =
+ &init_task;
+EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(current_task);
DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, kernel_stack) =
(unsigned long)&init_thread_union - KERNEL_STACK_OFFSET + THREAD_SIZE;
EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(kernel_stack);
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(char *, irq_stack_ptr) =
+ init_per_cpu_var(irq_stack_union.irq_stack) + IRQ_STACK_SIZE - 64;
+
DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, irq_count) = -1;
/*
@@ -1008,8 +1016,7 @@ static const unsigned int exception_stack_sizes[N_EXCEPTION_STACKS] = {
};
static DEFINE_PER_CPU_PAGE_ALIGNED(char, exception_stacks
- [(N_EXCEPTION_STACKS - 1) * EXCEPTION_STKSZ + DEBUG_STKSZ])
- __aligned(PAGE_SIZE);
+ [(N_EXCEPTION_STACKS - 1) * EXCEPTION_STKSZ + DEBUG_STKSZ]);
/* May not be marked __init: used by software suspend */
void syscall_init(void)
@@ -1042,6 +1049,9 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct orig_ist, orig_ist);
#else /* CONFIG_X86_64 */
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, current_task) = &init_task;
+EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(current_task);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR
DEFINE_PER_CPU_ALIGNED(struct stack_canary, stack_canary);
#endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
index a80eddd4165..4cf79567cda 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@
asmlinkage void ret_from_fork(void) __asm__("ret_from_fork");
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, current_task) = &init_task;
-EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(current_task);
-
/*
* Return saved PC of a blocked thread.
*/
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index a28279dbb07..ad535b68317 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@
asmlinkage extern void ret_from_fork(void);
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, current_task) = &init_task;
-EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(current_task);
-
DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, old_rsp);
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned char, is_idle);