From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>,
Pekka Riikonen <priikone@iki.fi>, Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>,
Suresh Siddha <sbsiddha@gmail.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"Yu, Fenghua" <fenghua.yu@intel.com>,
Quentin Casasnovas <quentin.casasnovas@oracle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86/fpu: math_state_restore() should not blindly disable irqs
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 11:36:13 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150307103613.GB9378@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALCETrUvbnkVTKDVtgnXYPGiXDY621sY9MbOrCvjmpqG8xz-wA@mail.gmail.com>
* Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 2:00 PM, Linus Torvalds
> <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> Please don't. IMO it's really nice that we don't use trap gates at
> >> all on x86_64, and I find the conditional_sti thing much nicer than
> >> having to audit all of the entry code to see whether it's safe to run
> >> it with IRQs on.
> >
> > So I'm not sure I see much difference, but I'd certainly be ok with
> > just moving the "conditional_sti()" up unconditionally to be the first
> > thing in do_device_not_available().
>
> I'd be fine with that. The important difference is that it's after swapgs.
The thing is, we have to be careful about NMI contexts anyway. So how
about being careful in irq contexts as well?
We could shave a good 10 cycles from the FPU trap overhead, maybe
more?
We could save the same 10 cycles from page fault overhead as well,
AFAICS.
Hm?
Thanks,
Ingo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-03-07 10:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 126+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-03-04 18:30 Oops with tip/x86/fpu Dave Hansen
2015-03-04 19:06 ` Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-04 19:12 ` Dave Hansen
2015-03-04 20:06 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-05 15:14 ` Oleg Nesterov
[not found] ` <20150305182203.GA4203@redhat.com>
2015-03-05 18:34 ` Dave Hansen
2015-03-05 18:46 ` Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-05 18:41 ` Dave Hansen
2015-03-26 22:37 ` Yu, Fenghua
2015-03-26 22:43 ` Dave Hansen
2015-03-26 22:48 ` Yu, Fenghua
2015-03-27 7:30 ` Quentin Casasnovas
2015-03-27 19:06 ` Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-05 8:38 ` Quentin Casasnovas
2015-03-05 15:13 ` Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-05 18:42 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-05 22:16 ` Dave Hansen
2015-03-05 19:51 ` [PATCH 0/1] x86/fpu: math_state_restore() should not blindly disable irqs Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-05 19:51 ` [PATCH 1/1] " Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-05 20:11 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-03-05 21:25 ` Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-06 7:58 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-03-06 13:26 ` Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-06 13:39 ` Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-06 13:46 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-03-06 14:01 ` Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-06 14:17 ` Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-06 15:00 ` David Vrabel
2015-03-06 15:36 ` Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-06 16:15 ` David Vrabel
2015-03-06 16:31 ` Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-06 17:33 ` Linus Torvalds
2015-03-06 18:15 ` Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-06 19:23 ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-03-06 22:00 ` Linus Torvalds
2015-03-06 22:28 ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-03-07 10:36 ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2015-03-07 20:11 ` Linus Torvalds
2015-03-08 8:55 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-03-08 11:38 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-03-08 13:59 ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-03-08 14:38 ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-03-07 10:32 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-03-07 15:38 ` [PATCH 0/1] x86/fpu: x86/fpu: avoid math_state_restore() without used_math() in __restore_xstate_sig() Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-07 15:38 ` [PATCH 1/1] " Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-09 14:07 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-09 14:34 ` Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-09 15:18 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-09 16:24 ` Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-09 16:53 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-09 17:05 ` Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-09 17:23 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-16 12:07 ` [tip:x86/urgent] x86/fpu: Avoid " tip-bot for Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-05 20:35 ` [PATCH 0/1] x86/fpu: math_state_restore() should not blindly disable irqs Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-09 17:10 ` [PATCH] x86/fpu: drop_fpu() should not assume that tsk == current Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-09 17:36 ` Rik van Riel
2015-03-09 17:48 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-09 18:06 ` Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-09 18:10 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-16 12:07 ` [tip:x86/urgent] x86/fpu: Drop_fpu() should not assume that tsk equals current tip-bot for Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-11 17:33 ` [PATCH 0/4] x86/fpu: avoid math_state_restore() on kthread exec Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-11 17:34 ` [PATCH 1/4] x86/fpu: document user_fpu_begin() Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-13 9:47 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-13 14:34 ` Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-23 12:20 ` [tip:x86/fpu] x86/fpu: Document user_fpu_begin() tip-bot for Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-11 17:34 ` [PATCH 2/4] x86/fpu: introduce restore_init_xstate() Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-13 10:34 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-13 14:39 ` Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-13 15:20 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-16 19:05 ` Rik van Riel
2015-03-23 12:20 ` [tip:x86/fpu] x86/fpu: Introduce restore_init_xstate() tip-bot for Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-11 17:34 ` [PATCH 3/4] x86/fpu: use restore_init_xstate() instead of math_state_restore() on kthread exec Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-13 10:48 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-13 14:45 ` Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-13 15:51 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-23 12:21 ` [tip:x86/fpu] x86/fpu: Use " tip-bot for Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-11 17:35 ` [PATCH 4/4] x86/fpu: don't abuse drop_init_fpu() in flush_thread() Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-13 10:52 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-13 14:55 ` Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-13 16:19 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-13 16:26 ` Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-13 19:27 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-14 14:48 ` Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-15 17:36 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-15 18:16 ` Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-15 18:50 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-15 20:04 ` Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-15 20:38 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-16 9:35 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-16 10:28 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-03-16 14:39 ` Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-16 15:26 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-16 15:34 ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-03-16 15:35 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-13 17:30 ` [PATCH v2 " Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-14 10:55 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-14 10:57 ` [PATCH] x86/fpu: Fold __drop_fpu() into its sole user Borislav Petkov
2015-03-14 15:15 ` Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-16 10:27 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-03-23 12:21 ` [tip:x86/fpu] x86/fpu: Don't abuse drop_init_fpu() in flush_thread() tip-bot for Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-13 18:26 ` [PATCH 0/1] x86/cpu: don't allocate fpu->state for swapper/0 Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-13 18:27 ` [PATCH 1/1] " Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-16 10:18 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-23 12:22 ` [tip:x86/fpu] x86/fpu: Don't " tip-bot for Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-14 11:16 ` [PATCH 0/1] x86/cpu: don't " Borislav Petkov
2015-03-14 15:13 ` [PATCH 0/1] x86/cpu: kill eager_fpu_init_bp() Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-14 15:13 ` [PATCH 1/1] " Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-16 12:44 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-23 12:22 ` [tip:x86/fpu] x86/fpu: Kill eager_fpu_init_bp() tip-bot for Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-15 16:49 ` [PATCH RFC 0/2] x86/fpu: avoid "xstate_fault" in xsave_user/xrestore_user Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-15 16:50 ` [PATCH RFC 1/2] x86: introduce __user_insn() and __check_insn() Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-15 16:50 ` [PATCH RFC 2/2] x86/fpu: change xsave_user() and xrestore_user() to use __user_insn() Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-16 22:43 ` Quentin Casasnovas
2015-03-17 9:35 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-16 14:36 ` [PATCH RFC 0/2] x86/fpu: avoid "xstate_fault" in xsave_user/xrestore_user Borislav Petkov
2015-03-16 14:57 ` Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-16 17:58 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-16 22:37 ` Quentin Casasnovas
2015-03-17 9:47 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-17 10:00 ` Quentin Casasnovas
2015-03-17 11:20 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-17 11:36 ` Quentin Casasnovas
2015-03-17 12:07 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-18 9:06 ` Quentin Casasnovas
2015-03-18 9:53 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-17 10:07 ` Quentin Casasnovas
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