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From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: x86@kernel.org, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
	Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC patch 02/15] x86/entry: Remove _TIF_NOHZ from _TIF_WORK_SYSCALL_ENTRY
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2019 17:03:16 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190919150808.617944343@linutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20190919150314.054351477@linutronix.de

Evaluating _TIF_NOHZ to decide whether to use the slow syscall entry path
is not only pointless, it's actually counterproductive:

 1) Context tracking code is invoked unconditionally before that flag is
    evaluated.

 2) If the flag is set the slow path is invoked for nothing due to #1

Remove it.  

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h |    8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -133,14 +133,10 @@ struct thread_info {
 #define _TIF_X32		(1 << TIF_X32)
 #define _TIF_FSCHECK		(1 << TIF_FSCHECK)
 
-/*
- * work to do in syscall_trace_enter().  Also includes TIF_NOHZ for
- * enter_from_user_mode()
- */
+/* Work to do before invoking the actual syscall. */
 #define _TIF_WORK_SYSCALL_ENTRY	\
 	(_TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE | _TIF_SYSCALL_EMU | _TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT |	\
-	 _TIF_SECCOMP | _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT |	\
-	 _TIF_NOHZ)
+	 _TIF_SECCOMP | _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT)
 
 /* flags to check in __switch_to() */
 #define _TIF_WORK_CTXSW_BASE						\



  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-09-19 15:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-09-19 15:03 [RFC patch 00/15] entry: Provide generic implementation for host and guest entry/exit work Thomas Gleixner
2019-09-19 15:03 ` [RFC patch 01/15] entry: Provide generic syscall entry functionality Thomas Gleixner
2019-09-20 23:38   ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-10-20 11:49     ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-09-23  9:05   ` Mike Rapoport
2019-09-19 15:03 ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2019-09-20 23:39   ` [RFC patch 02/15] x86/entry: Remove _TIF_NOHZ from _TIF_WORK_SYSCALL_ENTRY Andy Lutomirski
2019-09-23 20:43     ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-09-19 15:03 ` [RFC patch 03/15] x86/entry: Use generic syscall entry function Thomas Gleixner
2019-09-20 23:41   ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-09-23  8:31     ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-09-23  8:40       ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-09-19 15:03 ` [RFC patch 04/15] arm64/entry: " Thomas Gleixner
2019-09-20 12:21   ` Catalin Marinas
2019-09-19 15:03 ` [RFC patch 05/15] entry: Provide generic syscall exit function Thomas Gleixner
2019-09-19 15:03 ` [RFC patch 06/15] x86/entry: Use generic syscall exit functionality Thomas Gleixner
2019-09-19 15:03 ` [RFC patch 07/15] arm64/syscall: Remove obscure flag check Thomas Gleixner
2019-09-20 14:29   ` Catalin Marinas
2019-09-19 15:03 ` [RFC patch 08/15] arm64/syscall: Use generic syscall exit functionality Thomas Gleixner
2019-09-19 15:03 ` [RFC patch 09/15] entry: Provide generic exit to usermode functionality Thomas Gleixner
2019-09-23  8:30   ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-09-19 15:03 ` [RFC patch 10/15] x86/entry: Move irq tracing to C code Thomas Gleixner
2019-09-23  8:47   ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-09-23 10:27     ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-09-23 11:49       ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-09-23 11:55         ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-09-23 12:10           ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-09-23 17:24             ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-09-26  2:59   ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-09-19 15:03 ` [RFC patch 11/15] x86/entry: Use generic exit to usermode Thomas Gleixner
2019-09-19 15:03 ` [RFC patch 12/15] arm64/entry: " Thomas Gleixner
2019-09-19 15:03 ` [RFC patch 13/15] arm64/entry: Move FPU restore out of exit_to_usermode() loop Thomas Gleixner
2019-09-19 15:03 ` [RFC patch 14/15] workpending: Provide infrastructure for work before entering a guest Thomas Gleixner
2019-09-19 15:40   ` Paolo Bonzini
2019-09-20 11:48     ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-09-23 18:17   ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-09-26 11:35   ` Miroslav Benes
2019-09-19 15:03 ` [RFC patch 15/15] x86/kvm: Use GENERIC_EXIT_WORKPENDING Thomas Gleixner
2019-09-19 15:40   ` Paolo Bonzini
2019-09-20 15:12 ` [RFC patch 00/15] entry: Provide generic implementation for host and guest entry/exit work Mark Rutland
2019-09-23 20:50   ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-09-23 18:18 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-09-24  6:50 ` Christian Borntraeger

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