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From: "Chang S. Bae" <chang.seok.bae@intel.com>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
	"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
	Markus T Metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com>,
	Ravi Shankar <ravi.v.shankar@intel.com>,
	"Chang S . Bae" <chang.seok.bae@intel.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [v3 05/12] x86/fsgsbase/64: Preserve FS/GS state in __switch_to() if FSGSBASE is on
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 11:42:27 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181023184234.14025-6-chang.seok.bae@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20181023184234.14025-1-chang.seok.bae@intel.com>

From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>

With the new FSGSBASE instructions, we can efficiently read and write
the FSBASE and GSBASE in __switch_to().  Use that capability to preserve
the full state.

This will enable user code to do whatever it wants with the new
instructions without any kernel-induced gotchas.  (There can still be
architectural gotchas: movl %gs,%eax; movl %eax,%gs may change GSBASE
if WRGSBASE was used, but users are expected to read the CPU manual
before doing things like that.)

This is a considerable speedup.  It seems to save about 100 cycles
per context switch compared to the baseline 4.6-rc1 behavior on my
Skylake laptop.

[ chang: 5~10% performance improvements were seen by a context switch
  benchmark that ran threads with different FS/GSBASE values. Minor
  edit on the changelog. ]

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Chang S. Bae <chang.seok.bae@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index fcf18046c3d6..1d975cadc256 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -238,8 +238,18 @@ static __always_inline void save_fsgs(struct task_struct *task)
 {
 	savesegment(fs, task->thread.fsindex);
 	savesegment(gs, task->thread.gsindex);
-	save_base_legacy(task, task->thread.fsindex, FS);
-	save_base_legacy(task, task->thread.gsindex, GS);
+	if (static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_FSGSBASE)) {
+		/*
+		 * If FSGSBASE is enabled, we can't make any useful guesses
+		 * about the base, and user code expects us to save the current
+		 * value.  Fortunately, reading the base directly is efficient.
+		 */
+		task->thread.fsbase = rdfsbase();
+		task->thread.gsbase = rd_inactive_gsbase();
+	} else {
+		save_base_legacy(task, task->thread.fsindex, FS);
+		save_base_legacy(task, task->thread.gsindex, GS);
+	}
 }
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KVM)
@@ -318,10 +328,22 @@ static __always_inline void load_seg_legacy(unsigned short prev_index,
 static __always_inline void x86_fsgsbase_load(struct thread_struct *prev,
 					      struct thread_struct *next)
 {
-	load_seg_legacy(prev->fsindex, prev->fsbase,
-			next->fsindex, next->fsbase, FS);
-	load_seg_legacy(prev->gsindex, prev->gsbase,
-			next->gsindex, next->gsbase, GS);
+	if (static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_FSGSBASE)) {
+		/* Update the FS and GS selectors if they could have changed. */
+		if (unlikely(prev->fsindex || next->fsindex))
+			loadseg(FS, next->fsindex);
+		if (unlikely(prev->gsindex || next->gsindex))
+			loadseg(GS, next->gsindex);
+
+		/* Update the bases. */
+		wrfsbase(next->fsbase);
+		wr_inactive_gsbase(next->gsbase);
+	} else {
+		load_seg_legacy(prev->fsindex, prev->fsbase,
+				next->fsindex, next->fsbase, FS);
+		load_seg_legacy(prev->gsindex, prev->gsbase,
+				next->gsindex, next->gsbase, GS);
+	}
 }
 
 static unsigned long x86_fsgsbase_read_task(struct task_struct *task,
-- 
2.19.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-10-23 18:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-10-23 18:42 [v3 00/12] x86: Enable FSGSBASE instructions Chang S. Bae
2018-10-23 18:42 ` [v3 01/12] taint: Introduce a new taint flag (insecure) Chang S. Bae
2018-10-24 18:50   ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-10-23 18:42 ` [v3 02/12] x86/fsgsbase/64: Add 'unsafe_fsgsbase' to enable CR4.FSGSBASE Chang S. Bae
2018-10-24 18:51   ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-10-23 18:42 ` [v3 03/12] x86/fsgsbase/64: Add intrinsics/macros for FSGSBASE instructions Chang S. Bae
2018-10-24 18:53   ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-10-24 19:21     ` Andi Kleen
2018-10-25 23:14       ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-10-25 23:31         ` Linus Torvalds
2018-10-26  0:09           ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-10-23 18:42 ` [v3 04/12] x86/fsgsbase/64: Enable FSGSBASE instructions in the helper functions Chang S. Bae
2018-10-24 19:16   ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-10-24 19:41     ` [Xen-devel] " Andrew Cooper
2018-10-25  6:09       ` Juergen Gross
2018-10-25 23:08         ` Andrew Cooper
2018-10-25 23:11           ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-10-25 23:14             ` Andrew Cooper
2018-10-25  7:32     ` Bae, Chang Seok
2018-10-25 23:00       ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-10-25 23:03         ` Bae, Chang Seok
2018-10-25 23:16     ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-10-23 18:42 ` Chang S. Bae [this message]
2018-10-24 19:21   ` [v3 05/12] x86/fsgsbase/64: Preserve FS/GS state in __switch_to() if FSGSBASE is on Andy Lutomirski
2018-10-24 19:36     ` Bae, Chang Seok
2018-10-23 18:42 ` [v3 06/12] x86/fsgsbase/64: When copying a thread, use the FSGSBASE instructions if available Chang S. Bae
2018-10-23 18:42 ` [v3 07/12] x86/fsgsbase/64: Introduce the new FIND_PERCPU_BASE macro Chang S. Bae
2018-10-26  0:25   ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-10-26  0:59     ` Nadav Amit
2018-10-23 18:42 ` [v3 08/12] x86/fsgsbase/64: Use the per-CPU base as GSBASE at the paranoid_entry Chang S. Bae
2018-10-23 18:42 ` [v3 09/12] selftests/x86/fsgsbase: Test WRGSBASE Chang S. Bae
2018-10-23 18:42 ` [v3 10/12] x86/fsgsbase/64: Enable FSGSBASE by default and add a chicken bit Chang S. Bae
2018-10-23 18:42 ` [v3 11/12] x86/elf: Enumerate kernel FSGSBASE capability in AT_HWCAP2 Chang S. Bae
2018-10-23 18:42 ` [v3 12/12] x86/fsgsbase/64: Add documentation for FSGSBASE Chang S. Bae

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