Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]


Groups > linux.kernel > #1579608

Re: [PATCH v2] x86/paravirt: Don't make vcpu_is_preempted() a callee-save function

From Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH v2] x86/paravirt: Don't make vcpu_is_preempted() a callee-save function
Date 2017-02-13 12:00 +0100
Message-ID <tamwq-2Cb-11@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
References <t9lM5-5lR-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <t9mf8-5Nv-21@gated-at.bofh.it> <t9mRR-6is-25@gated-at.bofh.it> <t9mRQ-6is-23@gated-at.bofh.it> <tammL-2yB-43@gated-at.bofh.it>
Organization linux.* mail to news gateway

Show all headers | View raw


On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 11:47:16AM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> That way we'd end up with something like:
> 
> asm("
> push %rdi;
> movslq %edi, %rdi;
> movq __per_cpu_offset(,%rdi,8), %rax;
> cmpb $0, %[offset](%rax);
> setne %al;
> pop %rdi;
> " : : [offset] "i" (((unsigned long)&steal_time) + offsetof(struct steal_time, preempted)));
> 
> And if we could get rid of the sign extend on edi we could avoid all the
> push-pop nonsense, but I'm not sure I see how to do that (then again,
> this asm foo isn't my strongest point).

Maybe:

movsql %edi, %rax;
movq __per_cpu_offset(,%rax,8), %rax;
cmpb $0, %[offset](%rax);
setne %al;

?

Back to linux.kernel | Previous | NextPrevious in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread


Thread

[PATCH v2] x86/paravirt: Don't make vcpu_is_preempted() a callee-save function Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com> - 2017-02-10 17:00 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v2] x86/paravirt: Don't make vcpu_is_preempted() a  callee-save function Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2017-02-10 17:30 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v2] x86/paravirt: Don't make vcpu_is_preempted() a  callee-save function Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-02-10 17:30 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v2] x86/paravirt: Don't make vcpu_is_preempted() a  callee-save function Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com> - 2017-02-10 18:10 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v2] x86/paravirt: Don't make vcpu_is_preempted() a  callee-save function Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-02-13 11:50 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v2] x86/paravirt: Don't make vcpu_is_preempted() a  callee-save function Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-02-13 12:00 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v2] x86/paravirt: Don't make vcpu_is_preempted() a  callee-save function Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com> - 2017-02-13 20:50 +0100
            Re: [PATCH v2] x86/paravirt: Don't make vcpu_is_preempted() a  callee-save function Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com> - 2017-02-13 21:20 +0100
              Re: [PATCH v2] x86/paravirt: Don't make vcpu_is_preempted() a  callee-save function Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-02-13 23:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] x86/paravirt: Don't make vcpu_is_preempted() a callee-save function hpa@zytor.com - 2017-02-13 23:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] x86/paravirt: Don't make vcpu_is_preempted() a callee-save function hpa@zytor.com - 2017-02-13 23:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] x86/paravirt: Don't make vcpu_is_preempted() a  callee-save function Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com> - 2017-02-13 23:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] x86/paravirt: Don't make vcpu_is_preempted() a callee-save function hpa@zytor.com - 2017-02-13 23:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] x86/paravirt: Don't make vcpu_is_preempted() a  callee-save function Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-02-14 10:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] x86/paravirt: Don't make vcpu_is_preempted() a  callee-save function Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com> - 2017-02-14 15:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] x86/paravirt: Don't make vcpu_is_preempted() a  callee-save function Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-02-14 17:10 +0100
                Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2] x86/paravirt: Don't make  vcpu_is_preempted() a callee-save function Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com> - 2017-02-14 17:20 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v2] x86/paravirt: Don't make vcpu_is_preempted() a callee-save function hpa@zytor.com - 2017-02-13 21:20 +0100
            Re: [PATCH v2] x86/paravirt: Don't make vcpu_is_preempted() a  callee-save function Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-02-13 23:00 +0100
            Re: [PATCH v2] x86/paravirt: Don't make vcpu_is_preempted() a  callee-save function Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com> - 2017-02-13 23:30 +0100
              Re: [PATCH v2] x86/paravirt: Don't make vcpu_is_preempted() a  callee-save function Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-02-13 23:40 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v2] x86/paravirt: Don't make vcpu_is_preempted() a  callee-save function Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com> - 2017-02-13 20:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v2] x86/paravirt: Don't make vcpu_is_preempted() a  callee-save function Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com> - 2017-02-10 19:10 +0100

csiph-web