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| From | Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] x86/paravirt: Don't make vcpu_is_preempted() a callee-save function |
| Date | 2017-02-13 21:20 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <tavgm-8uf-19@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | (2 earlier) <t9mRR-6is-25@gated-at.bofh.it> <t9mRQ-6is-23@gated-at.bofh.it> <tammL-2yB-43@gated-at.bofh.it> <tamwq-2Cb-11@gated-at.bofh.it> <tauNj-831-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | Red Hat |
On 02/13/2017 02:42 PM, Waiman Long wrote:
> On 02/13/2017 05:53 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>> 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;
>>
>> ?
> Yes, that looks good to me.
>
> Cheers,
> Longman
>
Sorry, I am going to take it back. The displacement or offset can only
be up to 32-bit. So we will still need to use at least one more
register, I think.
Cheers,
Longman
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[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
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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
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Re: [PATCH v2] x86/paravirt: Don't make vcpu_is_preempted() a callee-save function hpa@zytor.com - 2017-02-13 21:20 +0100
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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
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