x86/entry: Remove skip_r11rcx
authorPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Thu, 27 Oct 2022 20:54:41 +0000 (13:54 -0700)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Tue, 1 Nov 2022 18:14:44 +0000 (19:14 +0100)
commit 1b331eeea7b8676fc5dbdf80d0a07e41be226177 upstream.

Yes, r11 and rcx have been restored previously, but since they're being
popped anyway (into rsi) might as well pop them into their own regs --
setting them to the value they already are.

Less magical code.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220506121631.365070674@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
arch/x86/entry/calling.h
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S

index 1dbc62a96b859df050441781cec5499997761be0..273b562af8fafc061e72ffe19df6ca61fb40cca1 100644 (file)
@@ -146,27 +146,19 @@ For 32-bit we have the following conventions - kernel is built with
 
 .endm
 
-.macro POP_REGS pop_rdi=1 skip_r11rcx=0
+.macro POP_REGS pop_rdi=1
        popq %r15
        popq %r14
        popq %r13
        popq %r12
        popq %rbp
        popq %rbx
-       .if \skip_r11rcx
-       popq %rsi
-       .else
        popq %r11
-       .endif
        popq %r10
        popq %r9
        popq %r8
        popq %rax
-       .if \skip_r11rcx
-       popq %rsi
-       .else
        popq %rcx
-       .endif
        popq %rdx
        popq %rsi
        .if \pop_rdi
index ac389ffb1822bf2e59c2d76af8d667edc7c18b20..d3472e773b5a4eccc16912d79058a74dd18a3b1d 100644 (file)
@@ -301,8 +301,7 @@ GLOBAL(entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe)
         * perf profiles. Nothing jumps here.
         */
 syscall_return_via_sysret:
-       /* rcx and r11 are already restored (see code above) */
-       POP_REGS pop_rdi=0 skip_r11rcx=1
+       POP_REGS pop_rdi=0
 
        /*
         * Now all regs are restored except RSP and RDI.