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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org,
	Lai Jiangshan <jiangshan.ljs@antgroup.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 3/7] x86/entry: move PUSH_AND_CLEAR_REGS out of error_entry
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2022 09:54:58 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YiCCYrhr8zZ7Kd86@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220303035434.20471-4-jiangshanlai@gmail.com>

On Thu, Mar 03, 2022 at 11:54:30AM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> From: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshan.ljs@antgroup.com>
> 
> Moving PUSH_AND_CLEAR_REGS out of error_entry doesn't change any
> functionality.  It will enlarge the size:
> 
> size arch/x86/entry/entry_64.o.before:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   17916	    384	      0	  18300	   477c	arch/x86/entry/entry_64.o
> 
> size --format=SysV arch/x86/entry/entry_64.o.before:
> .entry.text                      5528      0
> .orc_unwind                      6456      0
> .orc_unwind_ip                   4304      0
> 
> size arch/x86/entry/entry_64.o.after:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   26868	    384	      0	  27252	   6a74	arch/x86/entry/entry_64.o
> 
> size --format=SysV arch/x86/entry/entry_64.o.after:
> .entry.text                      8200      0
> .orc_unwind                     10224      0
> .orc_unwind_ip                   6816      0
> 
> But .entry.text in x86_64 is 2M aligned, enlarging it to 8.2k doesn't
> enlarge the final text size.
> 
> The tables .orc_unwind[_ip] are enlarged due to it adds many pushes.
> 
> It is prepared for not calling error_entry() from XENPV in later patch
> and for future converting the whole error_entry into C code.

And also, IIUC, folding that int80 thing a few patches down, right?

  reply	other threads:[~2022-03-03  8:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-03-03  3:54 [PATCH V2 0/7] x86/entry: Clean up entry code Lai Jiangshan
2022-03-03  3:54 ` [PATCH V2 1/7] x86/traps: Move pt_regs only in fixup_bad_iret() Lai Jiangshan
2022-03-03  3:54 ` [PATCH V2 2/7] x86/entry: Switch the stack after error_entry() returns Lai Jiangshan
2022-03-03  8:00   ` Peter Zijlstra
2022-03-07 14:39     ` Lai Jiangshan
2022-03-03  3:54 ` [PATCH V2 3/7] x86/entry: move PUSH_AND_CLEAR_REGS out of error_entry Lai Jiangshan
2022-03-03  8:54   ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2022-03-07 14:53     ` Lai Jiangshan
2022-03-03  3:54 ` [PATCH V2 4/7] x86/entry: Move cld to the start of idtentry Lai Jiangshan
2022-03-03  3:54 ` [PATCH V2 5/7] x86/entry: Don't call error_entry for XENPV Lai Jiangshan
2022-03-03  3:54 ` [PATCH V2 6/7] x86/entry: Use idtentry macro for entry_INT80_compat Lai Jiangshan
2022-03-03  3:54 ` [PATCH V2 7/7] x86/entry: Convert SWAPGS to swapgs and remove the definition of SWAPGS Lai Jiangshan

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