[PATCH 0/3] x86/vdso: Minor improvements

[PATCH 0/3] x86/vdso: Minor improvements

[Andy Lutomirski]

Hi tglx,

This little series applies on top of your patches and, at least on
my laptop, gets back all the performance you lost and then some :)

--Andy

Andy Lutomirski (3):
  x86/vdso: Remove "memory" clobbers in the vDSO syscall fallbacks
  x86/vdso: Rearrange do_hres() to improve code generation
  x86/vdso: Document vgtod_ts better

 arch/x86/entry/vdso/vclock_gettime.c | 9 ++++-----
 arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h         | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

-- 
2.17.1

[PATCH 1/3] x86/vdso: Remove "memory" clobbers in the vDSO syscall fallbacks

[Andy Lutomirski]

When a vDSO clock function falls back to the syscall, no special
barriers or ordering is needed, and the syscall fallbacks don't
clobber any memory that is not explicitly listed in the asm
constraints.  Remove the "memory" clobber.

This causes minor changes to the generated code, but otherwise has
no obvious performance impact.  I think it's nice to have, though,
since it may help the optimizer in the future.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
---
 arch/x86/entry/vdso/vclock_gettime.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vclock_gettime.c b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vclock_gettime.c
index b7ccbff26a3f..18c8a78d1ec9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vclock_gettime.c
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vclock_gettime.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ notrace static long vdso_fallback_gettime(long clock, struct timespec *ts)
 	long ret;
 	asm ("syscall" : "=a" (ret), "=m" (*ts) :
 	     "0" (__NR_clock_gettime), "D" (clock), "S" (ts) :
-	     "memory", "rcx", "r11");
+	     "rcx", "r11");
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ notrace static long vdso_fallback_gettime(long clock, struct timespec *ts)
 		"mov %%edx, %%ebx \n"
 		: "=a" (ret), "=m" (*ts)
 		: "0" (__NR_clock_gettime), [clock] "g" (clock), "c" (ts)
-		: "memory", "edx");
+		: "edx");
 	return ret;
 }
 
-- 
2.17.1

[tip:x86/vdso] x86/vdso: Remove "memory" clobbers in the vDSO syscall fallbacks

[tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski]

Commit-ID:  89fe0a1f1c694a3b0b3cfa8c0952d603753f36df
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/89fe0a1f1c694a3b0b3cfa8c0952d603753f36df
Author:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
AuthorDate: Thu, 4 Oct 2018 14:44:43 -0700
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
CommitDate: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 10:12:18 +0200

x86/vdso: Remove "memory" clobbers in the vDSO syscall fallbacks

When a vDSO clock function falls back to the syscall, no special
barriers or ordering is needed, and the syscall fallbacks don't
clobber any memory that is not explicitly listed in the asm
constraints.  Remove the "memory" clobber.

This causes minor changes to the generated code, but otherwise has
no obvious performance impact.  I think it's nice to have, though,
since it may help the optimizer in the future.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/3a7438f5fb2422ed881683d2ccffd7f987b2dc44.1538689401.git.luto@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
---
 arch/x86/entry/vdso/vclock_gettime.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vclock_gettime.c b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vclock_gettime.c
index b7ccbff26a3f..18c8a78d1ec9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vclock_gettime.c
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vclock_gettime.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ notrace static long vdso_fallback_gettime(long clock, struct timespec *ts)
 	long ret;
 	asm ("syscall" : "=a" (ret), "=m" (*ts) :
 	     "0" (__NR_clock_gettime), "D" (clock), "S" (ts) :
-	     "memory", "rcx", "r11");
+	     "rcx", "r11");
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ notrace static long vdso_fallback_gettime(long clock, struct timespec *ts)
 		"mov %%edx, %%ebx \n"
 		: "=a" (ret), "=m" (*ts)
 		: "0" (__NR_clock_gettime), [clock] "g" (clock), "c" (ts)
-		: "memory", "edx");
+		: "edx");
 	return ret;
 }
 

[PATCH 2/3] x86/vdso: Rearrange do_hres() to improve code generation

[Andy Lutomirski]

vgetcyc() is full of barriers, so fetching values out of the vvar
page before vgetcyc() for use after vgetcyc() results in poor code
generation.  Put vgetcyc() first to avoid this problem.

Also, pull the tv_sec division into the loop and put all the ts
writes together.  The old code wrote ts->tv_sec on each iteration
before the syscall fallback check and then added in the offset
afterwards, which forced the compiler to pointlessly copy base->sec
to ts->tv_sec on each iteration.  The new version seems to generate
sensible code.

Saves several cycles.  With this patch applied, the result is faster
than before the clock_gettime() rewrite.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
---
 arch/x86/entry/vdso/vclock_gettime.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vclock_gettime.c b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vclock_gettime.c
index 18c8a78d1ec9..419de7552c2f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vclock_gettime.c
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vclock_gettime.c
@@ -147,10 +147,9 @@ notrace static int do_hres(clockid_t clk, struct timespec *ts)
 
 	do {
 		seq = gtod_read_begin(gtod);
-		ts->tv_sec = base->sec;
+		cycles = vgetcyc(gtod->vclock_mode);
 		ns = base->nsec;
 		last = gtod->cycle_last;
-		cycles = vgetcyc(gtod->vclock_mode);
 		if (unlikely((s64)cycles < 0))
 			return vdso_fallback_gettime(clk, ts);
 		if (cycles > last)
@@ -158,7 +157,7 @@ notrace static int do_hres(clockid_t clk, struct timespec *ts)
 		ns >>= gtod->shift;
 	} while (unlikely(gtod_read_retry(gtod, seq)));
 
-	ts->tv_sec += __iter_div_u64_rem(ns, NSEC_PER_SEC, &ns);
+	ts->tv_sec = base->sec + __iter_div_u64_rem(ns, NSEC_PER_SEC, &ns);
 	ts->tv_nsec = ns;
 
 	return 0;
-- 
2.17.1

Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86/vdso: Rearrange do_hres() to improve code generation

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Thu, 4 Oct 2018, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> index 18c8a78d1ec9..419de7552c2f 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vclock_gettime.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vclock_gettime.c
> @@ -147,10 +147,9 @@ notrace static int do_hres(clockid_t clk, struct timespec *ts)
>  
>  	do {
>  		seq = gtod_read_begin(gtod);
> -		ts->tv_sec = base->sec;
> +		cycles = vgetcyc(gtod->vclock_mode);
>  		ns = base->nsec;
>  		last = gtod->cycle_last;
> -		cycles = vgetcyc(gtod->vclock_mode);
>  		if (unlikely((s64)cycles < 0))
>  			return vdso_fallback_gettime(clk, ts);
>  		if (cycles > last)
> @@ -158,7 +157,7 @@ notrace static int do_hres(clockid_t clk, struct timespec *ts)
>  		ns >>= gtod->shift;
>  	} while (unlikely(gtod_read_retry(gtod, seq)));
>  
> -	ts->tv_sec += __iter_div_u64_rem(ns, NSEC_PER_SEC, &ns);
> +	ts->tv_sec = base->sec + __iter_div_u64_rem(ns, NSEC_PER_SEC, &ns);

You cannot access base->sec outside of the seqcount protected region. It
might have been incremented by now and you'll get a time jump by a full
second.

Thanks,

	tglx

Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86/vdso: Rearrange do_hres() to improve code generation

[Andy Lutomirski]

> On Oct 4, 2018, at 11:00 PM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 4 Oct 2018, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
>> index 18c8a78d1ec9..419de7552c2f 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vclock_gettime.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vclock_gettime.c
>> @@ -147,10 +147,9 @@ notrace static int do_hres(clockid_t clk, struct timespec *ts)
>> 
>>    do {
>>        seq = gtod_read_begin(gtod);
>> -        ts->tv_sec = base->sec;
>> +        cycles = vgetcyc(gtod->vclock_mode);
>>        ns = base->nsec;
>>        last = gtod->cycle_last;
>> -        cycles = vgetcyc(gtod->vclock_mode);
>>        if (unlikely((s64)cycles < 0))
>>            return vdso_fallback_gettime(clk, ts);
>>        if (cycles > last)
>> @@ -158,7 +157,7 @@ notrace static int do_hres(clockid_t clk, struct timespec *ts)
>>        ns >>= gtod->shift;
>>    } while (unlikely(gtod_read_retry(gtod, seq)));
>> 
>> -    ts->tv_sec += __iter_div_u64_rem(ns, NSEC_PER_SEC, &ns);
>> +    ts->tv_sec = base->sec + __iter_div_u64_rem(ns, NSEC_PER_SEC, &ns);
> 
> You cannot access base->sec outside of the seqcount protected region. It
> might have been incremented by now and you'll get a time jump by a full
> second.

Duh. Let me try this again.

> 
> Thanks,
> 
>    tglx
> 
> 

[PATCH 3/3] x86/vdso: Document vgtod_ts better

[Andy Lutomirski]

After reading do_hres() and do_course() and scratching my head a
bit, I figured out why the arithmetic is strange.  Document it.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h
index d17b092b9f1b..69d05c6d47f5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ typedef u64 gtod_long_t;
 typedef unsigned long gtod_long_t;
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * There is one of these objects in the vvar page for each
+ * vDSO-accelerated clockid.  For high-resolution clocks, this encodes
+ * the time corresponding to vsyscall_gtod_data.cycle_last.  For coarse
+ * clocks, this encodes the actual time.
+ *
+ * To confuse the reader, for high-resolution clocks, nsec is left-shifted
+ * by vsyscall_gtod_data.shift.
+ */
 struct vgtod_ts {
 	u64		sec;
 	u64		nsec;
-- 
2.17.1

[tip:x86/vdso] x86/vdso: Document vgtod_ts better

[tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski]

Commit-ID:  bcc4a62a73cb65327d7268fbfa3a786d603f52dc
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/bcc4a62a73cb65327d7268fbfa3a786d603f52dc
Author:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
AuthorDate: Thu, 4 Oct 2018 14:44:45 -0700
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
CommitDate: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 10:12:18 +0200

x86/vdso: Document vgtod_ts better

After reading do_hres() and do_course() and scratching my head a
bit, I figured out why the arithmetic is strange.  Document it.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/f66f53d81150bbad47d7b282c9207a71a3ce1c16.1538689401.git.luto@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h
index d17b092b9f1b..69d05c6d47f5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ typedef u64 gtod_long_t;
 typedef unsigned long gtod_long_t;
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * There is one of these objects in the vvar page for each
+ * vDSO-accelerated clockid.  For high-resolution clocks, this encodes
+ * the time corresponding to vsyscall_gtod_data.cycle_last.  For coarse
+ * clocks, this encodes the actual time.
+ *
+ * To confuse the reader, for high-resolution clocks, nsec is left-shifted
+ * by vsyscall_gtod_data.shift.
+ */
 struct vgtod_ts {
 	u64		sec;
 	u64		nsec;