linux/arch/x86/include
Kyle Huey b9894a2f5b x86/process: Correct and optimize TIF_BLOCKSTEP switch
The debug control MSR is "highly magical" as the blockstep bit can be
cleared by hardware under not well documented circumstances.

So a task switch relying on the bit set by the previous task (according to
the previous tasks thread flags) can trip over this and not update the flag
for the next task.

To fix this its required to handle DEBUGCTLMSR_BTF when either the previous
or the next or both tasks have the TIF_BLOCKSTEP flag set.

While at it avoid branching within the TIF_BLOCKSTEP case and evaluating
boot_cpu_data twice in kernels without CONFIG_X86_DEBUGCTLMSR.

x86_64: arch/x86/kernel/process.o
text	data	bss	dec	 hex
3024    8577    16      11617    2d61	Before
3008	8577	16	11601	 2d51	After

i386: No change

[ tglx: Made the shift value explicit, use a local variable to make the
code readable and massaged changelog]

Originally-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Kyle Huey <khuey@kylehuey.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170214081104.9244-3-khuey@kylehuey.com
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2017-03-11 12:45:18 +01:00
..
asm x86/process: Correct and optimize TIF_BLOCKSTEP switch 2017-03-11 12:45:18 +01:00
uapi/asm x86/boot: Correct setup_header.start_sys name 2017-03-01 11:27:26 +01:00