x86/asm/entry/32: Simplify pushes of zeroed pt_regs->REGs
authorDenys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Mon, 2 May 2016 14:56:50 +0000 (16:56 +0200)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Tue, 3 May 2016 06:19:40 +0000 (08:19 +0200)
Use of a temporary R8 register here seems to be unnecessary.

"push %r8" is a two-byte insn (it needs REX prefix to specify R8),
"push $0" is two-byte too. It seems just using the latter would be
no worse.

Thus, code had an unnecessary "xorq %r8,%r8" insn.
It probably costs nothing in execution time here since we are probably
limited by store bandwidth at this point, but still.

Run-tested under QEMU: 32-bit calls still work:

 / # ./test_syscall_vdso32
 [RUN] Executing 6-argument 32-bit syscall via VDSO
 [OK] Arguments are preserved across syscall
 [NOTE] R11 has changed:0000000000200ed7 - assuming clobbered by SYSRET insn
 [OK] R8..R15 did not leak kernel data
 [RUN] Executing 6-argument 32-bit syscall via INT 80
 [OK] Arguments are preserved across syscall
 [OK] R8..R15 did not leak kernel data
 [RUN] Running tests under ptrace
 [RUN] Executing 6-argument 32-bit syscall via VDSO
 [OK] Arguments are preserved across syscall
 [NOTE] R11 has changed:0000000000200ed7 - assuming clobbered by SYSRET insn
 [OK] R8..R15 did not leak kernel data
 [RUN] Executing 6-argument 32-bit syscall via INT 80
 [OK] Arguments are preserved across syscall
 [OK] R8..R15 did not leak kernel data

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Will Drewry <wad@chromium.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1462201010-16846-1-git-send-email-dvlasenk@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S

index 847f2f0c31e50d1029a2e39600ed86e772ef8847..e1721dafbcb13fab9230cc20d598b18ebef8306b 100644 (file)
@@ -72,24 +72,23 @@ ENTRY(entry_SYSENTER_compat)
        pushfq                          /* pt_regs->flags (except IF = 0) */
        orl     $X86_EFLAGS_IF, (%rsp)  /* Fix saved flags */
        pushq   $__USER32_CS            /* pt_regs->cs */
-       xorq    %r8,%r8
-       pushq   %r8                     /* pt_regs->ip = 0 (placeholder) */
+       pushq   $0                      /* pt_regs->ip = 0 (placeholder) */
        pushq   %rax                    /* pt_regs->orig_ax */
        pushq   %rdi                    /* pt_regs->di */
        pushq   %rsi                    /* pt_regs->si */
        pushq   %rdx                    /* pt_regs->dx */
        pushq   %rcx                    /* pt_regs->cx */
        pushq   $-ENOSYS                /* pt_regs->ax */
-       pushq   %r8                     /* pt_regs->r8  = 0 */
-       pushq   %r8                     /* pt_regs->r9  = 0 */
-       pushq   %r8                     /* pt_regs->r10 = 0 */
-       pushq   %r8                     /* pt_regs->r11 = 0 */
+       pushq   $0                      /* pt_regs->r8  = 0 */
+       pushq   $0                      /* pt_regs->r9  = 0 */
+       pushq   $0                      /* pt_regs->r10 = 0 */
+       pushq   $0                      /* pt_regs->r11 = 0 */
        pushq   %rbx                    /* pt_regs->rbx */
        pushq   %rbp                    /* pt_regs->rbp (will be overwritten) */
-       pushq   %r8                     /* pt_regs->r12 = 0 */
-       pushq   %r8                     /* pt_regs->r13 = 0 */
-       pushq   %r8                     /* pt_regs->r14 = 0 */
-       pushq   %r8                     /* pt_regs->r15 = 0 */
+       pushq   $0                      /* pt_regs->r12 = 0 */
+       pushq   $0                      /* pt_regs->r13 = 0 */
+       pushq   $0                      /* pt_regs->r14 = 0 */
+       pushq   $0                      /* pt_regs->r15 = 0 */
        cld
 
        /*
@@ -205,17 +204,16 @@ ENTRY(entry_SYSCALL_compat)
        pushq   %rdx                    /* pt_regs->dx */
        pushq   %rbp                    /* pt_regs->cx (stashed in bp) */
        pushq   $-ENOSYS                /* pt_regs->ax */
-       xorq    %r8,%r8
-       pushq   %r8                     /* pt_regs->r8  = 0 */
-       pushq   %r8                     /* pt_regs->r9  = 0 */
-       pushq   %r8                     /* pt_regs->r10 = 0 */
-       pushq   %r8                     /* pt_regs->r11 = 0 */
+       pushq   $0                      /* pt_regs->r8  = 0 */
+       pushq   $0                      /* pt_regs->r9  = 0 */
+       pushq   $0                      /* pt_regs->r10 = 0 */
+       pushq   $0                      /* pt_regs->r11 = 0 */
        pushq   %rbx                    /* pt_regs->rbx */
        pushq   %rbp                    /* pt_regs->rbp (will be overwritten) */
-       pushq   %r8                     /* pt_regs->r12 = 0 */
-       pushq   %r8                     /* pt_regs->r13 = 0 */
-       pushq   %r8                     /* pt_regs->r14 = 0 */
-       pushq   %r8                     /* pt_regs->r15 = 0 */
+       pushq   $0                      /* pt_regs->r12 = 0 */
+       pushq   $0                      /* pt_regs->r13 = 0 */
+       pushq   $0                      /* pt_regs->r14 = 0 */
+       pushq   $0                      /* pt_regs->r15 = 0 */
 
        /*
         * User mode is traced as though IRQs are on, and SYSENTER
@@ -316,11 +314,10 @@ ENTRY(entry_INT80_compat)
        pushq   %rdx                    /* pt_regs->dx */
        pushq   %rcx                    /* pt_regs->cx */
        pushq   $-ENOSYS                /* pt_regs->ax */
-       xorq    %r8,%r8
-       pushq   %r8                     /* pt_regs->r8  = 0 */
-       pushq   %r8                     /* pt_regs->r9  = 0 */
-       pushq   %r8                     /* pt_regs->r10 = 0 */
-       pushq   %r8                     /* pt_regs->r11 = 0 */
+       pushq   $0                      /* pt_regs->r8  = 0 */
+       pushq   $0                      /* pt_regs->r9  = 0 */
+       pushq   $0                      /* pt_regs->r10 = 0 */
+       pushq   $0                      /* pt_regs->r11 = 0 */
        pushq   %rbx                    /* pt_regs->rbx */
        pushq   %rbp                    /* pt_regs->rbp */
        pushq   %r12                    /* pt_regs->r12 */