From: tip-bot for Jan Beulich on
Commit-ID: 5967ed87ade85a421ef814296c3c7f182b08c225
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/5967ed87ade85a421ef814296c3c7f182b08c225
Author: Jan Beulich <JBeulich(a)novell.com>
AuthorDate: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:08:14 +0100
Committer: H. Peter Anvin <hpa(a)zytor.com>
CommitDate: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:15:47 -0700

x86-64: Reduce SMP locks table size

Reduce the SMP locks table size by using relative pointers instead of
absolute ones, thus cutting the table size by half.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich(a)novell.com>
LKML-Reference: <4BCF30FE020000780003B3B6(a)vpn.id2.novell.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa(a)zytor.com>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/alternative-asm.h | 4 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h | 4 +-
arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 45 +++++++++++++++++--------------
3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative-asm.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative-asm.h
index b97f786..a63a68b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative-asm.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative-asm.h
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
.macro LOCK_PREFIX
1: lock
.section .smp_locks,"a"
- _ASM_ALIGN
- _ASM_PTR 1b
+ .balign 4
+ .long 1b - .
.previous
.endm
#else
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
index b09ec55..714bf24 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
#define LOCK_PREFIX \
".section .smp_locks,\"a\"\n" \
- _ASM_ALIGN "\n" \
- _ASM_PTR "661f\n" /* address */ \
+ ".balign 4\n" \
+ ".long 661f - .\n" /* offset */ \
".previous\n" \
"661:\n\tlock; "

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index 1a160d5..9367384 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ static void __init_or_module add_nops(void *insns, unsigned int len)
}

extern struct alt_instr __alt_instructions[], __alt_instructions_end[];
-extern u8 *__smp_locks[], *__smp_locks_end[];
+extern s32 __smp_locks[], __smp_locks_end[];
static void *text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len);

/* Replace instructions with better alternatives for this CPU type.
@@ -235,37 +235,39 @@ void __init_or_module apply_alternatives(struct alt_instr *start,

#ifdef CONFIG_SMP

-static void alternatives_smp_lock(u8 **start, u8 **end, u8 *text, u8 *text_end)
+static void alternatives_smp_lock(const s32 *start, const s32 *end,
+ u8 *text, u8 *text_end)
{
- u8 **ptr;
+ const s32 *poff;

mutex_lock(&text_mutex);
- for (ptr = start; ptr < end; ptr++) {
- if (*ptr < text)
- continue;
- if (*ptr > text_end)
+ for (poff = start; poff < end; poff++) {
+ u8 *ptr = (u8 *)poff + *poff;
+
+ if (!*poff || ptr < text || ptr >= text_end)
continue;
/* turn DS segment override prefix into lock prefix */
- text_poke(*ptr, ((unsigned char []){0xf0}), 1);
+ text_poke(ptr, ((unsigned char []){0xf0}), 1);
};
mutex_unlock(&text_mutex);
}

-static void alternatives_smp_unlock(u8 **start, u8 **end, u8 *text, u8 *text_end)
+static void alternatives_smp_unlock(const s32 *start, const s32 *end,
+ u8 *text, u8 *text_end)
{
- u8 **ptr;
+ const s32 *poff;

if (noreplace_smp)
return;

mutex_lock(&text_mutex);
- for (ptr = start; ptr < end; ptr++) {
- if (*ptr < text)
- continue;
- if (*ptr > text_end)
+ for (poff = start; poff < end; poff++) {
+ u8 *ptr = (u8 *)poff + *poff;
+
+ if (!*poff || ptr < text || ptr >= text_end)
continue;
/* turn lock prefix into DS segment override prefix */
- text_poke(*ptr, ((unsigned char []){0x3E}), 1);
+ text_poke(ptr, ((unsigned char []){0x3E}), 1);
};
mutex_unlock(&text_mutex);
}
@@ -276,8 +278,8 @@ struct smp_alt_module {
char *name;

/* ptrs to lock prefixes */
- u8 **locks;
- u8 **locks_end;
+ const s32 *locks;
+ const s32 *locks_end;

/* .text segment, needed to avoid patching init code ;) */
u8 *text;
@@ -398,16 +400,19 @@ void alternatives_smp_switch(int smp)
int alternatives_text_reserved(void *start, void *end)
{
struct smp_alt_module *mod;
- u8 **ptr;
+ const s32 *poff;
u8 *text_start = start;
u8 *text_end = end;

list_for_each_entry(mod, &smp_alt_modules, next) {
if (mod->text > text_end || mod->text_end < text_start)
continue;
- for (ptr = mod->locks; ptr < mod->locks_end; ptr++)
- if (text_start <= *ptr && text_end >= *ptr)
+ for (poff = mod->locks; poff < mod->locks_end; poff++) {
+ const u8 *ptr = (const u8 *)poff + *poff;
+
+ if (text_start <= ptr && text_end > ptr)
return 1;
+ }
}

return 0;
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