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    x86/asm/entry/32: Simplify pushes of zeroed pt_regs->REGs · 778843f9
    Denys Vlasenko authored
    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: default avatarDenys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarAndy 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.comSigned-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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