x86/entry/64: Introduce the PUSH_AND_CLEAN_REGS macro
Those instances where ALLOC_PT_GPREGS_ON_STACK is called just before SAVE_AND_CLEAR_REGS can trivially be replaced by PUSH_AND_CLEAN_REGS. This macro uses PUSH instead of MOV and should therefore be faster, at least on newer CPUs. Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: dan.j.williams@intel.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180211104949.12992-5-linux@dominikbrodowski.netSigned-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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