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x86/asm/64: Micro-optimize __clear_user() - Use immediate constants
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Save two registers. Adding constants should be just as fast as adding registers.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180507213937.GB32406@avx2
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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Alexey Dobriyan authored and Ingo Molnar committed May 14, 2018
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9 changes: 4 additions & 5 deletions arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c
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Expand Up @@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ unsigned long __clear_user(void __user *addr, unsigned long size)
asm volatile(
" testq %[size8],%[size8]\n"
" jz 4f\n"
"0: movq %[zero],(%[dst])\n"
" addq %[eight],%[dst]\n"
"0: movq $0,(%[dst])\n"
" addq $8,%[dst]\n"
" decl %%ecx ; jnz 0b\n"
"4: movq %[size1],%%rcx\n"
" testl %%ecx,%%ecx\n"
" jz 2f\n"
"1: movb %b[zero],(%[dst])\n"
"1: movb $0,(%[dst])\n"
" incq %[dst]\n"
" decl %%ecx ; jnz 1b\n"
"2:\n"
Expand All @@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ unsigned long __clear_user(void __user *addr, unsigned long size)
_ASM_EXTABLE(0b,3b)
_ASM_EXTABLE(1b,2b)
: [size8] "=&c"(size), [dst] "=&D" (__d0)
: [size1] "r"(size & 7), "[size8]" (size / 8), "[dst]"(addr),
[zero] "r" (0UL), [eight] "r" (8UL));
: [size1] "r"(size & 7), "[size8]" (size / 8), "[dst]"(addr));
clac();
return size;
}
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