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Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 14:11:12 -0700
From: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] x86/syscalls: Specific usage of verify_pre_usermode_state
On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 1:49 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
> On 03/22/17 13:41, Thomas Garnier wrote:
>>>> with the change below for additional feedback.
>>>
>>> Can you specify what that means?
>>
>> If I set inline by default, the compiler chose not to inline it on
>> x86. If I force inline the size impact was actually bigger (without
>> the architecture specific code).
>>
>
> That's utterly bizarre. Something strange is going on there. I suspect
> the right thing to do is to out-of-line the error case only, but even
> that seems strange. It should be something like four instructions inline.
>
The compiler seemed to often inline other functions called by the
syscall handlers. I assume the growth was due to changes in code
optimization because the function is much larger at the end.
>>>
>>> On x86, where there is only one caller of this, it really seems like it
>>> ought to reduce the overhead to almost zero (since it most likely is
>>> hidden in the pipeline.)
>>>
>>> I would like to suggest defining it inline if
>>> CONFIG_ARCH_NO_SYSCALL_VERIFY_PRE_USERMODE_STATE is set; I really don't
>>> care about an architecture which doesn't have it.
>>
>> But if there is only one caller, does the compiler is not suppose to
>> inline the function based on options?
>
> If it is marked static in the same file, yes, but you have it in a
> different file from what I can tell.
If we do global optimization, it should. Having it as a static inline
make it easier on all types of builds.
>
>> The assembly will call it too, so I would need an inline and a
>> non-inline based on the caller.
>
> Where? I don't see that anywhere, at least for x86.
After the latest changes on x86, yes. On arm/arm64, we call it with
the CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION config.
>
> -hpa
>
--
Thomas
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