RDPID is a new instruction that reads MSR_TSC_AUX quickly. This should be considerably faster than reading the GDT. Add a cpufeature for it and use it from __vdso_getcpu when available.
Tested-by: Megha Dey <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]> --- arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h | 1 + arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h | 7 ++++++- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h index a39629206864..3068edf43abe 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h @@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ /* Intel-defined CPU features, CPUID level 0x00000007:0 (ecx), word 16 */ #define X86_FEATURE_PKU (16*32+ 3) /* Protection Keys for Userspace */ #define X86_FEATURE_OSPKE (16*32+ 4) /* OS Protection Keys Enable */ +#define X86_FEATURE_RDPID (16*32+ 22) /* RDPID instruction */ /* AMD-defined CPU features, CPUID level 0x80000007 (ebx), word 17 */ #define X86_FEATURE_OVERFLOW_RECOV (17*32+0) /* MCA overflow recovery support */ diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h index e728699db774..3a01996db58f 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h @@ -89,8 +89,13 @@ static inline unsigned int __getcpu(void) * works on all CPUs. This is volatile so that it orders * correctly wrt barrier() and to keep gcc from cleverly * hoisting it out of the calling function. + * + * If RDPID is available, use it. */ - asm volatile ("lsl %1,%0" : "=r" (p) : "r" (__PER_CPU_SEG)); + alternative_io ("lsl %[p],%[seg]", + ".byte 0xf3,0x0f,0xc7,0xf8", /* RDPID %eax/rax */ + X86_FEATURE_RDPID, + [p] "=a" (p), [seg] "r" (__PER_CPU_SEG)); return p; } -- 2.7.4
