On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 11:01:19AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 9:53 AM, Andrey Ryabinin
> <aryabi...@virtuozzo.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'm not so sure that this is disabled optimization. I assume that global 
> > rsp makes
> > changes something in gcc's register allocation logic, or something like 
> > that leading
> > to subtle changes in generated code.
> >
> > But what I recently find out, is that this "regression" sometimes is 
> > actually improvement in .text size.
> > It all depends on .config, e.g:
> 
> Oh, that would be lovely and solve all the issues.
> 
> And looking at the code generation differences for one file
> (kernel/futex.c) and one single config (my default config), the thing
> that the global stack register seems to change is that it moves some
> code - particularly completely unrelated inline asm code - inside the
> region protected by frame pointers.
> 
> There are a few register allocation changes too, but they didn't seem
> to make code worse, and I think they were just "incidental" from code
> movement. And most code movement really seemed to be around inline
> asms, I  wonder if the gcc logic simply is something like "if the
> stack pointer is visible as a register, don't move any inline asm
> across a frame setup".
> 
> In fact, on that one file and one configuration, the resulting
> assembler file had three fewer lines of code with that global stack
> register declaration than with the local one.
> 
> So at least from just that one case, I can back up Andrey's
> observation: it's not that the code gets worse, it just is slightly
> different. Sometimes it's better.
> 
> So maybe that simple patch to just make the stack pointer be a global
> register declaration really is the fix for this issue.
> 
> It's not *pretty*, and I'd much rather just see some explicit way for
> us to say "this asm wants the frame to be set up", but of the
> alternatives we've seen, maybe it's the right thing to do?

Ok, here's the (compile tested) patch in case anybody wants to try it
out.


diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h 
b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
index 1b020381ab38..c096624137ae 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
@@ -218,10 +218,9 @@ static inline int alternatives_text_reserved(void *start, 
void *end)
 #define alternative_call_2(oldfunc, newfunc1, feature1, newfunc2, feature2,   \
                           output, input...)                                  \
 {                                                                            \
-       register void *__sp asm(_ASM_SP);                                     \
        asm volatile (ALTERNATIVE_2("call %P[old]", "call %P[new1]", feature1,\
                "call %P[new2]", feature2)                                    \
-               : output, "+r" (__sp)                                         \
+               : output, ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT                                 \
                : [old] "i" (oldfunc), [new1] "i" (newfunc1),                 \
                  [new2] "i" (newfunc2), ## input);                           \
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/asm.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/asm.h
index 676ee5807d86..3914cdf0e488 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/asm.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/asm.h
@@ -132,4 +132,9 @@
 /* For C file, we already have NOKPROBE_SYMBOL macro */
 #endif
 
+#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+register void *__asm_call_sp asm(_ASM_SP);
+#define ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT "+r" (__asm_call_sp)
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_ASM_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/mshyperv.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/mshyperv.h
index 63cc96f064dc..647e2f1d4cb6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/mshyperv.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/mshyperv.h
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ static inline u64 hv_do_hypercall(u64 control, void *input, 
void *output)
        u64 input_address = input ? virt_to_phys(input) : 0;
        u64 output_address = output ? virt_to_phys(output) : 0;
        u64 hv_status;
-       register void *__sp asm(_ASM_SP);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
        if (!hv_hypercall_pg)
@@ -187,7 +186,7 @@ static inline u64 hv_do_hypercall(u64 control, void *input, 
void *output)
 
        __asm__ __volatile__("mov %4, %%r8\n"
                             "call *%5"
-                            : "=a" (hv_status), "+r" (__sp),
+                            : "=a" (hv_status), ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT,
                               "+c" (control), "+d" (input_address)
                             :  "r" (output_address), "m" (hv_hypercall_pg)
                             : "cc", "memory", "r8", "r9", "r10", "r11");
@@ -202,7 +201,7 @@ static inline u64 hv_do_hypercall(u64 control, void *input, 
void *output)
 
        __asm__ __volatile__("call *%7"
                             : "=A" (hv_status),
-                              "+c" (input_address_lo), "+r" (__sp)
+                              "+c" (input_address_lo), ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT,
                             : "A" (control),
                               "b" (input_address_hi),
                               "D"(output_address_hi), "S"(output_address_lo),
@@ -224,12 +223,11 @@ static inline u64 hv_do_hypercall(u64 control, void 
*input, void *output)
 static inline u64 hv_do_fast_hypercall8(u16 code, u64 input1)
 {
        u64 hv_status, control = (u64)code | HV_HYPERCALL_FAST_BIT;
-       register void *__sp asm(_ASM_SP);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
        {
                __asm__ __volatile__("call *%4"
-                                    : "=a" (hv_status), "+r" (__sp),
+                                    : "=a" (hv_status), ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT,
                                       "+c" (control), "+d" (input1)
                                     : "m" (hv_hypercall_pg)
                                     : "cc", "r8", "r9", "r10", "r11");
@@ -242,7 +240,7 @@ static inline u64 hv_do_fast_hypercall8(u16 code, u64 
input1)
                __asm__ __volatile__ ("call *%5"
                                      : "=A"(hv_status),
                                        "+c"(input1_lo),
-                                       "+r"(__sp)
+                                       ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT
                                      : "A" (control),
                                        "b" (input1_hi),
                                        "m" (hv_hypercall_pg)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h 
b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h
index 42873edd9f9d..280d94c36dad 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h
@@ -459,8 +459,8 @@ int paravirt_disable_iospace(void);
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 #define PVOP_VCALL_ARGS                                                        
\
-       unsigned long __eax = __eax, __edx = __edx, __ecx = __ecx;      \
-       register void *__sp asm("esp")
+       unsigned long __eax = __eax, __edx = __edx, __ecx = __ecx;
+
 #define PVOP_CALL_ARGS                 PVOP_VCALL_ARGS
 
 #define PVOP_CALL_ARG1(x)              "a" ((unsigned long)(x))
@@ -480,8 +480,8 @@ int paravirt_disable_iospace(void);
 /* [re]ax isn't an arg, but the return val */
 #define PVOP_VCALL_ARGS                                                \
        unsigned long __edi = __edi, __esi = __esi,             \
-               __edx = __edx, __ecx = __ecx, __eax = __eax;    \
-       register void *__sp asm("rsp")
+               __edx = __edx, __ecx = __ecx, __eax = __eax;
+
 #define PVOP_CALL_ARGS         PVOP_VCALL_ARGS
 
 #define PVOP_CALL_ARG1(x)              "D" ((unsigned long)(x))
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ int paravirt_disable_iospace(void);
                        asm volatile(pre                                \
                                     paravirt_alt(PARAVIRT_CALL)        \
                                     post                               \
-                                    : call_clbr, "+r" (__sp)           \
+                                    : call_clbr, ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT   \
                                     : paravirt_type(op),               \
                                       paravirt_clobber(clbr),          \
                                       ##__VA_ARGS__                    \
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ int paravirt_disable_iospace(void);
                        asm volatile(pre                                \
                                     paravirt_alt(PARAVIRT_CALL)        \
                                     post                               \
-                                    : call_clbr, "+r" (__sp)           \
+                                    : call_clbr, ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT   \
                                     : paravirt_type(op),               \
                                       paravirt_clobber(clbr),          \
                                       ##__VA_ARGS__                    \
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ int paravirt_disable_iospace(void);
                asm volatile(pre                                        \
                             paravirt_alt(PARAVIRT_CALL)                \
                             post                                       \
-                            : call_clbr, "+r" (__sp)                   \
+                            : call_clbr, ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT           \
                             : paravirt_type(op),                       \
                               paravirt_clobber(clbr),                  \
                               ##__VA_ARGS__                            \
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h
index ec1f3c651150..0bfe1c272db7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h
@@ -100,19 +100,14 @@ static __always_inline bool should_resched(int 
preempt_offset)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT
   extern asmlinkage void ___preempt_schedule(void);
-# define __preempt_schedule()                                  \
-({                                                             \
-       register void *__sp asm(_ASM_SP);                       \
-       asm volatile ("call ___preempt_schedule" : "+r"(__sp)); \
-})
+# define __preempt_schedule() \
+       asm volatile ("call ___preempt_schedule" : ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT);
 
   extern asmlinkage void preempt_schedule(void);
   extern asmlinkage void ___preempt_schedule_notrace(void);
-# define __preempt_schedule_notrace()                                  \
-({                                                                     \
-       register void *__sp asm(_ASM_SP);                               \
-       asm volatile ("call ___preempt_schedule_notrace" : "+r"(__sp)); \
-})
+# define __preempt_schedule_notrace() \
+       asm volatile ("call ___preempt_schedule_notrace" : ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT);
+
   extern asmlinkage void preempt_schedule_notrace(void);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index 3fa26a61eabc..b390ff76e58f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -677,8 +677,6 @@ static inline void sync_core(void)
         * Like all of Linux's memory ordering operations, this is a
         * compiler barrier as well.
         */
-       register void *__sp asm(_ASM_SP);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
        asm volatile (
                "pushfl\n\t"
@@ -686,7 +684,7 @@ static inline void sync_core(void)
                "pushl $1f\n\t"
                "iret\n\t"
                "1:"
-               : "+r" (__sp) : : "memory");
+               : ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT : : "memory");
 #else
        unsigned int tmp;
 
@@ -703,7 +701,7 @@ static inline void sync_core(void)
                "iretq\n\t"
                UNWIND_HINT_RESTORE
                "1:"
-               : "=&r" (tmp), "+r" (__sp) : : "cc", "memory");
+               : "=&r" (tmp), ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT : : "cc", "memory");
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/rwsem.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/rwsem.h
index a34e0d4b957d..7116b7931c7b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/rwsem.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/rwsem.h
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ static inline bool __down_read_trylock(struct rw_semaphore 
*sem)
 ({                                                     \
        long tmp;                                       \
        struct rw_semaphore* ret;                       \
-       register void *__sp asm(_ASM_SP);               \
                                                        \
        asm volatile("# beginning down_write\n\t"       \
                     LOCK_PREFIX "  xadd      %1,(%4)\n\t"      \
@@ -114,7 +113,8 @@ static inline bool __down_read_trylock(struct rw_semaphore 
*sem)
                     "  call " slow_path "\n"           \
                     "1:\n"                             \
                     "# ending down_write"              \
-                    : "+m" (sem->count), "=d" (tmp), "=a" (ret), "+r" (__sp) \
+                    : "+m" (sem->count), "=d" (tmp),   \
+                      "=a" (ret), ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT  \
                     : "a" (sem), "1" (RWSEM_ACTIVE_WRITE_BIAS) \
                     : "memory", "cc");                 \
        ret;                                            \
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
index 184eb9894dae..78e8fcc87d4c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -166,11 +166,11 @@ __typeof__(__builtin_choose_expr(sizeof(x) > sizeof(0UL), 
0ULL, 0UL))
 ({                                                                     \
        int __ret_gu;                                                   \
        register __inttype(*(ptr)) __val_gu asm("%"_ASM_DX);            \
-       register void *__sp asm(_ASM_SP);                               \
        __chk_user_ptr(ptr);                                            \
        might_fault();                                                  \
        asm volatile("call __get_user_%P4"                              \
-                    : "=a" (__ret_gu), "=r" (__val_gu), "+r" (__sp)    \
+                    : "=a" (__ret_gu), "=r" (__val_gu),                \
+                       ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT                             \
                     : "0" (ptr), "i" (sizeof(*(ptr))));                \
        (x) = (__force __typeof__(*(ptr))) __val_gu;                    \
        __builtin_expect(__ret_gu, 0);                                  \
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypercall.h 
b/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypercall.h
index 9606688caa4b..128a1a0b1450 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypercall.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypercall.h
@@ -113,10 +113,9 @@ extern struct { char _entry[32]; } hypercall_page[];
        register unsigned long __arg2 asm(__HYPERCALL_ARG2REG) = __arg2; \
        register unsigned long __arg3 asm(__HYPERCALL_ARG3REG) = __arg3; \
        register unsigned long __arg4 asm(__HYPERCALL_ARG4REG) = __arg4; \
-       register unsigned long __arg5 asm(__HYPERCALL_ARG5REG) = __arg5; \
-       register void *__sp asm(_ASM_SP);
+       register unsigned long __arg5 asm(__HYPERCALL_ARG5REG) = __arg5;
 
-#define __HYPERCALL_0PARAM     "=r" (__res), "+r" (__sp)
+#define __HYPERCALL_0PARAM     "=r" (__res), ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT
 #define __HYPERCALL_1PARAM     __HYPERCALL_0PARAM, "+r" (__arg1)
 #define __HYPERCALL_2PARAM     __HYPERCALL_1PARAM, "+r" (__arg2)
 #define __HYPERCALL_3PARAM     __HYPERCALL_2PARAM, "+r" (__arg3)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
index 16bf6655aa85..f23f13403f33 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -5296,7 +5296,6 @@ static void fetch_possible_mmx_operand(struct 
x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
 
 static int fastop(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt, void (*fop)(struct fastop *))
 {
-       register void *__sp asm(_ASM_SP);
        ulong flags = (ctxt->eflags & EFLAGS_MASK) | X86_EFLAGS_IF;
 
        if (!(ctxt->d & ByteOp))
@@ -5304,7 +5303,7 @@ static int fastop(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt, void 
(*fop)(struct fastop *))
 
        asm("push %[flags]; popf; call *%[fastop]; pushf; pop %[flags]\n"
            : "+a"(ctxt->dst.val), "+d"(ctxt->src.val), [flags]"+D"(flags),
-             [fastop]"+S"(fop), "+r"(__sp)
+             [fastop]"+S"(fop), ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT
            : "c"(ctxt->src2.val));
 
        ctxt->eflags = (ctxt->eflags & ~EFLAGS_MASK) | (flags & EFLAGS_MASK);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 699704d4bc9e..efedabe435c9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -9036,7 +9036,6 @@ static void vmx_complete_atomic_exit(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
 static void vmx_handle_external_intr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
        u32 exit_intr_info = vmcs_read32(VM_EXIT_INTR_INFO);
-       register void *__sp asm(_ASM_SP);
 
        if ((exit_intr_info & (INTR_INFO_VALID_MASK | INTR_INFO_INTR_TYPE_MASK))
                        == (INTR_INFO_VALID_MASK | INTR_TYPE_EXT_INTR)) {
@@ -9065,7 +9064,7 @@ static void vmx_handle_external_intr(struct kvm_vcpu 
*vcpu)
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
                        [sp]"=&r"(tmp),
 #endif
-                       "+r"(__sp)
+                       ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT
                        :
                        [entry]"r"(entry),
                        [ss]"i"(__KERNEL_DS),
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
index b836a7274e12..39567b5c33da 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
@@ -806,7 +806,6 @@ no_context(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code,
        if (is_vmalloc_addr((void *)address) &&
            (((unsigned long)tsk->stack - 1 - address < PAGE_SIZE) ||
             address - ((unsigned long)tsk->stack + THREAD_SIZE) < PAGE_SIZE)) {
-               register void *__sp asm("rsp");
                unsigned long stack = 
this_cpu_read(orig_ist.ist[DOUBLEFAULT_STACK]) - sizeof(void *);
                /*
                 * We're likely to be running with very little stack space
@@ -821,7 +820,7 @@ no_context(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code,
                asm volatile ("movq %[stack], %%rsp\n\t"
                              "call handle_stack_overflow\n\t"
                              "1: jmp 1b"
-                             : "+r" (__sp)
+                             : ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT
                              : "D" ("kernel stack overflow (page fault)"),
                                "S" (regs), "d" (address),
                                [stack] "rm" (stack));

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