On 04/23/2015 03:29 PM, Andy Lutomirski wrote: >> >> Yes, the NULL SS is a special thing in 64-bit mode. I agree that >> context-switching it is probably the way to go; it should be cheap >> enough. We might even be able to conditionalize it on an X86_BUG_ flag. > > I still don't see why context switches are a better place than just > before sysret, but I could be convinced. >
Because there are way more sysrets than context switches, and Linux is particularly sensitive to system call latency, by design. -hpa -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/