x86/entry/64: Remove the SYSCALL64 fast path
authorAndy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Sun, 28 Jan 2018 18:38:49 +0000 (10:38 -0800)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Tue, 13 Feb 2018 11:35:59 +0000 (12:35 +0100)
commitd7f8d17406d62f0c8b20a9100d34d0e203557fe1
tree2777d3775216b1550e8bf8a4e5a4a77d25586ac1
parent9eedeb72c4127726b2f3d62b4c7a163f67d721ab
x86/entry/64: Remove the SYSCALL64 fast path

(cherry picked from commit 21d375b6b34ff511a507de27bf316b3dde6938d9)

The SYCALLL64 fast path was a nice, if small, optimization back in the good
old days when syscalls were actually reasonably fast.  Now there is PTI to
slow everything down, and indirect branches are verboten, making everything
messier.  The retpoline code in the fast path is particularly nasty.

Just get rid of the fast path. The slow path is barely slower.

[ tglx: Split out the 'push all extra regs' part ]

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/462dff8d4d64dfbfc851fbf3130641809d980ecd.1517164461.git.luto@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c