kernel_optimize_test/include/asm-i386/ptrace.h
Jeremy Fitzhardinge 464d1a78fb [PATCH] i386: Convert i386 PDA code to use %fs
Convert the PDA code to use %fs rather than %gs as the segment for
per-processor data.  This is because some processors show a small but
measurable performance gain for reloading a NULL segment selector (as %fs
generally is in user-space) versus a non-NULL one (as %gs generally is).

On modern processors the difference is very small, perhaps undetectable.
Some old AMD "K6 3D+" processors are noticably slower when %fs is used
rather than %gs; I have no idea why this might be, but I think they're
sufficiently rare that it doesn't matter much.

This patch also fixes the math emulator, which had not been adjusted to
match the changed struct pt_regs.

[frederik.deweerdt@gmail.com: fixit with gdb]
[mingo@elte.hu: Fix KVM too]

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Cc: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@XenSource.com>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Acked-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>
Signed-off-by: Frederik Deweerdt <frederik.deweerdt@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
2007-02-13 13:26:20 +01:00

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#ifndef _I386_PTRACE_H
#define _I386_PTRACE_H
#include <asm/ptrace-abi.h>
/* this struct defines the way the registers are stored on the
stack during a system call. */
struct pt_regs {
long ebx;
long ecx;
long edx;
long esi;
long edi;
long ebp;
long eax;
int xds;
int xes;
int xfs;
/* int xgs; */
long orig_eax;
long eip;
int xcs;
long eflags;
long esp;
int xss;
};
#ifdef __KERNEL__
#include <asm/vm86.h>
#include <asm/segment.h>
struct task_struct;
extern void send_sigtrap(struct task_struct *tsk, struct pt_regs *regs, int error_code);
/*
* user_mode_vm(regs) determines whether a register set came from user mode.
* This is true if V8086 mode was enabled OR if the register set was from
* protected mode with RPL-3 CS value. This tricky test checks that with
* one comparison. Many places in the kernel can bypass this full check
* if they have already ruled out V8086 mode, so user_mode(regs) can be used.
*/
static inline int user_mode(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
return (regs->xcs & SEGMENT_RPL_MASK) == USER_RPL;
}
static inline int user_mode_vm(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
return ((regs->xcs & SEGMENT_RPL_MASK) | (regs->eflags & VM_MASK)) >= USER_RPL;
}
#define instruction_pointer(regs) ((regs)->eip)
#define regs_return_value(regs) ((regs)->eax)
extern unsigned long profile_pc(struct pt_regs *regs);
#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
#endif