linux/arch
David Mosberger-Tang a37d98f6a9 [IA64] fix syscall-optimization goof
Sadly, I goofed in this syscall-tuning patch:

ChangeSet 1.1966.1.40 2005/01/22 13:31:05 davidm@hpl.hp.com
  [IA64] Improve ia64_leave_syscall() for McKinley-type cores.

  Optimize ia64_leave_syscall() a bit better for McKinley-type cores.
  The patch looks big, but that's mostly due to renaming r16/r17 to r2/r3.
  Good for a 13 cycle improvement.

The problem is that the size of the physical stacked registers was
loaded into the wrong register (r3 instead of r17).  Since r17 by
coincidence always had the value 1, this had the effect of turning
rse_clear_invalid into a no-op.  That poses the risk of leaking kernel
state back to user-land and is hence not acceptable.

The fix below is simple, but unfortunately it costs us about 28 cycles
in syscall overhead. ;-(

Unfortunately, there isn't much we can do about that since those
registers have to be cleared one way or another.

	--david

Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2005-04-25 13:20:38 -07:00
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alpha [PATCH] alpha: key management syscalls 2005-04-21 11:28:26 -07:00
arm [PATCH] freepgt: arm FIRST_USER_ADDRESS PAGE_SIZE 2005-04-19 13:29:21 -07:00
arm26 [PATCH] freepgt: arm26 FIRST_USER_ADDRESS PAGE_SIZE 2005-04-19 13:29:22 -07:00
cris Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
frv Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
h8300 Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
i386 [PATCH] fix subarch breakage in amd dual core updates 2005-04-21 16:20:35 -07:00
ia64 [IA64] fix syscall-optimization goof 2005-04-25 13:20:38 -07:00
m32r Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
m68k [PATCH] M68k: Update defconfigs for 2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-18 10:47:34 -07:00
m68knommu Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
mips [PATCH] mips: remove #include <linux/audit.h> two times 2005-04-16 15:24:41 -07:00
parisc [PATCH] add Big Endian variants of ioread/iowrite 2005-04-16 15:25:54 -07:00
ppc [PATCH] ppc user annotations: debug_setconetext(2) 2005-04-25 07:55:59 -07:00
ppc64 [PATCH] freepgt: hugetlb area is clean 2005-04-19 13:29:18 -07:00
s390 Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
sh [PATCH] fix u32 vs. pm_message_t in rest of the tree 2005-04-16 15:25:37 -07:00
sh64 Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
sparc [SPARC]: dump_stack for sparc 2005-04-24 20:46:49 -07:00
sparc64 [PATCH] mostek bogus sparse annotations fixed 2005-04-24 12:28:36 -07:00
um [PATCH] uml: fix compilation for __CHOOSE_MODE addition 2005-04-16 15:25:39 -07:00
v850 Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
x86_64 [PATCH] x86_64: fix new out of line put_user() 2005-04-22 10:22:07 -07:00