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Zachary Amsden a520112930 [PATCH] x86: make IOPL explicit 
The pushf/popf in switch_to are ONLY used to switch IOPL.  Making this
explicit in C code is more clear.  This pushf/popf pair was added as a
bugfix for leaking IOPL to unprivileged processes when using
sysenter/sysexit based system calls (sysexit does not restore flags).

When requesting an IOPL change in sys_iopl(), it is just as easy to change
the current flags and the flags in the stack image (in case an IRET is
required), but there is no reason to force an IRET if we came in from the
SYSENTER path.

This change is the minimal solution for supporting a paravirtualized Linux
kernel that allows user processes to run with I/O privilege.  Other
solutions require radical rewrites of part of the low level fault / system
call handling code, or do not fully support sysenter based system calls.

Unfortunately, this added one field to the thread_struct.  But as a bonus,
on P4, the fastest time measured for switch_to() went from 312 to 260
cycles, a win of about 17% in the fast case through this performance
critical path.

Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-09-05 00:06:12 -07:00
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mach-bigsmp [PATCH] Do not enforce unique IO_APIC_ID check for xAPIC systems (i386) 2005-06-23 09:45:09 -07:00
mach-default [PATCH] x86: i8253/i8259A lock cleanup 2005-06-30 08:45:10 -07:00
mach-es7000 [PATCH] ES7000 platform update (i386) 2005-09-05 00:06:10 -07:00
mach-generic [PATCH] x86: sutomatically enable bigsmp when we have more than 8 CPUs 2005-09-05 00:06:10 -07:00
mach-numaq [PATCH] Do not enforce unique IO_APIC_ID check for xAPIC systems (i386) 2005-06-23 09:45:09 -07:00
mach-summit [PATCH] Do not enforce unique IO_APIC_ID check for xAPIC systems (i386) 2005-06-23 09:45:09 -07:00
mach-visws [PATCH] Make visws compile again 2005-08-07 10:00:38 -07:00
mach-voyager Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
8253pit.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
a.out.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
acpi.h [ACPI] enable C2 and C3 idle power states on SMP 2005-07-12 00:14:36 -04:00
agp.h [PATCH] i386: inline asm cleanup 2005-09-05 00:06:11 -07:00
apic.h [PATCH] kexec: x86: resture apic virtual wire mode on shutdown 2005-06-25 16:24:47 -07:00
apicdef.h [PATCH] x86: sutomatically enable bigsmp when we have more than 8 CPUs 2005-09-05 00:06:10 -07:00
arch_hooks.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
atomic.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
bitops.h x86: fix new find_first_bit() 2005-07-29 11:01:22 -04:00
boot.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
bug.h [PATCH] remove all kernel BUGs 2005-05-01 08:59:01 -07:00
bugs.h [PATCH] i386: inline asm cleanup 2005-09-05 00:06:11 -07:00
byteorder.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
cache.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
cacheflush.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
checksum.h [NET]: Fix ipl=>ihl typo in ip_fast_csum 2005-08-29 16:02:48 -07:00
cpu.h [PATCH] i386 CPU hotplug 2005-06-25 16:24:29 -07:00
cpufeature.h [PATCH] CPUID bug and inconsistency fix 2005-05-01 08:58:49 -07:00
cputime.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
current.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
debugreg.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
delay.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
desc.h [PATCH] i386: generate better code around descriptor update and access functions 2005-09-05 00:06:11 -07:00
div64.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
dma-mapping.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
dma.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
e820.h [PATCH] Increase number of e820 entries hard limit from 32 to 128 2005-05-01 08:58:51 -07:00
elf.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
emergency-restart.h [PATCH] i386: Implement machine_emergency_reboot 2005-07-26 14:35:42 -07:00
errno.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
fcntl.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
fixmap.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
floppy.h [PATCH] make some things static 2005-05-05 16:36:47 -07:00
genapic.h [PATCH] Do not enforce unique IO_APIC_ID check for xAPIC systems (i386) 2005-06-23 09:45:09 -07:00
hardirq.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
hdreg.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
highmem.h [PATCH] kdump: Routines for copying dump pages 2005-06-25 16:24:53 -07:00
hpet.h [PATCH] i386: fix hpet for systems that don't support legacy replacement 2005-05-01 08:58:50 -07:00
hw_irq.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
i387.h x86: use alternative instructions for fnsave/fxsave too 2005-07-22 18:19:20 -04:00
i8253.h [PATCH] x86: i8253/i8259A lock cleanup 2005-06-30 08:45:10 -07:00
i8259.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
ide.h [PATCH] ide: sensible probing for PCI systems 2005-06-27 17:36:41 -07:00
io.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
io_apic.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
ioctl.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
ioctls.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
ipc.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
ipcbuf.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
irq.h [PATCH] cpu state clean after hot remove 2005-06-25 16:24:30 -07:00
ist.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
kdebug.h [PATCH] RCU: clean up a few remaining synchronize_kernel() calls 2005-06-25 16:24:38 -07:00
kexec.h [PATCH] Kdump: Export crash notes section address through sysfs 2005-06-25 16:24:51 -07:00
kmap_types.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
kprobes.h [PATCH] kprobes: function-return probes 2005-06-23 09:45:21 -07:00
ldt.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
linkage.h [PATCH] i386: fix prevent_tail_call 2005-05-26 16:16:16 -07:00
local.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
math_emu.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
mc146818rtc.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
mca.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
mca_dma.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
mman.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
mmu.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
mmu_context.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
mmx.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
mmzone.h [PATCH] Fix up non-NUMA breakage in mmzone.h 2005-07-07 18:23:42 -07:00
module.h [PATCH] x86: geode support fixes 2005-05-05 16:36:49 -07:00
mpspec.h [PATCH] x86: sutomatically enable bigsmp when we have more than 8 CPUs 2005-09-05 00:06:10 -07:00
mpspec_def.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
msgbuf.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
msi.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
msr.h [PATCH] x86: more asm cleanups 2005-09-05 00:06:12 -07:00
mtrr.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
namei.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
nmi.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
node.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
numaq.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
numnodes.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
page.h [PATCH] remove hugetlb_clean_stale_pgtable() and fix huge_pte_alloc() 2005-09-05 00:05:46 -07:00
param.h [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt 2005-06-23 09:45:10 -07:00
parport.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
pci-direct.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
pci.h Revert PCIBIOS_MIN_IO changes for 2.6.13 2005-08-14 18:21:30 -07:00
percpu.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
pgalloc.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
pgtable-2level-defs.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
pgtable-2level.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
pgtable-3level-defs.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
pgtable-3level.h [PATCH] i386: use set_pte macros in a couple places where they were missing 2005-09-05 00:06:12 -07:00
pgtable.h [PATCH] x86: ptep_clear optimization 2005-09-05 00:05:48 -07:00
poll.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
posix_types.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
processor.h [PATCH] x86: make IOPL explicit 2005-09-05 00:06:12 -07:00
ptrace.h [PATCH] x86: privilege cleanup 2005-09-05 00:06:12 -07:00
resource.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
rtc.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
rwlock.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
rwsem.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
scatterlist.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
seccomp.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
sections.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
segment.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
semaphore.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
sembuf.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
serial.h [PATCH] Serial: Split 8250 port table (part 2) 2005-06-29 18:45:19 +01:00
setup.h [PATCH] x86: fix EFI memory map parsing 2005-09-05 00:06:09 -07:00
shmbuf.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
shmparam.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
sigcontext.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
siginfo.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
signal.h [PATCH] asm/signal.h unification 2005-05-04 07:33:15 -07:00
smp.h [PATCH] x86_64: i386/x86_64: remove prototypes for not existing functions in smp.h 2005-07-28 21:45:58 -07:00
socket.h [NET]: Introduce SO_{SND,RCV}BUFFORCE socket options 2005-08-29 15:31:35 -07:00
sockios.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
sparsemem.h [PATCH] sparsemem memory model for i386 2005-06-23 09:45:05 -07:00
spinlock.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
srat.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
stat.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
statfs.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
string.h Add "memory" clobbers to the x86 inline asm of strncmp and friends 2005-06-24 10:39:17 -07:00
suspend.h [PATCH] i386: Use loaddebug macro consistently 2005-04-16 15:24:46 -07:00
system.h [PATCH] x86: make IOPL explicit 2005-09-05 00:06:12 -07:00
termbits.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
termios.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
thread_info.h [PATCH] streamline preempt_count type across archs 2005-06-23 09:45:19 -07:00
timer.h [PATCH] Platform SMIs and their interferance with tsc based delay calibration 2005-06-23 09:45:08 -07:00
timex.h [PATCH] x86: cpu_khz type fix 2005-06-23 09:45:11 -07:00
tlb.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
tlbflush.h [PATCH] seccomp: tsc disable 2005-06-27 15:11:44 -07:00
topology.h [PATCH] sched: sched tuning 2005-06-25 16:24:42 -07:00
types.h [PATCH] sab: consolidate kmem_bufctl_t 2005-09-05 00:05:48 -07:00
uaccess.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
ucontext.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
unaligned.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
unistd.h [PATCH] inotify 2005-07-12 20:38:38 -07:00
user.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
vga.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
vic.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
vm86.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
voyager.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
xor.h [PATCH] i386: inline asm cleanup 2005-09-05 00:06:11 -07:00