From: "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@novell.com>
Add support for and use the multi-byte NOPs recently documented to be
available on all PentiumPro and later processors.
This patch only applies cleanly on top of the "x86: misc.
constifications" patch sent earlier.
Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
include/asm-i386/processor.h | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
include/asm-x86_64/processor.h | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Index: linux/arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c
+++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -115,12 +115,31 @@ static const unsigned char *const k7_nop
};
#endif
+#ifdef P6_NOP1
+asm("\t.section .rodata, \"a\"\np6nops: "
+ P6_NOP1 P6_NOP2 P6_NOP3 P6_NOP4 P6_NOP5 P6_NOP6
+ P6_NOP7 P6_NOP8);
+extern const unsigned char p6nops[];
+static const unsigned char *const p6_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
+ NULL,
+ p6nops,
+ p6nops + 1,
+ p6nops + 1 + 2,
+ p6nops + 1 + 2 + 3,
+ p6nops + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4,
+ p6nops + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5,
+ p6nops + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6,
+ p6nops + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7,
+};
+#endif
+
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
extern char __vsyscall_0;
static inline const unsigned char*const * find_nop_table(void)
{
- return k8_nops;
+ return boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_INTEL ||
+ boot_cpu_data.x86 < 6 ? k8_nops : p6_nops;
}
#else /* CONFIG_X86_64 */
@@ -131,6 +150,8 @@ static const struct nop {
} noptypes[] = {
{ X86_FEATURE_K8, k8_nops },
{ X86_FEATURE_K7, k7_nops },
+ { X86_FEATURE_P4, p6_nops },
+ { X86_FEATURE_P3, p6_nops },
{ -1, NULL }
};
Index: linux/include/asm-i386/processor.h
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/include/asm-i386/processor.h
+++ linux/include/asm-i386/processor.h
@@ -681,6 +681,17 @@ void ler_enable(void);
#define K7_NOP7 ".byte 0x8D,0x04,0x05,0,0,0,0\n"
#define K7_NOP8 K7_NOP7 ASM_NOP1
+/* P6 nops */
+/* uses eax dependencies (Intel-recommended choice) */
+#define P6_NOP1 GENERIC_NOP1
+#define P6_NOP2 ".byte 0x66,0x90\n"
+#define P6_NOP3 ".byte 0x0f,0x1f,0x00\n"
+#define P6_NOP4 ".byte 0x0f,0x1f,0x40,0\n"
+#define P6_NOP5 ".byte 0x0f,0x1f,0x44,0x00,0\n"
+#define P6_NOP6 ".byte 0x66,0x0f,0x1f,0x44,0x00,0\n"
+#define P6_NOP7 ".byte 0x0f,0x1f,0x80,0,0,0,0\n"
+#define P6_NOP8 ".byte 0x0f,0x1f,0x84,0x00,0,0,0,0\n"
+
#ifdef CONFIG_MK8
#define ASM_NOP1 K8_NOP1
#define ASM_NOP2 K8_NOP2
@@ -699,6 +710,17 @@ void ler_enable(void);
#define ASM_NOP6 K7_NOP6
#define ASM_NOP7 K7_NOP7
#define ASM_NOP8 K7_NOP8
+#elif defined(CONFIG_M686) || defined(CONFIG_MPENTIUMII) || \
+ defined(CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII) || defined(CONFIG_MPENTIUMM) || \
+ defined(CONFIG_MCORE2) || defined(CONFIG_PENTIUM4)
+#define ASM_NOP1 P6_NOP1
+#define ASM_NOP2 P6_NOP2
+#define ASM_NOP3 P6_NOP3
+#define ASM_NOP4 P6_NOP4
+#define ASM_NOP5 P6_NOP5
+#define ASM_NOP6 P6_NOP6
+#define ASM_NOP7 P6_NOP7
+#define ASM_NOP8 P6_NOP8
#else
#define ASM_NOP1 GENERIC_NOP1
#define ASM_NOP2 GENERIC_NOP2
Index: linux/include/asm-x86_64/processor.h
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/include/asm-x86_64/processor.h
+++ linux/include/asm-x86_64/processor.h
@@ -338,6 +338,16 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU(u32, ler_msr);
extern int ler_enabled;
void ler_enable(void);
+#if defined(CONFIG_MPSC) || defined(CONFIG_MCORE2)
+#define ASM_NOP1 P6_NOP1
+#define ASM_NOP2 P6_NOP2
+#define ASM_NOP3 P6_NOP3
+#define ASM_NOP4 P6_NOP4
+#define ASM_NOP5 P6_NOP5
+#define ASM_NOP6 P6_NOP6
+#define ASM_NOP7 P6_NOP7
+#define ASM_NOP8 P6_NOP8
+#else
#define ASM_NOP1 K8_NOP1
#define ASM_NOP2 K8_NOP2
#define ASM_NOP3 K8_NOP3
@@ -346,6 +356,7 @@ void ler_enable(void);
#define ASM_NOP6 K8_NOP6
#define ASM_NOP7 K8_NOP7
#define ASM_NOP8 K8_NOP8
+#endif
/* Opteron nops */
#define K8_NOP1 ".byte 0x90\n"
@@ -357,6 +368,17 @@ void ler_enable(void);
#define K8_NOP7 K8_NOP4 K8_NOP3
#define K8_NOP8 K8_NOP4 K8_NOP4
+/* P6 nops */
+/* uses eax dependencies (Intel-recommended choice) */
+#define P6_NOP1 ".byte 0x90\n"
+#define P6_NOP2 ".byte 0x66,0x90\n"
+#define P6_NOP3 ".byte 0x0f,0x1f,0x00\n"
+#define P6_NOP4 ".byte 0x0f,0x1f,0x40,0\n"
+#define P6_NOP5 ".byte 0x0f,0x1f,0x44,0x00,0\n"
+#define P6_NOP6 ".byte 0x66,0x0f,0x1f,0x44,0x00,0\n"
+#define P6_NOP7 ".byte 0x0f,0x1f,0x80,0,0,0,0\n"
+#define P6_NOP8 ".byte 0x0f,0x1f,0x84,0x00,0,0,0,0\n"
+
#define ASM_NOP_MAX 8
/* REP NOP (PAUSE) is a good thing to insert into busy-wait loops. */
-
