sched, x86: Optimize the preempt_schedule() call
Remove the bloat of the C calling convention out of the
preempt_enable() sites by creating an ASM wrapper which allows us to
do an asm("call ___preempt_schedule") instead.
calling.h bits by Andi Kleen
Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-tk7xdi1cvvxewixzke8t8le1@git.kernel.org
[ Fixed build error. ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h
index 1309942..1de41690 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h
@@ -95,4 +95,14 @@
return unlikely(!__this_cpu_read_4(__preempt_count));
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT
+ extern asmlinkage void ___preempt_schedule(void);
+# define __preempt_schedule() asm ("call ___preempt_schedule")
+ extern asmlinkage void preempt_schedule(void);
+# ifdef CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING
+ extern asmlinkage void ___preempt_schedule_context(void);
+# define __preempt_schedule_context() asm ("call ___preempt_schedule_context")
+# endif
+#endif
+
#endif /* __ASM_PREEMPT_H */