Linus Torvalds 0fc810ae3a x86/uaccess: Avoid barrier_nospec() in 64-bit copy_from_user() ...

The barrier_nospec() in 64-bit copy_from_user() is slow. Instead use
pointer masking to force the user pointer to all 1's for an invalid
address.

The kernel test robot reports a 2.6% improvement in the per_thread_ops
benchmark [1].

This is a variation on a patch originally by Josh Poimboeuf [2].

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/202410281344.d02c72a2-oliver.sang@intel.com [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/5b887fe4c580214900e21f6c61095adf9a142735.1730166635.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org [2]
Tested-and-reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

2024-10-30 11:38:10 -10:00

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