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Eric W. Biederman
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At least gcc 8.3 when generating code for x86_64 has a hard time consolidating multiple calls to current aka get_current(), and winds up unnecessarily rereading %gs:current_task several times in setup_new_exec. Caching the value of current in the local variable of me generates slightly better and shorter assembly. Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Reviewed-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.