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authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2022-09-15 13:11:01 +0200
committerPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>2022-10-17 16:41:03 +0200
commite57ef2ed97c1d078973298658a8096644a1e9e09 (patch)
tree79cb9a8835ab832a8e8c302abf1ffe0c0ad96c5f /arch/x86/include/asm/current.h
parentfdc9ee7e97aa2c1dfa7ebb092fffec40ffa59108 (diff)
downloadlinux-e57ef2ed97c1d078973298658a8096644a1e9e09.tar.bz2
x86: Put hot per CPU variables into a struct
The layout of per-cpu variables is at the mercy of the compiler. This can lead to random performance fluctuations from build to build. Create a structure to hold some of the hottest per-cpu variables, starting with current_task. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220915111145.179707194@infradead.org
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/current.h')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/current.h19
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/current.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/current.h
index 3e204e6140b5..63c42ac3cd86 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/current.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/current.h
@@ -3,16 +3,29 @@
#define _ASM_X86_CURRENT_H
#include <linux/compiler.h>
-#include <asm/percpu.h>
#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+
+#include <linux/cache.h>
+#include <asm/percpu.h>
+
struct task_struct;
-DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, current_task);
+struct pcpu_hot {
+ union {
+ struct {
+ struct task_struct *current_task;
+ };
+ u8 pad[64];
+ };
+};
+static_assert(sizeof(struct pcpu_hot) == 64);
+
+DECLARE_PER_CPU_ALIGNED(struct pcpu_hot, pcpu_hot);
static __always_inline struct task_struct *get_current(void)
{
- return this_cpu_read_stable(current_task);
+ return this_cpu_read_stable(pcpu_hot.current_task);
}
#define current get_current()