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Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 11:18:19 +0100
From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 06/27] x86/entry/64: Adapt assembly for PIE support

On 14/03/2018 16:54, Christopher Lameter wrote:
>>> +	pushq	%rax		/* Support Position Independent Code */
>>> +	leaq	1f(%rip), %rax	/* RIP */
>>> +	xchgq	%rax, (%rsp)	/* Restore RAX, put 1f */
>>>  	iretq			/* continues at repeat_nmi below */
>>>  	UNWIND_HINT_IRET_REGS
>>>  1:
>> Urgh, xchg with a memop has an implicit LOCK prefix.
> this_cpu_xchg uses no lock cmpxchg as a replacement to reduce latency.

That requires using a second register, since %rax is used as the
comparison source.  At this point it's easier to just push %rax twice:

	pushq %rax
	pushq %rax
	leaq 1f(%ip), %rax
	movq %rax, 8(%rsp)
	popq %rax
	iretq

Paolo

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