[PATCH v4 19/23] powerpc/syscall: Avoid stack frame in likely part of system_call_exception()

[Christophe Leroy]

When r3 is not modified, reload it from regs->orig_r3 to free
volatile registers. This avoids a stack frame for the likely part
of system_call_exception()

Before the patch:

c000b4d4 <system_call_exception>:
c000b4d4:	7c 08 02 a6 	mflr    r0
c000b4d8:	94 21 ff e0 	stwu    r1,-32(r1)
c000b4dc:	93 e1 00 1c 	stw     r31,28(r1)
c000b4e0:	90 01 00 24 	stw     r0,36(r1)
c000b4e4:	90 6a 00 88 	stw     r3,136(r10)
c000b4e8:	81 6a 00 84 	lwz     r11,132(r10)
c000b4ec:	69 6b 00 02 	xori    r11,r11,2
c000b4f0:	55 6b ff fe 	rlwinm  r11,r11,31,31,31
c000b4f4:	0f 0b 00 00 	twnei   r11,0
c000b4f8:	81 6a 00 a0 	lwz     r11,160(r10)
c000b4fc:	55 6b 07 fe 	clrlwi  r11,r11,31
c000b500:	0f 0b 00 00 	twnei   r11,0
c000b504:	7c 0c 42 e6 	mftb    r0
c000b508:	83 e2 00 08 	lwz     r31,8(r2)
c000b50c:	81 82 00 28 	lwz     r12,40(r2)
c000b510:	90 02 00 24 	stw     r0,36(r2)
c000b514:	7d 8c f8 50 	subf    r12,r12,r31
c000b518:	7c 0c 02 14 	add     r0,r12,r0
c000b51c:	90 02 00 08 	stw     r0,8(r2)
c000b520:	7c 10 13 a6 	mtspr   80,r0
c000b524:	81 62 00 70 	lwz     r11,112(r2)
c000b528:	71 60 86 91 	andi.   r0,r11,34449
c000b52c:	40 82 00 34 	bne     c000b560 <system_call_exception+0x8c>
c000b530:	2b 89 01 b6 	cmplwi  cr7,r9,438
c000b534:	41 9d 00 64 	bgt     cr7,c000b598 <system_call_exception+0xc4>
c000b538:	3d 40 c0 5c 	lis     r10,-16292
c000b53c:	55 29 10 3a 	rlwinm  r9,r9,2,0,29
c000b540:	39 4a 41 e8 	addi    r10,r10,16872
c000b544:	80 01 00 24 	lwz     r0,36(r1)
c000b548:	7d 2a 48 2e 	lwzx    r9,r10,r9
c000b54c:	7c 08 03 a6 	mtlr    r0
c000b550:	7d 29 03 a6 	mtctr   r9
c000b554:	83 e1 00 1c 	lwz     r31,28(r1)
c000b558:	38 21 00 20 	addi    r1,r1,32
c000b55c:	4e 80 04 20 	bctr

After the patch:

c000b4d4 <system_call_exception>:
c000b4d4:	81 6a 00 84 	lwz     r11,132(r10)
c000b4d8:	90 6a 00 88 	stw     r3,136(r10)
c000b4dc:	69 6b 00 02 	xori    r11,r11,2
c000b4e0:	55 6b ff fe 	rlwinm  r11,r11,31,31,31
c000b4e4:	0f 0b 00 00 	twnei   r11,0
c000b4e8:	80 6a 00 a0 	lwz     r3,160(r10)
c000b4ec:	54 63 07 fe 	clrlwi  r3,r3,31
c000b4f0:	0f 03 00 00 	twnei   r3,0
c000b4f4:	7d 6c 42 e6 	mftb    r11
c000b4f8:	81 82 00 08 	lwz     r12,8(r2)
c000b4fc:	80 02 00 28 	lwz     r0,40(r2)
c000b500:	91 62 00 24 	stw     r11,36(r2)
c000b504:	7c 00 60 50 	subf    r0,r0,r12
c000b508:	7d 60 5a 14 	add     r11,r0,r11
c000b50c:	91 62 00 08 	stw     r11,8(r2)
c000b510:	7c 10 13 a6 	mtspr   80,r0
c000b514:	80 62 00 70 	lwz     r3,112(r2)
c000b518:	70 6b 86 91 	andi.   r11,r3,34449
c000b51c:	40 82 00 28 	bne     c000b544 <system_call_exception+0x70>
c000b520:	2b 89 01 b6 	cmplwi  cr7,r9,438
c000b524:	41 9d 00 84 	bgt     cr7,c000b5a8 <system_call_exception+0xd4>
c000b528:	80 6a 00 88 	lwz     r3,136(r10)
c000b52c:	3d 40 c0 5c 	lis     r10,-16292
c000b530:	55 29 10 3a 	rlwinm  r9,r9,2,0,29
c000b534:	39 4a 41 e4 	addi    r10,r10,16868
c000b538:	7d 2a 48 2e 	lwzx    r9,r10,r9
c000b53c:	7d 29 03 a6 	mtctr   r9
c000b540:	4e 80 04 20 	bctr

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at csgroup.eu>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/syscall.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscall.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscall.c
index a3510fa4e641..476909b11051 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscall.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscall.c
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ notrace long system_call_exception(long r3, long r4, long r5,
 			return regs->gpr[3];
 		}
 		return -ENOSYS;
+	} else {
+		/* Restore r3 from orig_gpr3 to free up a volatile reg */
+		r3 = regs->orig_gpr3;
 	}
 
 	/* May be faster to do array_index_nospec? */
-- 
2.25.0