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    ARM: smp: Store current pointer in TPIDRURO register if available · 50596b75
    Ard Biesheuvel authored
    Now that the user space TLS register is assigned on every return to user
    space, we can use it to keep the 'current' pointer while running in the
    kernel. This removes the need to access it via thread_info, which is
    located at the base of the stack, but will be moved out of there in a
    subsequent patch.
    
    Use the __builtin_thread_pointer() helper when available - this will
    help GCC understand that reloading the value within the same function is
    not necessary, even when using the per-task stack protector (which also
    generates accesses via the TLS register). For example, the generated
    code below loads TPIDRURO only once, and uses it to access both the
    stack canary and the preempt_count fields.
    
    <do_one_initcall>:
           e92d 41f0       stmdb   sp!, {r4, r5, r6, r7, r8, lr}
           ee1d 4f70       mrc     15, 0, r4, cr13, cr0, {3}
           4606            mov     r6, r0
           b094            sub     sp, #80 ; 0x50
           f8d4 34e8       ldr.w   r3, [r4, #1256] ; 0x4e8  <- stack canary
           9313            str     r3, [sp, #76]   ; 0x4c
           f8d4 8004       ldr.w   r8, [r4, #4]             <- preempt count
    Co-developed-by: default avatarKeith Packard <keithpac@amazon.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarKeith Packard <keithpac@amazon.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarArd Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarLinus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
    Tested-by: default avatarAmit Daniel Kachhap <amit.kachhap@arm.com>
    50596b75
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