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With the instruction decoder, we are now able to decode and recognize instructions with opcode extensions. There are more instructions in these groups that can be boosted: Group 2: ROL, ROR, RCL, RCR, SHL/SAL, SHR, SAR Group 3: TEST, NOT, NEG, MUL, IMUL, DIV, IDIV Group 4: INC, DEC (byte operation) Group 5: INC, DEC (word/doubleword/quadword operation) These instructions are not boosted previously because there are reserved opcodes within the groups, e.g., group 2 with ModR/M.nnn == 110 is unmapped. As a result, kprobes attached to them requires two int3 traps as being non-boostable also prevents jump-optimization. Some simple tests on QEMU show that after boosting and jump-optimization a single kprobe on these instructions with an empty pre-handler runs 10x faster (~1000 cycles vs. ~100 cycles). Since these instructions are mostly ALU operations and do not touch special registers like RIP, let's boost them so that we get the performance benefit. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240204031300.830475-4-jinghao7@illinois.edu/ Signed-off-by: Jinghao Jia <jinghao7@illinois.edu> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org> |
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Linux kernel
============
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.