x86: Optimize loadsegment()
Zero the input register in the exception handler instead of
using an extra register to pass in a zero value.
Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
LKML-Reference: <1259176706-5908-1-git-send-email-brgerst@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/system.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/system.h
index 1a953e2..537395a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/system.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/system.h
@@ -156,18 +156,19 @@
* segment if something goes wrong..
*/
#define loadsegment(seg, value) \
+do { \
+ unsigned short __val = value; \
asm volatile("\n" \
"1:\t" \
"movl %k0,%%" #seg "\n" \
- "2:\n" \
".section .fixup,\"ax\"\n" \
- "3:\t" \
- "movl %k1, %%" #seg "\n\t" \
- "jmp 2b\n" \
+ "2:\t" \
+ "xorl %k0,%k0\n\t" \
+ "jmp 1b\n" \
".previous\n" \
- _ASM_EXTABLE(1b,3b) \
- : :"r" (value), "r" (0) : "memory")
-
+ _ASM_EXTABLE(1b, 2b) \
+ : "+r" (__val) : : "memory"); \
+} while (0)
/*
* Save a segment register away