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DateTue, 17 Dec 2002 12:17:44 -0800
FromUlrich Drepper <>
SubjectRe: Intel P6 vs P7 system call performance
Linus Torvalds wrote:

> ===== arch/i386/kernel/sysenter.c 1.1 vs edited =====
> --- 1.1/arch/i386/kernel/sysenter.c	Mon Dec 16 21:39:04 2002
> +++ edited/arch/i386/kernel/sysenter.c	Tue Dec 17 11:39:39 2002
> @@ -48,14 +48,14 @@
>  		0xc3			/* ret */
>  	};
>  	static const char sysent[] = {
> -		0x55,			/* push %ebp */
>  		0x51,			/* push %ecx */
>  		0x52,			/* push %edx */
> +		0x55,			/* push %ebp */
>  		0x89, 0xe5,		/* movl %esp,%ebp */
>  		0x0f, 0x34,		/* sysenter */
> +		0x5d,			/* pop %ebp */
>  		0x5a,			/* pop %edx */
>  		0x59,			/* pop %ecx */
> -		0x5d,			/* pop %ebp */
>  		0xc3			/* ret */

Instead of duplicating the push/pop %ebp just use the first one by using

  movl 12(%ebo), %ebp

in the kernel code or remove the first.  The later is better, smaller code.

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