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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 5/5] x86/entry/64: Bypass enter_from_user_mode on non-context-tracking boots
On Thu, 12 Nov 2015, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> On CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING kernels that have context tracking
> disabled at runtime (which includes most distro kernels), we still
> have the overhead of a call to enter_from_user_mode in interrupt and
> exception entries.
>
> If jump labels are available, this uses the jump label
> infrastructure to skip the call.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>

Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>


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