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| author | Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@loongson.cn> | 2026-08-17 22:07:14 +0800 |
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| committer | Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@loongson.cn> | 2026-08-17 22:07:14 +0800 |
| commit | 29479b14315de24616cc1fad86cbd392c36f557a (patch) | |
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| parent | 4b5b0b79d1f8ef9a683b6572267867d5d9755338 (diff) | |
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LoongArch: Use current_stack_pointer in current_pt_regs()
The current implementation of current_pt_regs() relies on the compiler
__builtin_frame_address(0). This introduces an unnecessary dependency
on the frame pointer register, which forces the compiler to generate
redundant prologue and epilogue code, create a larger stack frame, and
perform redundant memory operations to preserve the frame pointer even
in functions where it is otherwise unnecessary.
Optimize this by switching to current_stack_pointer, which explicitly
maps to the hardware stack pointer register. This allows the compiler
to compute the stack alignment directly from the natively maintained
"$sp" register, completely eliminating the overhead of preserving and
restoring the frame pointer on the stack memory.
As a prominent example, this optimization improves the hot-path function
copy_thread(). A disassembly comparison of copy_thread() illustrates the
elimination of the frame pointer, the reduction of stack frame size from
48 bytes down to 32 bytes, and a more compact epilogue path:
Before:
00000000000004f0 <copy_thread>:
4f0: 02ff4063 addi.d $sp, $sp, -48
4f4: 29c08076 st.d $fp, $sp, 32
4f8: 29c06077 st.d $s0, $sp, 24
4fc: 29c0a061 st.d $ra, $sp, 40
500: 02c0c076 addi.d $fp, $sp, 48
...
54c: 1400006e lu12i.w $t2, 3
...
55c: 03bffdce ori $t2, $t2, 0xfff
560: 00153ace or $t2, $fp, $t2
564: 02fb05cd addi.d $t1, $t2, -319
...
628: 28c0a061 ld.d $ra, $sp, 40
62c: 28c08076 ld.d $fp, $sp, 32
630: 28c06077 ld.d $s0, $sp, 24
634: 00150004 move $a0, $zero
638: 02c0c063 addi.d $sp, $sp, 48
63c: 4c000020 ret
After:
00000000000004f0 <copy_thread>:
4f0: 02ff8063 addi.d $sp, $sp, -32
4f4: 29c04077 st.d $s0, $sp, 16
4f8: 29c06061 st.d $ra, $sp, 24
[ prologue st.d and addi.d for $fp are completely eliminated ]
...
544: 1400006e lu12i.w $t2, 3
...
554: 03bffdce ori $t2, $t2, 0xfff
558: 0015386e or $t2, $sp, $t2
55c: 02fb05cd addi.d $t1, $t2, -319
...
620: 28c06061 ld.d $ra, $sp, 24
624: 28c04077 ld.d $s0, $sp, 16
628: 00150004 move $a0, $zero
[ epilogue ld.d for $fp is eliminated; exit path is shortened ]
62c: 02c08063 addi.d $sp, $sp, 32
630: 4c000020 ret
Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@loongson.cn>
Signed-off-by: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@loongson.cn>
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