patch by njk, simplifies thread register initialization for x86_64
authorRich Felker <dalias@aerifal.cx>
Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:50:57 +0000 (09:50 -0500)
committerRich Felker <dalias@aerifal.cx>
Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:50:57 +0000 (09:50 -0500)
It's not necessary to save any registers on the stack across syscall in
x86_64 __set_thread_area.  Don't waste cycles or bytes on it.

src/thread/x86_64/__set_thread_area.s

index ed35b7a..faf73ec 100644 (file)
@@ -3,13 +3,9 @@
 .global __set_thread_area
 .type   __set_thread_area,%function
 __set_thread_area:
-        push %rbx               /* save x86_64 abi clobbered registers */
-        push %r11
         mov %rdi,%rsi           /* shift for syscall */
         movl $0x1002,%edi       /* SET_FS register */
         movl $158,%eax          /* set fs segment to */
         syscall                 /* arch_prctl(SET_FS, arg)*/
-        pop %r11                /* restore clobbered registers */
-        pop %rbx
        ret
 .size __set_thread_area,.-__set_thread_area