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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>2002-11-28 08:32:24 +0000
committerUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>2002-11-28 08:32:24 +0000
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2002-11-28 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/vfork.S: Don't trash the CPU's branch prediction buffers by using unpaired call/ret.
Diffstat (limited to 'sysdeps/unix')
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/vfork.S13
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/vfork.S b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/vfork.S
index 79f3260efc..3315df7253 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/vfork.S
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/vfork.S
@@ -29,22 +29,19 @@ ENTRY (__vfork)
/* Pop the return PC value into RDI. We need a register that
is preserved by the syscall and that we're allowed to destroy. */
- popq %rdi
+ popq %rdi
/* Stuff the syscall number in RAX and enter into the kernel. */
movl $SYS_ify (vfork), %eax
syscall
- cmpl $-4095, %eax
- jae .Lerror /* Branch forward if it failed. */
-
- /* Jump to the return PC. */
- jmp *%rdi
-.Lerror:
/* Push back the return PC. */
pushq %rdi
- jmp SYSCALL_ERROR_LABEL
+ cmpl $-4095, %eax
+ jae SYSCALL_ERROR_LABEL /* Branch forward if it failed. */
+
+ /* Normal return. */
.Lpseudo_end:
ret