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Add Prefer_MAP_32BIT_EXEC to map executable pages with MAP_32BIT hjl/32bit/master
authorH.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
Wed, 21 Oct 2015 21:44:23 +0000 (14:44 -0700)
committerH.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
Tue, 15 Dec 2015 21:16:02 +0000 (13:16 -0800)
commitb9eb92ab05204df772eb4929eccd018637c9f3e9
treef272c9a3e0ef7232d0714cfda7e79b040a757fb9
parentc9afcaaafaf9126a973883528eed8d0058a264c0
Add Prefer_MAP_32BIT_EXEC to map executable pages with MAP_32BIT

According to Silvermont software optimization guide, for 64-bit
applications, branch prediction performance can be negatively impacted
when the target of a branch is more than 4GB away from the branch.  Add
the Prefer_MAP_32BIT_EXEC bit so that mmap will try to map executable
pages with MAP_32BIT first.  NB: MAP_32BIT will map to lower 2GB, not
lower 4GB, address.  Prefer_MAP_32BIT_EXEC reduces bits available for
address space layout randomization (ASLR), which is always disabled for
SUID programs and can only be enabled by setting environment variable,
LD_PREFER_MAP_32BIT_EXEC.

On Fedora 23, this patch speeds up GCC 5 testsuite by 3% on Silvermont.

[BZ #19367]
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/wordsize-64/mmap.c: New file.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/64/dl-librecon.h: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/64/mmap.c: Likewise.
* sysdeps/x86/cpu-features.h (bit_Prefer_MAP_32BIT_EXEC): New.
(index_Prefer_MAP_32BIT_EXEC): Likewise.
sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/wordsize-64/mmap.c [new file with mode: 0644]
sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/64/dl-librecon.h [new file with mode: 0644]
sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/64/mmap.c [new file with mode: 0644]
sysdeps/x86/cpu-features.h