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entry: Inline syscall_exit_work() and syscall_trace_enter()
authorJinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@huawei.com>
Wed, 28 Jan 2026 03:19:33 +0000 (11:19 +0800)
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:38:10 +0000 (15:38 +0100)
After switching ARM64 to the generic entry code, a syscall_exit_work()
appeared as a profiling hotspot because it is not inlined.

Inlining both syscall_trace_enter() and syscall_exit_work() provides a
performance gain when any of the work items is enabled. With audit enabled
this results in a ~4% performance gain for perf bench basic syscall on
a kunpeng920 system:

    | Metric     | Baseline    | Inlined     | Change  |
    | ---------- | ----------- | ----------- | ------  |
    | Total time | 2.353 [sec] | 2.264 [sec] |  ↓3.8%  |
    | usecs/op   | 0.235374    | 0.226472    |  ↓3.8%  |
    | ops/sec    | 4,248,588   | 4,415,554   |  ↑3.9%  |

Small gains can be observed on x86 as well, though the generated code
optimizes for the work case, which is counterproductive for high
performance scenarios where such entry/exit work is usually avoided.

Avoid this by marking the work check in syscall_enter_from_user_mode_work()
unlikely, which is what the corresponding check in the exit path does
already.

[ tglx: Massage changelog and add the unlikely() ]

Signed-off-by: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260128031934.3906955-14-ruanjinjie@huawei.com
include/linux/entry-common.h
kernel/entry/common.h [deleted file]
kernel/entry/syscall-common.c
kernel/entry/syscall_user_dispatch.c

index bea207e32c58f9882e1b9990b1e6908670c0ce13..e67e3afe39adee449d83bb5105f0d33c7f73686b 100644 (file)
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #ifndef __LINUX_ENTRYCOMMON_H
 #define __LINUX_ENTRYCOMMON_H
 
+#include <linux/audit.h>
 #include <linux/irq-entry-common.h>
 #include <linux/livepatch.h>
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
@@ -63,7 +64,58 @@ static __always_inline int arch_ptrace_report_syscall_entry(struct pt_regs *regs
 }
 #endif
 
-long syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long work);
+bool syscall_user_dispatch(struct pt_regs *regs);
+long trace_syscall_enter(struct pt_regs *regs, long syscall);
+void trace_syscall_exit(struct pt_regs *regs, long ret);
+
+static inline void syscall_enter_audit(struct pt_regs *regs, long syscall)
+{
+       if (unlikely(audit_context())) {
+               unsigned long args[6];
+
+               syscall_get_arguments(current, regs, args);
+               audit_syscall_entry(syscall, args[0], args[1], args[2], args[3]);
+       }
+}
+
+static __always_inline long syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long work)
+{
+       long syscall, ret = 0;
+
+       /*
+        * Handle Syscall User Dispatch.  This must comes first, since
+        * the ABI here can be something that doesn't make sense for
+        * other syscall_work features.
+        */
+       if (work & SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_USER_DISPATCH) {
+               if (syscall_user_dispatch(regs))
+                       return -1L;
+       }
+
+       /* Handle ptrace */
+       if (work & (SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_TRACE | SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_EMU)) {
+               ret = arch_ptrace_report_syscall_entry(regs);
+               if (ret || (work & SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_EMU))
+                       return -1L;
+       }
+
+       /* Do seccomp after ptrace, to catch any tracer changes. */
+       if (work & SYSCALL_WORK_SECCOMP) {
+               ret = __secure_computing();
+               if (ret == -1L)
+                       return ret;
+       }
+
+       /* Either of the above might have changed the syscall number */
+       syscall = syscall_get_nr(current, regs);
+
+       if (unlikely(work & SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT))
+               syscall = trace_syscall_enter(regs, syscall);
+
+       syscall_enter_audit(regs, syscall);
+
+       return ret ? : syscall;
+}
 
 /**
  * syscall_enter_from_user_mode_work - Check and handle work before invoking
@@ -130,6 +182,19 @@ static __always_inline long syscall_enter_from_user_mode(struct pt_regs *regs, l
        return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * If SYSCALL_EMU is set, then the only reason to report is when
+ * SINGLESTEP is set (i.e. PTRACE_SYSEMU_SINGLESTEP).  This syscall
+ * instruction has been already reported in syscall_enter_from_user_mode().
+ */
+static __always_inline bool report_single_step(unsigned long work)
+{
+       if (work & SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_EMU)
+               return false;
+
+       return work & SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_EXIT_TRAP;
+}
+
 /**
  * arch_ptrace_report_syscall_exit - Architecture specific ptrace_report_syscall_exit()
  *
@@ -155,7 +220,32 @@ static __always_inline void arch_ptrace_report_syscall_exit(struct pt_regs *regs
  *
  * Do one-time syscall specific work.
  */
-void syscall_exit_work(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long work);
+static __always_inline void syscall_exit_work(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long work)
+{
+       bool step;
+
+       /*
+        * If the syscall was rolled back due to syscall user dispatching,
+        * then the tracers below are not invoked for the same reason as
+        * the entry side was not invoked in syscall_trace_enter(): The ABI
+        * of these syscalls is unknown.
+        */
+       if (work & SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_USER_DISPATCH) {
+               if (unlikely(current->syscall_dispatch.on_dispatch)) {
+                       current->syscall_dispatch.on_dispatch = false;
+                       return;
+               }
+       }
+
+       audit_syscall_exit(regs);
+
+       if (work & SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT)
+               trace_syscall_exit(regs, syscall_get_return_value(current, regs));
+
+       step = report_single_step(work);
+       if (step || work & SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_TRACE)
+               arch_ptrace_report_syscall_exit(regs, step);
+}
 
 /**
  * syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work - Handle one time work before returning to user mode
diff --git a/kernel/entry/common.h b/kernel/entry/common.h
deleted file mode 100644 (file)
index f6e6d02..0000000
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
-#ifndef _COMMON_H
-#define _COMMON_H
-
-bool syscall_user_dispatch(struct pt_regs *regs);
-
-#endif
index bb5f61f5629d47666b38df980fd26cb22cc8b64b..cd4967a9c53eec8d9e837d34ac1faa3091d5ea1c 100644 (file)
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
-#include <linux/audit.h>
 #include <linux/entry-common.h>
-#include "common.h"
 
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include <trace/events/syscalls.h>
 
-static inline void syscall_enter_audit(struct pt_regs *regs, long syscall)
-{
-       if (unlikely(audit_context())) {
-               unsigned long args[6];
-
-               syscall_get_arguments(current, regs, args);
-               audit_syscall_entry(syscall, args[0], args[1], args[2], args[3]);
-       }
-}
+/* Out of line to prevent tracepoint code duplication */
 
-long syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long work)
+long trace_syscall_enter(struct pt_regs *regs, long syscall)
 {
-       long syscall, ret = 0;
-
+       trace_sys_enter(regs, syscall);
        /*
-        * Handle Syscall User Dispatch.  This must comes first, since
-        * the ABI here can be something that doesn't make sense for
-        * other syscall_work features.
+        * Probes or BPF hooks in the tracepoint may have changed the
+        * system call number. Reread it.
         */
-       if (work & SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_USER_DISPATCH) {
-               if (syscall_user_dispatch(regs))
-                       return -1L;
-       }
-
-       /* Handle ptrace */
-       if (work & (SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_TRACE | SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_EMU)) {
-               ret = arch_ptrace_report_syscall_entry(regs);
-               if (ret || (work & SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_EMU))
-                       return -1L;
-       }
-
-       /* Do seccomp after ptrace, to catch any tracer changes. */
-       if (work & SYSCALL_WORK_SECCOMP) {
-               ret = __secure_computing();
-               if (ret == -1L)
-                       return ret;
-       }
-
-       /* Either of the above might have changed the syscall number */
-       syscall = syscall_get_nr(current, regs);
-
-       if (unlikely(work & SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT)) {
-               trace_sys_enter(regs, syscall);
-               /*
-                * Probes or BPF hooks in the tracepoint may have changed the
-                * system call number as well.
-                */
-               syscall = syscall_get_nr(current, regs);
-       }
-
-       syscall_enter_audit(regs, syscall);
-
-       return ret ? : syscall;
+       return syscall_get_nr(current, regs);
 }
 
-/*
- * If SYSCALL_EMU is set, then the only reason to report is when
- * SINGLESTEP is set (i.e. PTRACE_SYSEMU_SINGLESTEP).  This syscall
- * instruction has been already reported in syscall_enter_from_user_mode().
- */
-static inline bool report_single_step(unsigned long work)
+void trace_syscall_exit(struct pt_regs *regs, long ret)
 {
-       if (work & SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_EMU)
-               return false;
-
-       return work & SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_EXIT_TRAP;
-}
-
-void syscall_exit_work(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long work)
-{
-       bool step;
-
-       /*
-        * If the syscall was rolled back due to syscall user dispatching,
-        * then the tracers below are not invoked for the same reason as
-        * the entry side was not invoked in syscall_trace_enter(): The ABI
-        * of these syscalls is unknown.
-        */
-       if (work & SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_USER_DISPATCH) {
-               if (unlikely(current->syscall_dispatch.on_dispatch)) {
-                       current->syscall_dispatch.on_dispatch = false;
-                       return;
-               }
-       }
-
-       audit_syscall_exit(regs);
-
-       if (work & SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT)
-               trace_sys_exit(regs, syscall_get_return_value(current, regs));
-
-       step = report_single_step(work);
-       if (step || work & SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_TRACE)
-               arch_ptrace_report_syscall_exit(regs, step);
+       trace_sys_exit(regs, ret);
 }
index a9055eccb27e104889aa5baed8f49531e90109a3..d89dffcc2d6429cba5a398bd02b951a224d77f6f 100644 (file)
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2020 Collabora Ltd.
  */
+
+#include <linux/entry-common.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/prctl.h>
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
@@ -15,8 +17,6 @@
 
 #include <asm/syscall.h>
 
-#include "common.h"
-
 static void trigger_sigsys(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
        struct kernel_siginfo info;