x86-64, asm: If the assembler supports fxsave64, use it

Kbuild allows for us to probe for the existence of specific constructs
in the assembler, use them to find out if we can use fxsave64 and
permit the compiler to generate better code.

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <[email protected]>

Author: H. Peter Anvin

arch/x86/Makefile

@@ -96,8 +96,12 @@ cfi := $(call as-instr,.cfi_startproc\n.cfi_rel_offset $(sp-y)$(comma)0\n.cfi_en
 # is .cfi_signal_frame supported too?
 cfi-sigframe := $(call as-instr,.cfi_startproc\n.cfi_signal_frame\n.cfi_endproc,-DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1)
 cfi-sections := $(call as-instr,.cfi_sections .debug_frame,-DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SECTIONS=1)
-KBUILD_AFLAGS += $(cfi) $(cfi-sigframe) $(cfi-sections)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(cfi) $(cfi-sigframe) $(cfi-sections)
+
+# does binutils support specific instructions?
+asinstr := $(call as-instr,fxsaveq (%rax),-DCONFIG_AS_FXSAVEQ=1)
+
+KBUILD_AFLAGS += $(cfi) $(cfi-sigframe) $(cfi-sections) $(asinstr)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(cfi) $(cfi-sigframe) $(cfi-sections) $(asinstr)
 
 LDFLAGS := -m elf_$(UTS_MACHINE)
 

arch/x86/include/asm/i387.h

@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ static inline void fpu_fxsave(struct fpu *fpu)
 	   uses any extended registers for addressing, a second REX prefix
 	   will be generated (to the assembler, rex64 followed by semicolon
 	   is a separate instruction), and hence the 64-bitness is lost. */
-#if 0
+#ifdef CONFIG_AS_FXSAVEQ
 	/* Using "fxsaveq %0" would be the ideal choice, but is only supported
 	   starting with gas 2.16. */
 	__asm__ __volatile__("fxsaveq %0"