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"current->mm" pointer is stable in general except few cases one of which execve(2). Compiler can't treat is as stable but it _is_ stable most of the time. During ELF loading process ->mm becomes stable right after flush_old_exec(). Help compiler by caching current->mm, otherwise it continues to refetch it. add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 0/2 up/down: 0/-141 (-141) Function old new delta elf_core_dump 5062 5039 -23 load_elf_binary 5426 5308 -118 Note: other cases are left as is because it is either pessimisation or no change in binary size. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191215124755.GB21124@avx2 Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.