/* * Fast system call support for x86 on Linux * * Copyright 2010 Willy Tarreau * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * Recent kernels support a faster syscall ABI on x86 using the VDSO page, but * some libc that are built for CPUs earlier than i686 do not implement it. * This code bypasses the libc when the VDSO is detected. It should only be * used when it's sure that the libc really does not support the VDSO, but * fixing the libc is preferred. Using the VDSO can improve the overall * performance by about 10%. */ #if defined(__linux__) && defined(__i386__) /* Silently ignore other platforms to be friendly with distro packagers */ #include #include void int80(void); /* declared in the assembler code */ static void *vsyscall = &int80; /* initialize vsyscall to use int80 by default */ static __attribute__((used)) unsigned int back_ebx; /* now we redefine some frequently used syscalls. Epoll_create is defined too * in order to replace old disabled implementations. */ asm ( "epoll_create: .GLOBL epoll_create\n" " mov $0xfe, %eax\n" " mov %ebx, back_ebx\n" " mov 4(%esp), %ebx\n" " jmp do_syscall\n" "epoll_ctl: .GLOBL epoll_ctl\n" " push %esi\n" " mov $0xff, %eax\n" " mov %ebx, back_ebx\n" " mov 20(%esp), %esi\n" " mov 16(%esp), %edx\n" " mov 12(%esp), %ecx\n" " mov 8(%esp), %ebx\n" " call do_syscall\n" " pop %esi\n" " ret\n" "epoll_wait: .GLOBL epoll_wait\n" " push %esi\n" " mov $0x100, %eax\n" " mov %ebx, back_ebx\n" " mov 20(%esp), %esi\n" " mov 16(%esp), %edx\n" " mov 12(%esp), %ecx\n" " mov 8(%esp), %ebx\n" " call do_syscall\n" " pop %esi\n" " ret\n" "splice: .GLOBL splice\n" " push %ebp\n" " push %edi\n" " push %esi\n" " mov $0x139, %eax\n" " mov %ebx, back_ebx\n" " mov 36(%esp), %ebp\n" " mov 32(%esp), %edi\n" " mov 28(%esp), %esi\n" " mov 24(%esp), %edx\n" " mov 20(%esp), %ecx\n" " mov 16(%esp), %ebx\n" " call do_syscall\n" " pop %esi\n" " pop %edi\n" " pop %ebp\n" " ret\n" "close: .GLOBL close\n" " mov $0x06, %eax\n" " mov %ebx, back_ebx\n" " mov 4(%esp), %ebx\n" " jmp do_syscall\n" "gettimeofday: .GLOBL gettimeofday\n" " mov $0x4e, %eax\n" " mov %ebx, back_ebx\n" " mov 8(%esp), %ecx\n" " mov 4(%esp), %ebx\n" " jmp do_syscall\n" "fcntl: .GLOBL fcntl\n" " mov $0xdd, %eax\n" " mov %ebx, back_ebx\n" " mov 12(%esp), %edx\n" " mov 8(%esp), %ecx\n" " mov 4(%esp), %ebx\n" " jmp do_syscall\n" "socket: .GLOBL socket\n" " mov $0x01, %eax\n" " jmp socketcall\n" "bind: .GLOBL bind\n" " mov $0x02, %eax\n" " jmp socketcall\n" "connect: .GLOBL connect\n" " mov $0x03, %eax\n" " jmp socketcall\n" "listen: .GLOBL listen\n" " mov $0x04, %eax\n" " jmp socketcall\n" "accept: .GLOBL accept\n" " mov $0x05, %eax\n" " jmp socketcall\n" "accept4: .GLOBL accept4\n" " mov $0x12, %eax\n" " jmp socketcall\n" "getsockname: .GLOBL getsockname\n" " mov $0x06, %eax\n" " jmp socketcall\n" "send: .GLOBL send\n" " mov $0x09, %eax\n" " jmp socketcall\n" "recv: .GLOBL recv\n" " mov $0x0a, %eax\n" " jmp socketcall\n" "shutdown: .GLOBL shutdown\n" " mov $0x0d, %eax\n" " jmp socketcall\n" "setsockopt: .GLOBL setsockopt\n" " mov $0x0e, %eax\n" " jmp socketcall\n" "getsockopt: .GLOBL getsockopt\n" " mov $0x0f, %eax\n" " jmp socketcall\n" "socketcall:\n" " mov %ebx, back_ebx\n" " mov %eax, %ebx\n" " mov $0x66, %eax\n" " lea 4(%esp), %ecx\n" /* fall through */ "do_syscall:\n" " call *vsyscall\n" // always valid, may be int80 or vsyscall " mov back_ebx, %ebx\n" " cmpl $0xfffff000, %eax\n" // consider -4096..-1 for errno " jae 0f\n" " ret\n" "0:\n" // error handling " neg %eax\n" // get errno value " push %eax\n" // save it " call __errno_location\n" " popl (%eax)\n" // store the pushed errno into the proper location " mov $-1, %eax\n" // and return -1 " ret\n" "int80:\n" // default compatible calling convention " int $0x80\n" " ret\n" ); __attribute__((constructor)) static void __i386_linux_vsyscall_init(void) { /* We can get the pointer by resolving the __kernel_vsyscall symbol * from the "linux-gate.so.1" virtual shared object, but this requires * libdl. Or we can also know that the vsyscall pointer is always * located at 0xFFFFE018 when /proc/sys/abi/vsyscall32 contains the * default value 2. So we can use that once we've checked that we can * access it without faulting. The dlsym method will also work when * vsyscall32 = 1, which randomizes the VDSO address. */ #ifdef USE_VSYSCALL_DLSYM void *handle = dlopen("linux-gate.so.1", RTLD_NOW); if (handle) { void *ptr; ptr = dlsym(handle, "__kernel_vsyscall_kml"); if (!ptr) ptr = dlsym(handle, "__kernel_vsyscall"); if (ptr) vsyscall = ptr; dlclose(handle); } #else /* Heuristic: trying to mprotect() the VDSO area will only succeed if * it is mapped. */ if (mprotect((void *)0xffffe000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC) == 0) { unsigned long ptr = *(unsigned long *)0xFFFFE018; /* VDSO is mapped */ if ((ptr & 0xFFFFE000) == 0xFFFFE000) vsyscall = (void *)ptr; } #endif } #endif /* defined(__linux__) && defined(__i386__) */