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| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h index 34897e2b52c9..0a3c4cab39db 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h @@ -121,6 +121,13 @@ static inline void wrpkru(u32 pkru) static inline void __write_pkru(u32 pkru) { + /* + * WRPKRU is relatively expensive compared to RDPKRU. + * Avoid WRPKRU when it would not change the value. + */ + if (pkru == rdpkru()) + return; + wrpkru(pkru); } |