Remove disable_tsc code in context switch It only offers extremly dubious security advantages and is not worth the overhead in this critical path. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Index: linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c +++ linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c @@ -487,33 +487,6 @@ out: } /* - * This function selects if the context switch from prev to next - * has to tweak the TSC disable bit in the cr4. - */ -static inline void disable_tsc(struct task_struct *prev_p, - struct task_struct *next_p) -{ - struct thread_info *prev, *next; - - /* - * gcc should eliminate the ->thread_info dereference if - * has_secure_computing returns 0 at compile time (SECCOMP=n). - */ - prev = prev_p->thread_info; - next = next_p->thread_info; - - if (has_secure_computing(prev) || has_secure_computing(next)) { - /* slow path here */ - if (has_secure_computing(prev) && - !has_secure_computing(next)) { - write_cr4(read_cr4() & ~X86_CR4_TSD); - } else if (!has_secure_computing(prev) && - has_secure_computing(next)) - write_cr4(read_cr4() | X86_CR4_TSD); - } -} - -/* * This special macro can be used to load a debugging register */ #define loaddebug(thread,r) set_debug(thread->debugreg ## r, r) @@ -631,8 +604,6 @@ struct task_struct *__switch_to(struct t } } - disable_tsc(prev_p, next_p); - return prev_p; }