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Mark Rutland e130338eed arm64: entry: call exit_to_user_mode() from C
When handling an exception from EL0, we perform the entry work in that
exception's C handler, and once the C handler has finished, we return
back to the entry assembly. Subsequently in the common `ret_to_user`
assembly we perform the exit work that balances with the entry work.
This can be somewhat difficult to follow, and makes it hard to rework
the return paths (e.g. to pass additional context to the exit code, or
to have exception return logic for specific exceptions).

This patch reworks the entry code such that each EL0 C exception handler
is responsible for both the entry and exit work. This clearly balances
the two (and will permit additional variation in future), and avoids an
unnecessary bounce between assembly and C in the common case, leaving
`ret_from_fork` as the only place assembly has to call the exit code.
This means that the exit work is now inlined into the C handler, which
is already the case for the entry work, and allows the compiler to
generate better code (e.g. by immediately returning when there is no
exit work to perform).

To align with other exception entry/exit helpers, enter_from_user_mode()
is updated to take the EL0 pt_regs as a parameter, though this is
currently unused.

There should be no functional change as a result of this patch. However,
this should lead to slightly better backtraces when an error is
encountered within do_notify_resume(), as the C handler should appear in
the backtrace, indicating the specific exception that the kernel was
entered with.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: James Morse <james.morse@arm.com>
Cc: Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com>
Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210802140733.52716-5-mark.rutland@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
History 2021-08-05 14:10:32 +01:00
arch arm64: entry: call exit_to_user_mode() from C 2021-08-05 14:10:32 +01:00
block block-5.14-2021-07-08 2021-07-09 12:05:33 -07:00
certs Kbuild updates for v5.13 (2nd) 2021-05-08 10:00:11 -07:00
crypto Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2021-07-09 11:00:44 -07:00
Documentation userfaultfd: do not untag user pointers 2021-07-23 17:43:28 -07:00
drivers A set of EFI fixes: 2021-07-25 10:04:27 -07:00
fs 5 cifs/smb3 fixes, including a DFS failover fix, 2 fallocate fixes, and 2 trivial coverity cleanups 2021-07-24 17:26:47 -07:00
include ACPI: fix NULL pointer dereference 2021-07-24 15:25:54 -07:00
init Revert "mm/slub: use stackdepot to save stack trace in objects" 2021-07-17 13:27:00 -07:00
ipc Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2021-07-02 12:08:10 -07:00
kernel smpboot: fix duplicate and misplaced inlining directive 2021-07-25 11:06:37 -07:00
lib lib/test_hmm: remove set but unused page variable 2021-07-15 10:13:49 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES/dual/CC-BY-4.0: Git rid of "smart quotes" 2021-07-15 06:31:24 -06:00
mm mm: fix the deadlock in finish_fault() 2021-07-23 17:43:28 -07:00
net net: sched: cls_api: Fix the the wrong parameter 2021-07-22 00:48:03 -07:00
samples Networking fixes for 5.14-rc2, including fixes from bpf and netfilter. 2021-07-14 09:24:32 -07:00
scripts Kbuild fixes for v5.14 2021-07-18 11:10:30 -07:00
security asm-generic/unaligned: Unify asm/unaligned.h around struct helper 2021-07-02 12:43:40 -07:00
sound sound fixes for 5.14-rc3 2021-07-23 09:58:23 -07:00
tools selftest: use mmap instead of posix_memalign to allocate memory 2021-07-23 17:43:28 -07:00
usr .gitignore: prefix local generated files with a slash 2021-05-02 00:43:35 +09:00
virt * Allow again loading KVM on 32-bit non-PAE builds 2021-07-15 11:56:07 -07:00
.clang-format clang-format: Update with the latest for_each macro list 2021-05-12 23:32:39 +02:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore Opt out of scripts/get_maintainer.pl 2019-05-16 10:53:40 -07:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: use 'dts' diff driver for dts files 2019-12-04 19:44:11 -08:00
.gitignore .gitignore: ignore only top-level modules.builtin 2021-05-02 00:43:35 +09:00
.mailmap m68k updates for v5.14 2021-06-28 14:01:03 -07:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: move Murali Karicheri to credits 2021-04-29 15:47:30 -07:00
Kbuild kbuild: rename hostprogs-y/always to hostprogs/always-y 2020-02-04 01:53:07 +09:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS Char/Misc fixes for 5.14-rc3 2021-07-23 10:14:56 -07:00
Makefile Linux 5.14-rc3 2021-07-25 15:35:14 -07:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

Linux kernel
============

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.