From: tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski <tipbot@zytor.com>
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Subject: [tip:x86/asm] x86/entry/64: Stop using int_ret_from_sys_call in ret_from_fork
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 03:36:31 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <tip-24d978b76ffd20ecff8a8d1c21b16fe740f8b119@git.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a0747e2a5e47084655a1e96351c545b755c41fa7.1454022279.git.luto@kernel.org>
Commit-ID: 24d978b76ffd20ecff8a8d1c21b16fe740f8b119
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/24d978b76ffd20ecff8a8d1c21b16fe740f8b119
Author: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
AuthorDate: Thu, 28 Jan 2016 15:11:27 -0800
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
CommitDate: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 09:46:38 +0100
x86/entry/64: Stop using int_ret_from_sys_call in ret_from_fork
ret_from_fork is now open-coded and is no longer tangled up with
the syscall code. This isn't so bad -- this adds very little
code, and IMO the result is much easier to understand.
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/a0747e2a5e47084655a1e96351c545b755c41fa7.1454022279.git.luto@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
---
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 35 +++++++++++++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
index f7050a5..cb5d940 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
@@ -390,7 +390,6 @@ END(ptregs_\func)
* rdi: prev task we switched from
*/
ENTRY(ret_from_fork)
-
LOCK ; btr $TIF_FORK, TI_flags(%r8)
pushq $0x0002
@@ -398,28 +397,32 @@ ENTRY(ret_from_fork)
call schedule_tail /* rdi: 'prev' task parameter */
- RESTORE_EXTRA_REGS
-
testb $3, CS(%rsp) /* from kernel_thread? */
+ jnz 1f
/*
- * By the time we get here, we have no idea whether our pt_regs,
- * ti flags, and ti status came from the 64-bit SYSCALL fast path,
- * the slow path, or one of the 32-bit compat paths.
- * Use IRET code path to return, since it can safely handle
- * all of the above.
+ * We came from kernel_thread. This code path is quite twisted, and
+ * someone should clean it up.
+ *
+ * copy_thread_tls stashes the function pointer in RBX and the
+ * parameter to be passed in RBP. The called function is permitted
+ * to call do_execve and thereby jump to user mode.
*/
- jnz int_ret_from_sys_call
+ movq RBP(%rsp), %rdi
+ call *RBX(%rsp)
+ movl $0, RAX(%rsp)
/*
- * We came from kernel_thread
- * nb: we depend on RESTORE_EXTRA_REGS above
+ * Fall through as though we're exiting a syscall. This makes a
+ * twisted sort of sense if we just called do_execve.
*/
- movq %rbp, %rdi
- call *%rbx
- movl $0, RAX(%rsp)
- RESTORE_EXTRA_REGS
- jmp int_ret_from_sys_call
+
+1:
+ movq %rsp, %rdi
+ call syscall_return_slowpath /* returns with IRQs disabled */
+ TRACE_IRQS_ON /* user mode is traced as IRQS on */
+ SWAPGS
+ jmp restore_regs_and_iret
END(ret_from_fork)
/*
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-01-29 11:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-01-28 23:11 [PATCH v2 00/10] x86: Rewrite 64-bit syscall code Andy Lutomirski
2016-01-28 23:11 ` [PATCH v2 01/10] selftests/x86: Extend Makefile to allow 64-bit-only tests Andy Lutomirski
2016-01-29 11:33 ` [tip:x86/asm] " tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
2016-01-28 23:11 ` [PATCH v2 02/10] selftests/x86: Add check_initial_reg_state Andy Lutomirski
2016-01-29 11:34 ` [tip:x86/asm] selftests/x86: Add check_initial_reg_state() tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
2016-01-28 23:11 ` [PATCH v2 03/10] x86/syscalls: Refactor syscalltbl.sh Andy Lutomirski
2016-01-29 11:34 ` [tip:x86/asm] " tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
2016-01-28 23:11 ` [PATCH v2 04/10] x86/syscalls: Remove __SYSCALL_COMMON and __SYSCALL_X32 Andy Lutomirski
2016-01-29 11:34 ` [tip:x86/asm] " tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
2016-01-29 21:23 ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-01-29 22:19 ` Brian Gerst
2016-01-29 22:23 ` Andy Lutomirski
2016-01-30 9:31 ` Ingo Molnar
2016-01-30 17:35 ` Andy Lutomirski
2016-01-30 21:22 ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-01-30 18:40 ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-01-28 23:11 ` [PATCH v2 05/10] x86/syscalls: Move compat syscall entry handling into syscalltbl.sh Andy Lutomirski
2016-01-29 11:35 ` [tip:x86/asm] " tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
2016-01-28 23:11 ` [PATCH v2 06/10] x86/syscalls: Add syscall entry qualifiers Andy Lutomirski
2016-01-29 11:35 ` [tip:x86/asm] " tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
2016-01-28 23:11 ` [PATCH v2 07/10] x86/entry/64: Always run ptregs-using syscalls on the slow path Andy Lutomirski
2016-01-29 11:35 ` [tip:x86/asm] " tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
2016-01-28 23:11 ` [PATCH v2 08/10] x86/entry/64: Call all native slow-path syscalls with full pt-regs Andy Lutomirski
2016-01-29 11:36 ` [tip:x86/asm] " tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
2016-01-28 23:11 ` [PATCH v2 09/10] x86/entry/64: Stop using int_ret_from_sys_call in ret_from_fork Andy Lutomirski
2016-01-29 11:36 ` tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski [this message]
2016-01-28 23:11 ` [PATCH v2 10/10] x86/entry/64: Migrate the 64-bit syscall slow path to C Andy Lutomirski
2016-01-29 11:36 ` [tip:x86/asm] " tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
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