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From: Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com>
To: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, catalin.marinas@arm.com,
	james.morse@arm.com, maz@kernel.org, will@kernel.org, nd@arm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] arm64: entry: call exit_to_user_mode() from C
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2021 13:17:20 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210803121720.GD52119@e124191.cambridge.arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210802140733.52716-5-mark.rutland@arm.com>

On Mon, Aug 02, 2021 at 03:07:33PM +0100, Mark Rutland wrote:
> When handling an exception from EL0, we perform the entry work in that
> exception's C handler, and once the C handler has finised, we return
typo: finished

> 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).
> 

[..]

Reviewed-by: Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com>

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  reply	other threads:[~2021-08-03 12:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-08-02 14:07 [PATCH 0/4] arm64: entry: rework user return handling Mark Rutland
2021-08-02 14:07 ` [PATCH 1/4] arm64: entry: consolidate entry/exit helpers Mark Rutland
2021-08-03 12:07   ` Joey Gouly
2021-08-02 14:07 ` [PATCH 2/4] arm64: entry: clarify " Mark Rutland
2021-08-03 11:53   ` Joey Gouly
2021-08-02 14:07 ` [PATCH 3/4] arm64: entry: move bulk of ret_to_user to C Mark Rutland
2021-08-03 12:06   ` Joey Gouly
2021-08-02 14:07 ` [PATCH 4/4] arm64: entry: call exit_to_user_mode() from C Mark Rutland
2021-08-03 12:17   ` Joey Gouly [this message]
2021-08-05 13:38 ` [PATCH 0/4] arm64: entry: rework user return handling Catalin Marinas

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