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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)
 
 /*

  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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