From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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"Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [patch V5 06/38] x86/entry: Provide helpers for execute on irqstack
Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 16:43:00 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200513214300.ruikp7ldnko7t5pi@treble> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200512213809.997307469@linutronix.de>
On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 11:01:05PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> Device interrupt handlers and system vector handlers are executed on the
> interrupt stack. The stack switch happens in the low level assembly entry
> code. This conflicts with the efforts to consolidate the exit code in C to
> ensure correctness vs. RCU and tracing.
>
> As there is no way to move #DB away from IST due to the MOV SS issue, the
> requirements vs. #DB and NMI for switching to the interrupt stack do not
> exist anymore. The only requirement is that interrupts are disabled.
>
> That allows to move the stack switching to C code which simplifies the
> entry/exit handling further because it allows to switch stacks after
> handling the entry and on exit before handling RCU, return to usermode and
> kernel preemption in the same way as for regular exceptions.
>
> The initial attempt of having the stack switching in inline ASM caused too
> much headache vs. objtool and the unwinder. After analysing the use cases
> it was agreed on that having the stack switch in ASM for the price of an
> indirect call is acceptable as the main users are indirect call heavy
> anyway and the few system vectors which are empty shells (scheduler IPI and
> KVM posted interrupt vectors) can run from the regular stack.
>
> Provide helper functions to check whether the interrupt stack is already
> active and whether stack switching is required.
>
> 64 bit only for now. 32 bit has a variant of that already. Once this is
> cleaned up the two implementations might be consolidated as a cleanup on
> top.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200507161020.783541450@infradead.org
> ---
> V5: Moved the actual switch to ASM code
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
--
Josh
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-13 21:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-12 21:00 [patch V5 00/38] x86/entry: Entry/exception code rework - the leftovers Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 01/38] x86/kvm/svm: Use uninstrumented wrmsrl() to restore GS Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-13 7:11 ` Jürgen Groß
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 02/38] x86/entry/64: Use native swapgs in asm_native_load_gs_index() Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-13 2:02 ` Steven Rostedt
2020-05-13 6:34 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-13 7:12 ` Jürgen Groß
2020-05-19 19:58 ` [tip: x86/entry] x86/entry/64: Use native swapgs in asm_load_gs_index() tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 03/38] nmi, tracing: Provide nmi_enter/exit_notrace() Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-15 1:32 ` Steven Rostedt
2020-05-15 1:35 ` Steven Rostedt
2020-05-15 1:37 ` Steven Rostedt
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 04/38] x86: Make hardware latency tracing explicit Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-15 1:43 ` Steven Rostedt
2020-05-15 15:08 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 05/38] genirq: Provide irq_enter/exit_rcu() Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 06/38] x86/entry: Provide helpers for execute on irqstack Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-13 21:43 ` Josh Poimboeuf [this message]
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 07/38] x86/entry/64: Move do_softirq_own_stack() to C Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 08/38] x86/entry: Split idtentry_enter/exit() Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 09/38] x86/entry: Switch XEN/PV hypercall entry to IDTENTRY Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-14 16:24 ` Boris Ostrovsky
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 10/38] x86/entry/64: Simplify idtentry_body Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 11/38] rcu: Provide __rcu_is_watching() Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-19 19:52 ` [tip: core/rcu] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 12/38] x86/entry: Provide idtentry_entry/exit_cond_rcu() Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 13/38] x86/entry: Switch page fault exception to IDTENTRY_RAW Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 14/38] x86/entry: Remove the transition leftovers Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 15/38] x86/entry: Change exit path of xen_failsafe_callback Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 16/38] x86/entry/64: Remove error_exit Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 17/38] x86/entry/32: Remove common_exception Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 18/38] x86/irq: Use generic irq_regs implementation Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 19/38] x86/irq: Convey vector as argument and not in ptregs Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 20/38] x86/irq/64: Provide handle_irq() Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 21/38] x86/entry: Add IRQENTRY_IRQ macro Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 22/38] x86/entry: Use idtentry for interrupts Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 23/38] genirq: Provde __irq_enter/exit_raw() Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 24/38] x86/entry: Provide IDTENTRY_SYSVEC Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-15 0:16 ` Boris Ostrovsky
2020-05-15 8:52 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 25/38] x86/entry: Convert APIC interrupts to IDTENTRY_SYSVEC Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 26/38] x86/entry: Convert SMP system vectors " Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 27/38] x86/entry: Convert various system vectors Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 28/38] x86/entry: Convert KVM vectors to IDTENTRY_SYSVEC Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 29/38] x86/entry: Convert various hypervisor " Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 30/38] x86/entry: Convert XEN hypercall vector " Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 31/38] x86/entry: Convert reschedule interrupt to IDTENTRY_SYSVEC_SIMPLE Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 32/38] x86/entry: Remove the apic/BUILD interrupt leftovers Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 33/38] x86/entry/64: Remove IRQ stack switching ASM Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 34/38] x86/entry: Make enter_from_user_mode() static Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 35/38] x86/entry/32: Remove redundant irq disable code Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 36/38] x86/entry/64: Remove TRACE_IRQS_*_DEBUG Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 37/38] x86/entry: Move paranoid irq tracing out of ASM code Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-12 21:01 ` [patch V5 38/38] x86/entry: Remove the TRACE_IRQS cruft Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-14 16:35 ` [patch V5 00/38] x86/entry: Entry/exception code rework - the leftovers Paul E. McKenney
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