Commit 041aa7a
entry: Split preemption from irqentry_exit_to_kernel_mode()
Some architecture-specific work needs to be performed between the state
management for exception entry/exit and the "real" work to handle the
exception. For example, arm64 needs to manipulate a number of exception
masking bits, with different exceptions requiring different masking.
Generally this can all be hidden in the architecture code, but for arm64
the current structure of irqentry_exit_to_kernel_mode() makes this
particularly difficult to handle in a way that is correct, maintainable,
and efficient.
The gory details are described in the thread surrounding:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/acPAzdtjK5w-rNqC@J2N7QTR9R3/
The summary is:
* Currently, irqentry_exit_to_kernel_mode() handles both involuntary
preemption AND state management necessary for exception return.
* When scheduling (including involuntary preemption), arm64 needs to
have all arm64-specific exceptions unmasked, though regular interrupts
must be masked.
* Prior to the state management for exception return, arm64 needs to
mask a number of arm64-specific exceptions, and perform some work with
these exceptions masked (with RCU watching, etc).
While in theory it is possible to handle this with a new arch_*() hook
called somewhere under irqentry_exit_to_kernel_mode(), this is fragile
and complicated, and doesn't match the flow used for exception return to
user mode, which has a separate 'prepare' step (where preemption can
occur) prior to the state management.
To solve this, refactor irqentry_exit_to_kernel_mode() to match the
style of {irqentry,syscall}_exit_to_user_mode(), moving preemption logic
into a new irqentry_exit_to_kernel_mode_preempt() function, and moving
state management in a new irqentry_exit_to_kernel_mode_after_preempt()
function. The existing irqentry_exit_to_kernel_mode() is left as a
caller of both of these, avoiding the need to modify existing callers.
There should be no functional change as a result of this change.
[ tglx: Updated kernel doc ]
Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@huawei.com>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260407131650.3813777-6-mark.rutland@arm.com1 parent c5538d0 commit 041aa7a
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