[PATCH 05/23] powerpc/32: Clarify interrupt restores with REST_GPR macro in entry_32.S

Nicholas Piggin npiggin at gmail.com
Tue Sep 20 10:51:18 AEST 2022


On Fri Sep 16, 2022 at 3:32 PM AEST, Rohan McLure wrote:
> Restoring the register state of the interrupted thread involves issuing
> a large number of predictable loads to the kernel stack frame. Issue the
> REST_GPR{,S} macros to clearly signal when this is happening, and bunch
> together restores at the end of the interrupt handler where the saved
> value is not consumed earlier in the handler code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rohan McLure <rmclure at linux.ibm.com>
> Reported-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at csgroup.eu>

Reviewed-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin at gmail.com>

> ---
> V2 -> V3: New patch.
> V3 -> V4: Minimise restores in the unrecoverable window between
> restoring SRR0/1 and return from interrupt.
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S | 33 +++++++++++++-------------------
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
> index 44dfce9a60c5..e4b694cebc44 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
> @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ prepare_transfer_to_handler:
>  	lwz	r9,_MSR(r11)		/* if sleeping, clear MSR.EE */
>  	rlwinm	r9,r9,0,~MSR_EE
>  	lwz	r12,_LINK(r11)		/* and return to address in LR */
> -	lwz	r2, GPR2(r11)
> +	REST_GPR(2, r11)
>  	b	fast_exception_return
>  _ASM_NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(prepare_transfer_to_handler)
>  #endif /* CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_32 || CONFIG_E500 */
> @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ ret_from_syscall:
>  	lwz	r7,_NIP(r1)
>  	lwz	r8,_MSR(r1)
>  	cmpwi	r3,0
> -	lwz	r3,GPR3(r1)
> +	REST_GPR(3, r1)
>  syscall_exit_finish:
>  	mtspr	SPRN_SRR0,r7
>  	mtspr	SPRN_SRR1,r8
> @@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ syscall_exit_finish:
>  	bne	3f
>  	mtcr	r5
>  
> -1:	lwz	r2,GPR2(r1)
> -	lwz	r1,GPR1(r1)
> +1:	REST_GPR(2, r1)
> +	REST_GPR(1, r1)
>  	rfi
>  #ifdef CONFIG_40x
>  	b .	/* Prevent prefetch past rfi */
> @@ -165,10 +165,8 @@ syscall_exit_finish:
>  	REST_NVGPRS(r1)
>  	mtctr	r4
>  	mtxer	r5
> -	lwz	r0,GPR0(r1)
> -	lwz	r3,GPR3(r1)
> -	REST_GPRS(4, 11, r1)
> -	lwz	r12,GPR12(r1)
> +	REST_GPR(0, r1)
> +	REST_GPRS(3, 12, r1)
>  	b	1b
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_44x
> @@ -260,9 +258,8 @@ fast_exception_return:
>  	beq	3f			/* if not, we've got problems */
>  #endif
>  
> -2:	REST_GPRS(3, 6, r11)
> -	lwz	r10,_CCR(r11)
> -	REST_GPRS(1, 2, r11)
> +2:	lwz	r10,_CCR(r11)
> +	REST_GPRS(1, 6, r11)
>  	mtcr	r10
>  	lwz	r10,_LINK(r11)
>  	mtlr	r10
> @@ -277,7 +274,7 @@ fast_exception_return:
>  	mtspr	SPRN_SRR0,r12
>  	REST_GPR(9, r11)
>  	REST_GPR(12, r11)
> -	lwz	r11,GPR11(r11)
> +	REST_GPR(11, r11)
>  	rfi
>  #ifdef CONFIG_40x
>  	b .	/* Prevent prefetch past rfi */
> @@ -454,9 +451,8 @@ _ASM_NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(interrupt_return)
>  	lwz	r3,_MSR(r1);						\
>  	andi.	r3,r3,MSR_PR;						\
>  	bne	interrupt_return;					\
> -	lwz	r0,GPR0(r1);						\
> -	lwz	r2,GPR2(r1);						\
> -	REST_GPRS(3, 8, r1);						\
> +	REST_GPR(0, r1);						\
> +	REST_GPRS(2, 8, r1);						\
>  	lwz	r10,_XER(r1);						\
>  	lwz	r11,_CTR(r1);						\
>  	mtspr	SPRN_XER,r10;						\
> @@ -475,11 +471,8 @@ _ASM_NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(interrupt_return)
>  	lwz	r12,_MSR(r1);						\
>  	mtspr	exc_lvl_srr0,r11;					\
>  	mtspr	exc_lvl_srr1,r12;					\
> -	lwz	r9,GPR9(r1);						\
> -	lwz	r12,GPR12(r1);						\
> -	lwz	r10,GPR10(r1);						\
> -	lwz	r11,GPR11(r1);						\
> -	lwz	r1,GPR1(r1);						\
> +	REST_GPRS(9, 12, r1);						\
> +	REST_GPR(1, r1);						\
>  	exc_lvl_rfi;							\
>  	b	.;		/* prevent prefetch past exc_lvl_rfi */
>  
> -- 
> 2.34.1



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