[PATCH] powerpc/32: Restore disabling of interrupts at interrupt/syscall exit
Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)
chleroy at kernel.org
Wed Dec 24 21:04:38 AEDT 2025
Le 20/12/2025 à 12:17, Christian Zigotzky a écrit :
> On 19/12/25 13:23, Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP) wrote:
>> Commit 2997876c4a1a ("powerpc/32: Restore clearing of MSR[RI] at
>> interrupt/syscall exit") delayed clearing of MSR[RI], but missed that
>> both MSR[RI] and MSR[EE] are cleared at the same time, so the commit
>> also delayed the disabling of interrupts, leading to unexpected
>> behaviour.
>>
>> To fix that, mostly revert the blamed commit and restore the clearing
>> of MSR[RI] in interrupt_exit_kernel_prepare() instead. For 8xx it
>> implies adding a synchronising instruction after the mtspr in order to
>> make sure no instruction counter interrupt (used for perf events) will
>> fire just after clearing MSR[RI].
>>
>> Reported-by: Christian Zigotzky <chzigotzky at xenosoft.de>
>> Closes: https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?
>> url=https%3A%2F%2Flore.kernel.org%2Fall%2F4d0bd05d-6158-1323-3509-744d3fbe8fc7%40xenosoft.de%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cchristophe.leroy2%40cs-soprasteria.com%7C04147486078f4487431908de3fb987ff%7C8b87af7d86474dc78df45f69a2011bb5%7C0%7C0%7C639018263263978487%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=oNkrme1a69HcSK3wzCMc%2BJhc6GnkS2VHoGfQFM242%2BA%3D&reserved=0
>> Reported-by: Guenter Roeck <linux at roeck-us.net>
>> Closes: https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?
>> url=https%3A%2F%2Flore.kernel.org%2Fall%2F6b05eb1c-
>> fdef-44e0-91a7-8286825e68f1%40roeck-
>> us.net%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cchristophe.leroy2%40cs-
>> soprasteria.com%7C04147486078f4487431908de3fb987ff%7C8b87af7d86474dc78df45f69a2011bb5%7C0%7C0%7C639018263263994543%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=q8cMycJtK%2B2nZLB2nx4Ho8SuDD7ZjEbGNb67IULrOCQ%3D&reserved=0
>> Fixes: 2997876c4a1a ("powerpc/32: Restore clearing of MSR[RI] at
>> interrupt/syscall exit")
>> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP) <chleroy at kernel.org>
>> ---
>> arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h | 2 +-
>> arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h | 1 +
>> arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S | 15 ---------------
>> arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c | 5 ++++-
>> 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h b/arch/powerpc/include/
>> asm/hw_irq.h
>> index 1078ba88efaf..9cd945f2acaf 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h
>> @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ static inline void __hard_EE_RI_disable(void)
>> if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BOOKE))
>> wrtee(0);
>> else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PPC_8xx))
>> - wrtspr(SPRN_NRI);
>> + wrtspr_sync(SPRN_NRI);
>> else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64))
>> __mtmsrd(0, 1);
>> else
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h b/arch/powerpc/include/
>> asm/reg.h
>> index 3fe186635432..3449dd2b577d 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
>> @@ -1400,6 +1400,7 @@ static inline void mtmsr_isync(unsigned long val)
>> : "r" ((unsigned long)(v)) \
>> : "memory")
>> #define wrtspr(rn) asm volatile("mtspr " __stringify(rn)
>> ",2" : : : "memory")
>> +#define wrtspr_sync(rn) asm volatile("mtspr " __stringify(rn) ",2;
>> sync" : : : "memory")
>> static inline void wrtee(unsigned long val)
>> {
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/
>> entry_32.S
>> index 16f8ee6cb2cd..d8426251b1cd 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
>> @@ -101,17 +101,6 @@ SYM_FUNC_END(__kuep_unlock)
>> .endm
>> #endif
>> -.macro clr_ri trash
>> -#ifndef CONFIG_BOOKE
>> -#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_8xx
>> - mtspr SPRN_NRI, \trash
>> -#else
>> - li \trash, MSR_KERNEL & ~MSR_RI
>> - mtmsr \trash
>> -#endif
>> -#endif
>> -.endm
>> -
>> .globl transfer_to_syscall
>> transfer_to_syscall:
>> stw r3, ORIG_GPR3(r1)
>> @@ -160,7 +149,6 @@ ret_from_syscall:
>> cmpwi r3,0
>> REST_GPR(3, r1)
>> syscall_exit_finish:
>> - clr_ri r4
>> mtspr SPRN_SRR0,r7
>> mtspr SPRN_SRR1,r8
>> @@ -237,7 +225,6 @@ fast_exception_return:
>> /* Clear the exception marker on the stack to avoid confusing
>> stacktrace */
>> li r10, 0
>> stw r10, 8(r11)
>> - clr_ri r10
>> mtspr SPRN_SRR1,r9
>> mtspr SPRN_SRR0,r12
>> REST_GPR(9, r11)
>> @@ -270,7 +257,6 @@ interrupt_return:
>> .Lfast_user_interrupt_return:
>> lwz r11,_NIP(r1)
>> lwz r12,_MSR(r1)
>> - clr_ri r4
>> mtspr SPRN_SRR0,r11
>> mtspr SPRN_SRR1,r12
>> @@ -313,7 +299,6 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_NEED_PAIRED_STWCX)
>> cmpwi cr1,r3,0
>> lwz r11,_NIP(r1)
>> lwz r12,_MSR(r1)
>> - clr_ri r4
>> mtspr SPRN_SRR0,r11
>> mtspr SPRN_SRR1,r12
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/
>> interrupt.c
>> index aea6f7e8e9c6..e63bfde13e03 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c
>> @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static inline bool exit_must_hard_disable(void)
>> #else
>> static inline bool exit_must_hard_disable(void)
>> {
>> - return false;
>> + return true;
>> }
>> #endif
>> @@ -443,6 +443,9 @@ notrace unsigned long
>> interrupt_exit_kernel_prepare(struct pt_regs *regs)
>> if (unlikely(stack_store))
>> __hard_EE_RI_disable();
>> +#else
>> + } else {
>> + __hard_EE_RI_disable();
>> #endif /* CONFIG_PPC64 */
>> }
>
> The patched kernel 6.19.0-rc1 boots without any problems. Thank you.
>
> Tested-by Christian Zigotzky <chzigotzky at xenosoft.de>
>
Thanks
b4/patchwork missed your tested-by which lacks the colon.
Tested-by: Christian Zigotzky <chzigotzky at xenosoft.de>
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