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authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2020-05-21 22:05:18 +0200
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2020-06-11 15:15:05 +0200
commit9f9781b60dfa68d5094a41982f1efa75215a62b1 (patch)
tree182035a269657fff26113789b3df6e7c63b4561a /arch/x86/entry
parent3eeec385848855c8109eb72b8b309078d5507968 (diff)
x86/entry: Provide idtentry_enter/exit_user()
As there are exceptions which already handle entry from user mode and from kernel mode separately, providing explicit user entry/exit handling callbacks makes sense and makes the code easier to understand. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200521202117.289548561@linutronix.de
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/entry')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/entry/common.c31
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/common.c b/arch/x86/entry/common.c
index a7f5846a4102..b7fcb1355adf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/common.c
@@ -658,3 +658,34 @@ void noinstr idtentry_exit_cond_rcu(struct pt_regs *regs, bool rcu_exit)
rcu_irq_exit();
}
}
+
+/**
+ * idtentry_enter_user - Handle state tracking on idtentry from user mode
+ * @regs: Pointer to pt_regs of interrupted context
+ *
+ * Invokes enter_from_user_mode() to establish the proper context for
+ * NOHZ_FULL. Otherwise scheduling on exit would not be possible.
+ */
+void noinstr idtentry_enter_user(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+ enter_from_user_mode();
+}
+
+/**
+ * idtentry_exit_user - Handle return from exception to user mode
+ * @regs: Pointer to pt_regs (exception entry regs)
+ *
+ * Runs the necessary preemption and work checks and returns to the caller
+ * with interrupts disabled and no further work pending.
+ *
+ * This is the last action before returning to the low level ASM code which
+ * just needs to return to the appropriate context.
+ *
+ * Counterpart to idtentry_enter_user().
+ */
+void noinstr idtentry_exit_user(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+ lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
+
+ prepare_exit_to_usermode(regs);
+}