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2025-06-09x86/fred/signal: Prevent immediate repeat of single step trap on return from ↵Xin Li (Intel)
SIGTRAP handler Clear the software event flag in the augmented SS to prevent immediate repeat of single step trap on return from SIGTRAP handler if the trap flag (TF) is set without an external debugger attached. Following is a typical single-stepping flow for a user process: 1) The user process is prepared for single-stepping by setting RFLAGS.TF = 1. 2) When any instruction in user space completes, a #DB is triggered. 3) The kernel handles the #DB and returns to user space, invoking the SIGTRAP handler with RFLAGS.TF = 0. 4) After the SIGTRAP handler finishes, the user process performs a sigreturn syscall, restoring the original state, including RFLAGS.TF = 1. 5) Goto step 2. According to the FRED specification: A) Bit 17 in the augmented SS is designated as the software event flag, which is set to 1 for FRED event delivery of SYSCALL, SYSENTER, or INT n. B) If bit 17 of the augmented SS is 1 and ERETU would result in RFLAGS.TF = 1, a single-step trap will be pending upon completion of ERETU. In step 4) above, the software event flag is set upon the sigreturn syscall, and its corresponding ERETU would restore RFLAGS.TF = 1. This combination causes a pending single-step trap upon completion of ERETU. Therefore, another #DB is triggered before any user space instruction is executed, which leads to an infinite loop in which the SIGTRAP handler keeps being invoked on the same user space IP. Fixes: 14619d912b65 ("x86/fred: FRED entry/exit and dispatch code") Suggested-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Xin Li (Intel) <xin@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> Tested-by: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@intel.com> Cc:stable@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250609084054.2083189-2-xin%40zytor.com
2025-02-27x86/ia32: Leave NULL selector values 0~3 unchangedXin Li (Intel)
The first GDT descriptor is reserved as 'NULL descriptor'. As bits 0 and 1 of a segment selector, i.e., the RPL bits, are NOT used to index GDT, selector values 0~3 all point to the NULL descriptor, thus values 0, 1, 2 and 3 are all valid NULL selector values. When a NULL selector value is to be loaded into a segment register, reload_segments() sets its RPL bits. Later IRET zeros ES, FS, GS, and DS segment registers if any of them is found to have any nonzero NULL selector value. The two operations offset each other to actually effect a nop. Besides, zeroing of RPL in NULL selector values is an information leak in pre-FRED systems as userspace can spot any interrupt/exception by loading a nonzero NULL selector, and waiting for it to become zero. But there is nothing software can do to prevent it before FRED. ERETU, the only legit instruction to return to userspace from kernel under FRED, by design does NOT zero any segment register to avoid this problem behavior. As such, leave NULL selector values 0~3 unchanged and close the leak. Do the same on 32-bit kernel as well. Signed-off-by: Xin Li (Intel) <xin@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241126184529.1607334-1-xin@zytor.com
2024-03-22x86/syscall/compat: Remove ia32_unistd.hBrian Gerst
This header is now just a wrapper for unistd_32_ia32.h. Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240321211847.132473-3-brgerst@gmail.com
2023-08-02x86/shstk: Add user control-protection fault handlerRick Edgecombe
A control-protection fault is triggered when a control-flow transfer attempt violates Shadow Stack or Indirect Branch Tracking constraints. For example, the return address for a RET instruction differs from the copy on the shadow stack. There already exists a control-protection fault handler for handling kernel IBT faults. Refactor this fault handler into separate user and kernel handlers, like the page fault handler. Add a control-protection handler for usermode. To avoid ifdeffery, put them both in a new file cet.c, which is compiled in the case of either of the two CET features supported in the kernel: kernel IBT or user mode shadow stack. Move some static inline functions from traps.c into a header so they can be used in cet.c. Opportunistically fix a comment in the kernel IBT part of the fault handler that is on the end of the line instead of preceding it. Keep the same behavior for the kernel side of the fault handler, except for converting a BUG to a WARN in the case of a #CP happening when the feature is missing. This unifies the behavior with the new shadow stack code, and also prevents the kernel from crashing under this situation which is potentially recoverable. The control-protection fault handler works in a similar way as the general protection fault handler. It provides the si_code SEGV_CPERR to the signal handler. Co-developed-by: Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@kernel.org> Tested-by: Pengfei Xu <pengfei.xu@intel.com> Tested-by: John Allen <john.allen@amd.com> Tested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230613001108.3040476-28-rick.p.edgecombe%40intel.com
2023-02-21Merge tag 'x86_cpu_for_v6.3_rc1' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip Pull x86 cpuid updates from Borislav Petkov: - Cache the AMD debug registers in per-CPU variables to avoid MSR writes where possible, when supporting a debug registers swap feature for SEV-ES guests - Add support for AMD's version of eIBRS called Automatic IBRS which is a set-and-forget control of indirect branch restriction speculation resources on privilege change - Add support for a new x86 instruction - LKGS - Load kernel GS which is part of the FRED infrastructure - Reset SPEC_CTRL upon init to accomodate use cases like kexec which rediscover - Other smaller fixes and cleanups * tag 'x86_cpu_for_v6.3_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86/amd: Cache debug register values in percpu variables KVM: x86: Propagate the AMD Automatic IBRS feature to the guest x86/cpu: Support AMD Automatic IBRS x86/cpu, kvm: Add the SMM_CTL MSR not present feature x86/cpu, kvm: Add the Null Selector Clears Base feature x86/cpu, kvm: Move X86_FEATURE_LFENCE_RDTSC to its native leaf x86/cpu, kvm: Add the NO_NESTED_DATA_BP feature KVM: x86: Move open-coded CPUID leaf 0x80000021 EAX bit propagation code x86/cpu, kvm: Add support for CPUID_80000021_EAX x86/gsseg: Add the new <asm/gsseg.h> header to <asm/asm-prototypes.h> x86/gsseg: Use the LKGS instruction if available for load_gs_index() x86/gsseg: Move load_gs_index() to its own new header file x86/gsseg: Make asm_load_gs_index() take an u16 x86/opcode: Add the LKGS instruction to x86-opcode-map x86/cpufeature: Add the CPU feature bit for LKGS x86/bugs: Reset speculation control settings on init x86/cpu: Remove redundant extern x86_read_arch_cap_msr()
2023-01-12x86/gsseg: Move load_gs_index() to its own new header fileH. Peter Anvin (Intel)
GS is a special segment on x86_64, move load_gs_index() to its own new header file to simplify header inclusion. No change in functionality. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Xin Li <xin3.li@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230112072032.35626-5-xin3.li@intel.com
2023-01-06x86/signal: Move siginfo field testsBrian Gerst
Move the tests to the appropriate signal_$(BITS).c file. Convert them to use static_assert(), removing the need for a dummy function. Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221219193904.190220-2-brgerst@gmail.com Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2022-10-19x86/signal/32: Merge native and compat 32-bit signal codeBrian Gerst
There are significant differences between signal handling on 32-bit vs. 64-bit, like different structure layouts and legacy syscalls. Instead of duplicating that code for native and compat, merge both versions into one file. Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Acked-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220606203802.158958-8-brgerst@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
2008-11-26x86: signal: unify signal_{32|64}.cHiroshi Shimamoto
Impact: cleanup Unify signal_{32|64}.c! Mechanic unification - the two files are the same. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-11-26x86: signal: unify signal_{32|64}.c, prepareHiroshi Shimamoto
Impact: cleanup Add #ifdef directive for 32-bit only code. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-11-26x86: signal: cosmetic unification of __setup_sigframe() and ↵Hiroshi Shimamoto
__setup_rt_sigframe() Impact: cleanup Add #ifdef directive to unify __setup_sigframe() and __setup_rt_sigframe(). Move them after {setup|restore}_sigcontext() declaration. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-11-26x86: signal: move {setup|restore}_sigcontext()Hiroshi Shimamoto
Impact: cleanup Move {setup|restore}_sigcontext() declaration onto head of file. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-11-23x86: signal: cosmetic unification of sys_rt_sigreturn()Hiroshi Shimamoto
Impact: cleanup Add #ifdef directive for unification. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-11-23x86: signal: cosmetic unification of sys_sigaltstack()Hiroshi Shimamoto
Impact: cleanup Add #ifdef directive for unification. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-11-23x86: signal: cosmetic unification of including headersHiroshi Shimamoto
Impact: cleanup Make the headers portion of signal_32.c and signal_64.c the same. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-11-21x86: signal: rename COPY_SEG_STRICT to COPY_SEG_CPL3Hiroshi Shimamoto
Impact: cleanup Rename macro COPY_SEG_STRICT to COPY_SEG_CPL3, as suggested by hpa. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-11-12x86: signal_32: introduce retcode and rt_retcodeHiroshi Shimamoto
Impact: cleanup Introduce retcode and rt_retcode to replace setting up frame->retcode. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-11-08x86: signal: cosmetic unification of setup_sigcontext()Hiroshi Shimamoto
Impact: cleanup Make setup_sigcontext() same. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-11-06x86: signal_32: do save_i387_xstate() at get_sigframe()Hiroshi Shimamoto
Impact: cleanup move calling save_i387_xstate() into get_sigframe() from setup_sigcontext() like 64bit. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-10-30x86: signal: cosmetic unification of NR_restart_syscallHiroshi Shimamoto
Impact: cleanup Add #ifdef directive to unify NR_restart_syscall. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-10-30x86: signal: cosmetic unification of macros for setup_rt_frame()Hiroshi Shimamoto
Impact: cleanup Add #ifdef directive for unification. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-10-30x86: signal: cosmetic unification of signr_convert()Hiroshi Shimamoto
Impact: cleanup Make signr_convert() same. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-10-27x86: signal: cosmetic unification of restore_sigcontext()Hiroshi Shimamoto
Impact: cleanup Make restore_sigcontext() the same. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-10-03x86: signal: remove indent in restore_sigcontext()Hiroshi Shimamoto
remove braces and indent for flags and fpstate in restore_sigcontext(). Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-10-03x86: signal: move macros out from restore_sigcontext()Hiroshi Shimamoto
move macros, COPY, COPY_SEG*, GET_SEG, out from restore_sigcontext(). x86_64: introduce COPY_SEG_STRICT for cs. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-09-25x86: signal_32.c: introduce macro ia32_setup_frame and ia32_setup_rt_frameHiroshi Shimamoto
Make 32-bit setup_rt_frame() look like 64-bit version for unification. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-09-25x86: signal: introduce helper macro is_ia32Hiroshi Shimamoto
Introduce new macro is_ia32 for unification of setup_rt_frame(). No effect in binary, compiler will optimize. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-09-25x86: signal_32.c: introduce signr_convert()Hiroshi Shimamoto
Introduce signr_convert(). This function will help unification of setup_rt_frame(). Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-09-24x86: signal: cosmetic unification of handle_signal()Hiroshi Shimamoto
Make handle_signal() same. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-09-24x86: signal: cosmetic unification of do_notify_resume()Hiroshi Shimamoto
Make do_notify_resume() same. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-09-14x86: signal: introduce do_rt_sigreturn()Hiroshi Shimamoto
introduce do_rt_sigreturn(), to collect common part of sys_rt_sigreturn(). No change in functionality intended. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-09-14x86: signal: remove unneeded err handlingHiroshi Shimamoto
This patch eliminates unused or unneeded variable handling. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-09-14x86: signal: put give_sigsegv of setup frames togetherHiroshi Shimamoto
When setup frame fails, force_sigsegv is called and returns -EFAULT. There is similar code in ia32_setup_frame(), ia32_setup_rt_frame(), __setup_frame() and __setup_rt_frame(). Make them identical. No change in functionality intended. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-09-06x86_32: signal: move signal number conversion to upper layerHiroshi Shimamoto
Bring signal number conversion in __setup_frame() and __setup_rt_frame() up into the common part setup_frame(). Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-09-06x86: signal: split out frame setupsHiroshi Shimamoto
Make setup_rt_frame() and split out frame setups from handle_signal(). This is for cosmetic unification of handle_signal(). Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-09-06x86: signal: make NR_restart_syscallHiroshi Shimamoto
make NR_restart_syscall macro for cosmetic unification of handle_signal(). Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-09-06x86_32: signal: introduce signal_fault()Hiroshi Shimamoto
implement signal_fault() for 32bit. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-09-06x86_32: signal: use syscall_get_nr and errorHiroshi Shimamoto
Use asm/syscall.h interfaces that do the same things. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-09-06Merge branches 'x86/tracehook', 'x86/xsave' and 'x86/prototypes' into x86/signalIngo Molnar
Conflicts: arch/x86/kernel/signal_64.c Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-08-14Merge commit 'v2.6.27-rc3' into x86/prototypesIngo Molnar
Conflicts: include/asm-x86/dma-mapping.h Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-30x86, xsave: save/restore the extended state context in sigframeSuresh Siddha
On cpu's supporting xsave/xrstor, fpstate pointer in the sigcontext, will include the extended state information along with fpstate information. Presence of extended state information is indicated by the presence of FP_XSTATE_MAGIC1 at fpstate.sw_reserved.magic1 and FP_XSTATE_MAGIC2 at fpstate + (fpstate.sw_reserved.extended_size - FP_XSTATE_MAGIC2_SIZE). Extended feature bit mask that is saved in the memory layout is represented by the fpstate.sw_reserved.xstate_bv For RT signal frames, UC_FP_XSTATE in the uc_flags also indicate the presence of extended state information in the sigcontext's fpstate pointer. Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-30x86, xsave: reorganization of signal save/restore fpstate code layoutSuresh Siddha
move 64bit routines that saves/restores fpstate in/from user stack from signal_64.c to xsave.c restore_i387_xstate() now handles the condition when user passes NULL fpstate. Other misc changes for prepartion of xsave/xrstor sigcontext support. Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-30x86, xsave: dynamically allocate sigframes fpstate instead of static allocationSuresh Siddha
dynamically allocate fpstate on the stack, instead of static allocation in the current sigframe layout on the user stack. This will allow the fpstate structure to grow in the future, which includes extended state information supporting xsave/xrstor. signal handlers will be able to access the fpstate pointer from the sigcontext structure asusual, with no change. For the non RT sigframe's (which are supported only for 32bit apps), current static fpstate layout in the sigframe will be unused(so that we don't change the extramask[] offset in the sigframe and thus prevent breaking app's which modify extramask[]). Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-26x86: tracehook: TIF_NOTIFY_RESUMERoland McGrath
This adds TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME support for x86, both 64-bit and 32-bit. When set, we call tracehook_notify_resume() on the way to user mode. Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
2008-07-26x86: tracehook_signal_handlerRoland McGrath
This makes the x86 signal handling code use tracehook_signal_handler() in place of calling into ptrace guts. The call is moved after the sa_mask processing, but there is no other change. This cleanup doesn't matter to existing debuggers, but is the sensible thing: have all facets of the handler setup complete before the debugger inspects the task again. Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
2008-07-23Merge branch 'sched/for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'sched/for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: sched: hrtick_enabled() should use cpu_active() sched, x86: clean up hrtick implementation sched: fix build error, provide partition_sched_domains() unconditionally sched: fix warning in inc_rt_tasks() to not declare variable 'rq' if it's not needed cpu hotplug: Make cpu_active_map synchronization dependency clear cpu hotplug, sched: Introduce cpu_active_map and redo sched domain managment (take 2) sched: rework of "prioritize non-migratable tasks over migratable ones" sched: reduce stack size in isolated_cpu_setup() Revert parts of "ftrace: do not trace scheduler functions" Fixed up conflicts in include/asm-x86/thread_info.h (due to the TIF_SINGLESTEP unification vs TIF_HRTICK_RESCHED removal) and kernel/sched_fair.c (due to cpu_active_map vs for_each_cpu_mask_nr() introduction).
2008-07-22x86: Introducing asm/syscalls.hJaswinder Singh
Declaring arch-dependent syscalls for x86 architecture Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh <jaswinder@infradead.org>
2008-07-21Merge branches 'x86/urgent', 'x86/amd-iommu', 'x86/apic', 'x86/cleanups', ↵Ingo Molnar
'x86/core', 'x86/cpu', 'x86/fixmap', 'x86/gart', 'x86/kprobes', 'x86/memtest', 'x86/modules', 'x86/nmi', 'x86/pat', 'x86/reboot', 'x86/setup', 'x86/step', 'x86/unify-pci', 'x86/uv', 'x86/xen' and 'xen-64bit' into x86/for-linus
2008-07-20sched, x86: clean up hrtick implementationPeter Zijlstra
random uvesafb failures were reported against Gentoo: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=222799 and Mihai Moldovan bisected it back to: > 8f4d37ec073c17e2d4aa8851df5837d798606d6f is first bad commit > commit 8f4d37ec073c17e2d4aa8851df5837d798606d6f > Author: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> > Date: Fri Jan 25 21:08:29 2008 +0100 > > sched: high-res preemption tick Linus suspected it to be hrtick + vm86 interaction and observed: > Btw, Peter, Ingo: I think that commit is doing bad things. They aren't > _incorrect_ per se, but they are definitely bad. > > Why? > > Using random _TIF_WORK_MASK flags is really impolite for doing > "scheduling" work. There's a reason that arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S > special-cases the _TIF_NEED_RESCHED flag: we don't want to exit out of > vm86 mode unnecessarily. > > See the "work_notifysig_v86" label, and how it does that > "save_v86_state()" thing etc etc. Right, I never liked having to fiddle with those TIF flags. Initially I needed it because the hrtimer base lock could not nest in the rq lock. That however is fixed these days. Currently the only reason left to fiddle with the TIF flags is remote wakeups. We cannot program a remote cpu's hrtimer. I've been thinking about using the new and improved IPI function call stuff to implement hrtimer_start_on(). However that does require that smp_call_function_single(.wait=0) works from interrupt context - /me looks at the latest series from Jens - Yes that does seem to be supported, good. Here's a stab at cleaning this stuff up ... Mihai reported test success as well. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Tested-by: Mihai Moldovan <ionic@ionic.de> Cc: Michal Januszewski <spock@gentoo.org> Cc: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-18x86_32: remove redundant KERN_INFOHiroshi Shimamoto
This printk has a KERN_ facility level in the format string. Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>