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| author | Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> | 2016-08-13 12:38:20 -0400 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2016-08-24 12:31:50 +0200 |
| commit | 616d24835eeafa8ef3466479db028abfdfc77531 (patch) | |
| tree | 855895f0566a9c7b7b1996cbee1a384995b5a068 /arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | |
| parent | 0100301bfdf56a2a370c7157b5ab0fbf9313e1cd (diff) | |
sched/x86: Pass kernel thread parameters in 'struct fork_frame'
Instead of setting up a fake pt_regs context, put the kernel thread
function pointer and arg into the unused callee-restored registers
of 'struct fork_frame'.
Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1471106302-10159-6-git-send-email-brgerst@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 37 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S index c1af8acd366b..c0373d667674 100644 --- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S +++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S @@ -407,37 +407,34 @@ END(__switch_to_asm) * A newly forked process directly context switches into this address. * * rax: prev task we switched from + * rbx: kernel thread func (NULL for user thread) + * r12: kernel thread arg */ ENTRY(ret_from_fork) movq %rax, %rdi call schedule_tail /* rdi: 'prev' task parameter */ - testb $3, CS(%rsp) /* from kernel_thread? */ - jnz 1f - - /* - * We came from kernel_thread. This code path is quite twisted, and - * someone should clean it up. - * - * copy_thread_tls stashes the function pointer in RBX and the - * parameter to be passed in RBP. The called function is permitted - * to call do_execve and thereby jump to user mode. - */ - movq RBP(%rsp), %rdi - call *RBX(%rsp) - movl $0, RAX(%rsp) - - /* - * Fall through as though we're exiting a syscall. This makes a - * twisted sort of sense if we just called do_execve. - */ + testq %rbx, %rbx /* from kernel_thread? */ + jnz 1f /* kernel threads are uncommon */ -1: +2: movq %rsp, %rdi call syscall_return_slowpath /* returns with IRQs disabled */ TRACE_IRQS_ON /* user mode is traced as IRQS on */ SWAPGS jmp restore_regs_and_iret + +1: + /* kernel thread */ + movq %r12, %rdi + call *%rbx + /* + * A kernel thread is allowed to return here after successfully + * calling do_execve(). Exit to userspace to complete the execve() + * syscall. + */ + movq $0, RAX(%rsp) + jmp 2b END(ret_from_fork) /* |