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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c index 65a052bf741f..a096e2451044 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c @@ -298,8 +298,15 @@ void __init __no_sanitize_address setup_arch(char **cmdline_p) dynamic_scs_init(); /* - * Unmask SError as soon as possible after initializing earlycon so - * that we can report any SErrors immediately. + * The primary CPU enters the kernel with all DAIF exceptions masked. + * + * We must unmask Debug and SError before preemption or scheduling is + * possible to ensure that these are consistently unmasked across + * threads, and we want to unmask SError as soon as possible after + * initializing earlycon so that we can report any SErrors immediately. + * + * IRQ and FIQ will be unmasked after the root irqchip has been + * detected and initialized. */ local_daif_restore(DAIF_PROCCTX_NOIRQ); |