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authorSven Schnelle2020-12-01 15:27:53 +0100
committerThomas Gleixner2020-12-02 15:07:57 +0100
commit96e2fbccd0fc806364a964fdf072bfc858a66109 (patch)
treee794e017f180e4e8578b2f97bb50e213f3910531 /include/linux/entry-common.h
parentbb793562f0da7317adf6c456316bca651ff46f5d (diff)
entry_Add_enter_from_user_mode_wrapper
To be called from architecture specific code if the combo interfaces are not suitable. It simply calls __enter_from_user_mode(). This way __enter_from_user_mode will still be inlined because it is declared static __always_inline. [ tglx: Amend comments and move it to a different location in the header ] Signed-off-by: Sven Schnelle <svens@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201201142755.31931-4-svens@linux.ibm.com
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/entry-common.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/entry-common.h24
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/entry-common.h b/include/linux/entry-common.h
index a6e98b4ba8e9..da60980a2e7b 100644
--- a/include/linux/entry-common.h
+++ b/include/linux/entry-common.h
@@ -102,6 +102,27 @@ static inline __must_check int arch_syscall_enter_tracehook(struct pt_regs *regs
#endif
/**
+ * enter_from_user_mode - Establish state when coming from user mode
+ *
+ * Syscall/interrupt entry disables interrupts, but user mode is traced as
+ * interrupts enabled. Also with NO_HZ_FULL RCU might be idle.
+ *
+ * 1) Tell lockdep that interrupts are disabled
+ * 2) Invoke context tracking if enabled to reactivate RCU
+ * 3) Trace interrupts off state
+ *
+ * Invoked from architecture specific syscall entry code with interrupts
+ * disabled. The calling code has to be non-instrumentable. When the
+ * function returns all state is correct and interrupts are still
+ * disabled. The subsequent functions can be instrumented.
+ *
+ * This is invoked when there is architecture specific functionality to be
+ * done between establishing state and enabling interrupts. The caller must
+ * enable interrupts before invoking syscall_enter_from_user_mode_work().
+ */
+void enter_from_user_mode(struct pt_regs *regs);
+
+/**
* syscall_enter_from_user_mode_prepare - Establish state and enable interrupts
* @regs: Pointer to currents pt_regs
*
@@ -110,7 +131,8 @@ static inline __must_check int arch_syscall_enter_tracehook(struct pt_regs *regs
* function returns all state is correct, interrupts are enabled and the
* subsequent functions can be instrumented.
*
- * This handles lockdep, RCU (context tracking) and tracing state.
+ * This handles lockdep, RCU (context tracking) and tracing state, i.e.
+ * the functionality provided by enter_from_user_mode().
*
* This is invoked when there is extra architecture specific functionality
* to be done between establishing state and handling user mode entry work.