Re: [PATCH v4 13/21] arm64: entry: sdei: Make 'tsk' available
From: Vladimir Murzin <hidden>
Date: 2026-09-10 13:06:35
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On 9/8/26 16:17, Mark Rutland wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
For regular entry/exit sequences, we use 'tsk' (x28) to hold the current task pointer, allowing this to be used by various assembly macros. The SDEI entry/exit sequence uses x28 to hold the value of the interrupted sp_el0, and doesn't retain the current task pointer in a register. These differences makes it awkward to share assembly macros across regular entry/exit and SDEI entry/exit, and risk surprises. Align the SDEI entry/exit sequence with regular entry/exit, keeping the current task pointer in 'tsk', and preserving the interrupted sp_el0 in another (callee-saved) register. I've used x20 as x19 was already in used for the relevant sdei_registered_event, and these are the lowest-numbered registers above x18 (which we must preserve for shadow call stack). Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Tested-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <redacted> Cc: Ada Couprie Diaz <redacted> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Cc: James Morse <james.morse@arm.com> Cc: Jinjie Ruan <redacted> Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Vladimir Murzin <redacted> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Cc: Yang Shi <redacted> --- arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S index a6ec5c5a2d29c..0902c1bd9dd3d 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S@@ -1023,11 +1023,12 @@ SYM_CODE_START(__sdei_asm_handler) /* * We may have interrupted userspace, or a guest, or exit-from or - * return-to either of these. We can't trust sp_el0, restore it. + * return-to either of these. Preserve the interrupted sp_el0, and + * initialize sp_el0 to the current task. */ - mrs x28, sp_el0 - ldr_this_cpu dst=x0, sym=__entry_task, tmp=x1 - msr sp_el0, x0 + mrs x20, sp_el0 + ldr_this_cpu dst=tsk, sym=__entry_task, tmp=x1 + msr sp_el0, tsk /* If we interrupted the kernel point to the previous stack/frame. */ and x0, x3, #0xc@@ -1043,7 +1044,7 @@ SYM_CODE_START(__sdei_asm_handler) mov x1, x19 bl __sdei_handler - msr sp_el0, x28 + msr sp_el0, x20 /* restore regs >x17 that firmware won't restore */ mov x4, x19 // keep x4 for __sdei_asm_exit_trampoline ldp x18, x19, [x4, #SDEI_EVENT_INTREGS + 16 * 9] -- 2.30.2
I'm sure you are already pretty much aware that Will's series touches this code as well... :) FWIW, Reviewed-by: Vladimir Murzin <redacted>