[RESEND PATCH v4 5/9] arm64: entry.S: Remove disable_dbg

James Morse james.morse at arm.com
Thu Nov 2 05:12:38 PDT 2017


enable_step_tsk is the only user of disable_dbg, which doesn't respect
our 'dai' order for exception masking. enable_step_tsk may enable
single-step, so previously needed to mask debug exceptions to prevent us
from single-stepping kernel_exit. enable_step_tsk is called at the end
of the ret_to_user loop, which has already masked all exceptions so this
is no longer needed.

Remove disable_dbg, add a comment that enable_step_tsk's caller should
have masked debug.

Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse at arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Julien Thierry <julien.thierry at arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
---
 arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h | 9 +--------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h
index 114e741ca873..1b0972046a72 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h
@@ -68,13 +68,6 @@
 	msr	daif, \flags
 	.endm
 
-/*
- * Enable and disable debug exceptions.
- */
-	.macro	disable_dbg
-	msr	daifset, #8
-	.endm
-
 	.macro	enable_dbg
 	msr	daifclr, #8
 	.endm
@@ -88,9 +81,9 @@
 9990:
 	.endm
 
+	/* call with daif masked */
 	.macro	enable_step_tsk, flgs, tmp
 	tbz	\flgs, #TIF_SINGLESTEP, 9990f
-	disable_dbg
 	mrs	\tmp, mdscr_el1
 	orr	\tmp, \tmp, #1
 	msr	mdscr_el1, \tmp
-- 
2.15.0.rc2




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