[PATCH 01/11] arm64: syscall: exit userspace before unmasking exceptions

[Mark Rutland]

In el0_svc_common() we unmask exceptions before we call user_exit(), and
so there's a window where an IRQ or debug exception can be taken while
RCU is not watching. In do_debug_exception() we account for this in via
debug_exception_{enter,exit}(), but in the el1_irq asm we do not and we
call trace functions which rely on RCU before we have a guarantee that
RCU is watching.

Let's avoid this by having el0_svc_common() exit userspace before
unmasking exceptions, matching what we do for all other EL0 entry paths.
We can use user_exit_irqoff() to avoid the pointless save/restore of IRQ
flags while we're sure exceptions are masked in DAIF.

The workaround for Cortex-A76 erratum 1463225 may trigger a debug
exception before this point, but the debug code invoked in this case is
safe even when RCU is not watching.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
Cc: James Morse <james.morse at arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c
index e4c0dadf0d92..13fe79f8e2db 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ static void el0_svc_common(struct pt_regs *regs, int scno, int sc_nr,
 	 */
 
 	cortex_a76_erratum_1463225_svc_handler();
+	user_exit_irqoff();
 	local_daif_restore(DAIF_PROCCTX);
-	user_exit();
 
 	if (system_supports_mte() && (flags & _TIF_MTE_ASYNC_FAULT)) {
 		/*
-- 
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