[PATCH 2/4] riscv: consolidate ret_from_kernel_thread into ret_from_fork
Jisheng Zhang
jszhang at kernel.org
Mon Sep 26 09:05:03 PDT 2022
On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 07:25:30AM +0800, Guo Ren wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 2:03 AM Jisheng Zhang <jszhang at kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > The ret_from_kernel_thread() behaves similarly with ret_from_fork(),
> > the only difference is whether call the fn(arg) or not, this can be
> > acchieved by testing fn is NULL or not, I.E s0 is 0 or not.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jisheng Zhang <jszhang at kernel.org>
> > ---
> > arch/riscv/kernel/entry.S | 11 +++--------
> > arch/riscv/kernel/process.c | 5 ++---
> > 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/entry.S b/arch/riscv/kernel/entry.S
> > index 2207cf44a3bc..a3e1ed2fa2ac 100644
> > --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/entry.S
> > +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/entry.S
> > @@ -323,20 +323,15 @@ END(handle_kernel_stack_overflow)
> >
> > ENTRY(ret_from_fork)
> > call schedule_tail
> > - move a0, sp /* pt_regs */
> > - la ra, ret_from_exception
> > - tail syscall_exit_to_user_mode
> > -ENDPROC(ret_from_fork)
> > -
> > -ENTRY(ret_from_kernel_thread)
> > - call schedule_tail
> > + beqz s0, 1f /* not from kernel thread */
Hi Guo,
> We can't use s0 as condition for ret_from_fork/ret_from_kernel_thread.
> The s0=0 is also okay for ret_from_fork.
IIUC, in ret_from_fork, the s0 comes p->thread.s[0] rather than s0 in
pt_regs.
>
> /* p->thread holds context to be restored by __switch_to() */
> if (unlikely(args->fn)) {
> /* Kernel thread */
> memset(childregs, 0, sizeof(struct pt_regs));
> childregs->gp = gp_in_global;
> /* Supervisor/Machine, irqs on: */
> childregs->status = SR_PP | SR_PIE;
>
> p->thread.ra = (unsigned long)ret_from_kernel_thread;
> p->thread.s[0] = (unsigned long)args->fn;
> p->thread.s[1] = (unsigned long)args->fn_arg;
> } else {
> *childregs = *(current_pt_regs());
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> if (usp) /* User fork */
> childregs->sp = usp;
> if (clone_flags & CLONE_SETTLS)
> childregs->tp = tls;
> childregs->a0 = 0; /* Return value of fork() */
> p->thread.ra = (unsigned long)ret_from_fork;
> }
> p->thread.sp = (unsigned long)childregs; /* kernel sp */
>
<snip>
> > @@ -182,8 +180,9 @@ int copy_thread(struct task_struct *p, const struct kernel_clone_args *args)
> > if (clone_flags & CLONE_SETTLS)
> > childregs->tp = tls;
> > childregs->a0 = 0; /* Return value of fork() */
> > - p->thread.ra = (unsigned long)ret_from_fork;
> > + p->thread.s[0] = 0;
Here we assign 0 to p->thread.s[0]
Thanks
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