[PATCH] arm64: mte: remove an ISB on kernel exit

Peter Collingbourne pcc at google.com
Thu Dec 3 02:34:58 EST 2020


This ISB is unnecessary because we will soon do an ERET.

Signed-off-by: Peter Collingbourne <pcc at google.com>
Link: https://linux-review.googlesource.com/id/I69f1ee6bb09b1372dd744a0e01cedaf090c8d448
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
index 07646ef4f184..f8ad8d7fb1a2 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ alternative_else_nop_endif
 	mrs_s	\tmp2, SYS_GCR_EL1
 	bfi	\tmp2, \tmp, #0, #16
 	msr_s	SYS_GCR_EL1, \tmp2
-	isb
 #endif
 	.endm
 
@@ -194,6 +193,7 @@ alternative_else_nop_endif
 	ldr_l	\tmp, gcr_kernel_excl
 
 	mte_set_gcr \tmp, \tmp2
+	isb
 1:
 #endif
 	.endm
-- 
2.29.2.454.gaff20da3a2-goog




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