[PATCH v4 12/21] arm64: entry: sdei: Restore all clobberable GPRs
Vladimir Murzin
vladimir.murzin at arm.com
Fri Sep 11 05:47:06 PDT 2026
On 9/8/26 16:17, Mark Rutland wrote:
> Currently __sdei_asm_handler() avoids restoring x20 to x27, as these are
> not be clobbered by existing code. This is correct today, but it makes
> it awkward to rework __sdei_asm_handler(). Given the rarity of SDEI
> events, restoring x20 to x27 should not have a measurable impact.
>
> Restore x20 to x27 when returning from an SDEI event handler. This will
> free up those GPRs for usage in __sdei_asm_handler() prior to return.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
> Tested-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum at arm.com>
> Cc: Ada Couprie Diaz <ada.coupriediaz at arm.com>
> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb at kernel.org>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
> Cc: James Morse <james.morse at arm.com>
> Cc: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie at huawei.com>
> Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz at infradead.org>
> Cc: Vladimir Murzin <vladimir.murzin at arm.com>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>
> Cc: Yang Shi <yang at os.amperecomputing.com>
> ---
> arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S | 8 ++++++--
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
> index f63049ac32dc6..a6ec5c5a2d29c 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
> @@ -1044,10 +1044,14 @@ SYM_CODE_START(__sdei_asm_handler)
> bl __sdei_handler
>
> msr sp_el0, x28
> - /* restore regs >x17 that we clobbered */
> + /* restore regs >x17 that firmware won't restore */
> mov x4, x19 // keep x4 for __sdei_asm_exit_trampoline
> - ldp x28, x29, [x4, #SDEI_EVENT_INTREGS + 16 * 14]
> ldp x18, x19, [x4, #SDEI_EVENT_INTREGS + 16 * 9]
> + ldp x20, x21, [x4, #SDEI_EVENT_INTREGS + 16 * 10]
> + ldp x22, x23, [x4, #SDEI_EVENT_INTREGS + 16 * 11]
> + ldp x24, x25, [x4, #SDEI_EVENT_INTREGS + 16 * 12]
> + ldp x26, x27, [x4, #SDEI_EVENT_INTREGS + 16 * 13]
> + ldp x28, x29, [x4, #SDEI_EVENT_INTREGS + 16 * 14]
> ldp lr, x1, [x4, #SDEI_EVENT_INTREGS + S_LR]
> mov sp, x1
>
> -- 2.30.2
>
FWIW,
Reviewed-by: Vladimir Murzin <vladimir.murzin at arm.com>
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