[PATCH 5.10.y/5.15.y 4/4] ARM: 9484/1: enable interrupts when unhandled user faults are triggered

From: Xie Yuanbin

Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 04:24:18 EST


[ Upstream commit e79ca91165d4fd18549c536abdb86101e889052f ]

PREEMPT_RT requires interrupts to be enabled when sending signals.

When do_DataAbort()/do_PrefetchAbort() triggers unhandled user faults,
that is `inf->fn()` return a non-zero value, and the interrupts are not
enabled within the hook function, force_sig_fault() will be called
with interrupts disabled.

This can be triggered by user programs executing the bkpt instruction,
with kernel config CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=n.

Enable interrupts in do_DataAbort()/do_PrefetchAbort() when unhandled
user faults are triggered to fix the issue.

Fixes: c6e61c06d606 ("ARM: 9463/1: Allow to enable RT")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260629123349.134224-1-xieyuanbin1@xxxxxxxxxx
Suggested-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linusw@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Xie Yuanbin <xieyuanbin1@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm/mm/fault.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
index 8b31d7704626..7ac46e1b85a6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
@@ -585,6 +585,9 @@ do_DataAbort(unsigned long addr, unsigned int fsr, struct pt_regs *regs)
if (!inf->fn(addr, fsr & ~FSR_LNX_PF, regs))
return;

+ if (likely(user_mode(regs)))
+ local_irq_enable();
+
pr_alert("8<--- cut here ---\n");
pr_alert("Unhandled fault: %s (0x%03x) at 0x%08lx\n",
inf->name, fsr, addr);
@@ -623,6 +626,9 @@ do_PrefetchAbort(unsigned long addr, unsigned int ifsr, struct pt_regs *regs)
if (!inf->fn(addr, ifsr | FSR_LNX_PF, regs))
return;

+ if (likely(user_mode(regs)))
+ local_irq_enable();
+
pr_alert("8<--- cut here ---\n");
pr_alert("Unhandled prefetch abort: %s (0x%03x) at 0x%08lx\n",
inf->name, ifsr, addr);
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2.55.0