Re: [PATCH] riscv: Avoid interrupts being erroneously enabled in handle_exception()

[Paul Walmsley]

On Mon, 16 Sep 2019, Vincent Chen wrote:

> When the handle_exception function addresses an exception, the interrupts
> will be unconditionally enabled after finishing the context save. However,
> It may erroneously enable the interrupts if the interrupts are disabled
> before entering the handle_exception.
> 
> For example, one of the WARN_ON() condition is satisfied in the scheduling
> where the interrupt is disabled and rq.lock is locked. The WARN_ON will
> trigger a break exception and the handle_exception function will enable the
> interrupts before entering do_trap_break function. During the procedure, if
> a timer interrupt is pending, it will be taken when interrupts are enabled.
> In this case, it may cause a deadlock problem if the rq.lock is locked
> again in the timer ISR.
> 
> Hence, the handle_exception() can only enable interrupts when the state of
> sstatus.SPIE is 1.
> 
> This patch is tested on HiFive Unleashed board.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vincent Chen <vincent.chen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks very much.  Queued for v5.4-rc.


- Paul