[RFC PATCH 7/8] powerpc/32: use IRQ stack immediately on IRQ exception

From: Christophe Leroy
Date: Mon Dec 23 2019 - 10:26:28 EST


Exception entries run of kernel thread stack, then do_IRQ()
switches to the IRQ stack.

Instead of doing a first step of the thread stack, increasing the
risk of stack overflow and spending time switch stacks two times when
coming from userspace, set the stack to IRQ stack immediately in the
EXCEPTION entry.

In the same way as ARM64, consider that when the stack pointer is not
within the kernel thread stack, it means it is already on IRQ stack.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S | 2 +-
arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.h | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S | 2 +-
arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S | 2 +-
4 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S
index 4a24f8f026c7..0c36fba5b861 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ END_MMU_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(MMU_FTR_HPTE_TABLE)
EXC_XFER_LITE(0x400, handle_page_fault)

/* External interrupt */
- EXCEPTION(0x500, HardwareInterrupt, do_IRQ, EXC_XFER_LITE)
+ EXCEPTION_IRQ(0x500, HardwareInterrupt, __do_irq, EXC_XFER_LITE)

/* Alignment exception */
. = 0x600
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.h b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.h
index 8abc7783dbe5..f9e77e51723e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.h
@@ -11,21 +11,41 @@
* task's thread_struct.
*/

-.macro EXCEPTION_PROLOG
+.macro EXCEPTION_PROLOG is_irq=0
mtspr SPRN_SPRG_SCRATCH0,r10
mtspr SPRN_SPRG_SCRATCH1,r11
mfcr r10
- EXCEPTION_PROLOG_1
+ EXCEPTION_PROLOG_1 is_irq=\is_irq
EXCEPTION_PROLOG_2
.endm

-.macro EXCEPTION_PROLOG_1
+.macro EXCEPTION_PROLOG_1 is_irq=0
mfspr r11,SPRN_SRR1 /* check whether user or kernel */
andi. r11,r11,MSR_PR
+ .if \is_irq
+ bne 2f
+ mfspr r11, SPRN_SPRG_THREAD
+ lwz r11, TASK_STACK - THREAD(r11)
+ xor r11, r11, r1
+ cmplwi cr7, r11, THREAD_SIZE - 1
+ tophys(r11, r1) /* use tophys(r1) if not thread stack */
+ bgt cr7, 1f
+2:
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+ mfspr r11, SPRN_SPRG_THREAD
+ lwz r11, TASK_CPU - THREAD(r11)
+ slwi r11, r11, 3
+ addis r11, r11, (hardirq_ctx - PAGE_OFFSET)@ha
+#else
+ lis r11, (hardirq_ctx - PAGE_OFFSET)@ha
+#endif
+ lwz r11, (hardirq_ctx - PAGE_OFFSET)@l(r11)
+ .else
tophys(r11,r1) /* use tophys(r1) if kernel */
beq 1f
mfspr r11,SPRN_SPRG_THREAD
lwz r11,TASK_STACK-THREAD(r11)
+ .endif
addi r11,r11,THREAD_SIZE
tophys(r11,r11)
1: subi r11,r11,INT_FRAME_SIZE /* alloc exc. frame */
@@ -171,6 +191,12 @@
addi r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD; \
xfer(n, hdlr)

+#define EXCEPTION_IRQ(n, label, hdlr, xfer) \
+ START_EXCEPTION(n, label) \
+ EXCEPTION_PROLOG is_irq=1; \
+ addi r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD; \
+ xfer(n, hdlr)
+
#define EXC_XFER_TEMPLATE(hdlr, trap, msr, tfer, ret) \
li r10,trap; \
stw r10,_TRAP(r11); \
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S
index 4511fc1549f7..dd236f596c0b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ _ENTRY(crit_srr1)
EXC_XFER_LITE(0x400, handle_page_fault)

/* 0x0500 - External Interrupt Exception */
- EXCEPTION(0x0500, HardwareInterrupt, do_IRQ, EXC_XFER_LITE)
+ EXCEPTION_IRQ(0x0500, HardwareInterrupt, __do_irq, EXC_XFER_LITE)

/* 0x0600 - Alignment Exception */
START_EXCEPTION(0x0600, Alignment)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
index 19f583e18402..5a6cdbc89e26 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ DataAccess:
InstructionAccess:

/* External interrupt */
- EXCEPTION(0x500, HardwareInterrupt, do_IRQ, EXC_XFER_LITE)
+ EXCEPTION_IRQ(0x500, HardwareInterrupt, __do_irq, EXC_XFER_LITE)

/* Alignment exception */
. = 0x600
--
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