[RFC][PATCH 2/7] x86/debug: Sync BTF earlier

[Peter Zijlstra]

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/traps.c |   14 +++++++-------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
@@ -749,6 +749,13 @@ static __always_inline unsigned long deb
 	/* Filter out all the reserved bits which are preset to 1 */
 	dr6 &= ~DR6_RESERVED;
 
+	/*
+	 * The SDM says "The processor clears the BTF flag when it
+	 * generates a debug exception."  Clear TIF_BLOCKSTEP to keep
+	 * TIF_BLOCKSTEP in sync with the hardware BTF flag.
+	 */
+	clear_thread_flag(TIF_BLOCKSTEP);
+
 	return dr6;
 }
 
@@ -783,13 +790,6 @@ static void handle_debug(struct pt_regs
 	int si_code;
 
 	/*
-	 * The SDM says "The processor clears the BTF flag when it
-	 * generates a debug exception."  Clear TIF_BLOCKSTEP to keep
-	 * TIF_BLOCKSTEP in sync with the hardware BTF flag.
-	 */
-	clear_thread_flag(TIF_BLOCKSTEP);
-
-	/*
 	 * If DR6 is zero, no point in trying to handle it. The kernel is
 	 * not using INT1.
 	 */