Re: [PATCH v2] xtensa: fix broken TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL assembly

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Thu Nov 12 2020 - 10:45:07 EST


On 11/12/20 2:12 AM, Max Filippov wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 1:05 PM Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On 11/11/20 1:53 PM, Max Filippov wrote:
>>> TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL handling in xtensa assembly is implemented
>>> incorrectly: there should be a call to do_notify_resume when either
>>> TIF_SIGPENDING, TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME or TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL bit is set in the
>>> thread_info::flags. The straightforward way to do it would be
>>>
>>> _bbsi.l a4, TIF_NEED_RESCHED, 3f
>>> _bbsi.l a4, TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME, 2f
>>> _bbsi.l a4, TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL, 2f
>>> _bbci.l a4, TIF_SIGPENDING, 5f
>>>
>>> Optimize it a little bit and use bit mask and bnone opcode to skip
>>> do_notify_resume invocation. Shuffle _TIF_* flags a bit so that used bit
>>> mask fits into the immediate field of movi opcode.
>>
>> Thanks - do you mind if I fold this in with a reference to your
>> changes? Seems like that'd be a better option than leaving it
>> broken for a bit.
>
> Sure Jens, by all means!

Thanks! Done.

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Jens Axboe