[PATCH v4 1/2] arm64: entry: Skip single stepping into interrupt handlers

[Sumit Garg]

Currently on systems where the timer interrupt (or any other
fast-at-human-scale periodic interrupt) is active then it is impossible
to step any code with interrupts unlocked because we will always end up
stepping into the timer interrupt instead of stepping the user code.

The common user's goal while single stepping is that when they step then
the system will stop at PC+4 or PC+I for a branch that gets taken
relative to the instruction they are stepping. So, fix broken single step
implementation via skipping single stepping into interrupt handlers.

The methodology is when we receive an interrupt from EL1, check if we
are single stepping (pstate.SS). If yes then we save MDSCR_EL1.SS and
clear the register bit if it was set. Then unmask only D and leave I set.
On return from the interrupt, set D and restore MDSCR_EL1.SS. Along with
this skip reschedule if we were stepping.

Suggested-by: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c
index cce1167199e3..53bcb1902f2f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c
@@ -471,19 +471,35 @@ static __always_inline void __el1_irq(struct pt_regs *regs,
 	do_interrupt_handler(regs, handler);
 	irq_exit_rcu();
 
-	arm64_preempt_schedule_irq();
+	/* Don't reschedule in case we are single stepping */
+	if (!(regs->pstate & DBG_SPSR_SS))
+		arm64_preempt_schedule_irq();
 
 	exit_to_kernel_mode(regs);
 }
+
 static void noinstr el1_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs,
 				  void (*handler)(struct pt_regs *))
 {
+	unsigned long reg;
+
+	/* Disable single stepping within interrupt handler */
+	if (regs->pstate & DBG_SPSR_SS) {
+		reg = read_sysreg(mdscr_el1);
+		write_sysreg(reg & ~DBG_MDSCR_SS, mdscr_el1);
+	}
+
 	write_sysreg(DAIF_PROCCTX_NOIRQ, daif);
 
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI) && !interrupts_enabled(regs))
 		__el1_pnmi(regs, handler);
 	else
 		__el1_irq(regs, handler);
+
+	if (regs->pstate & DBG_SPSR_SS) {
+		write_sysreg(DAIF_PROCCTX_NOIRQ | PSR_D_BIT, daif);
+		write_sysreg(reg, mdscr_el1);
+	}
 }
 
 asmlinkage void noinstr el1h_64_irq_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
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