arm64: Store struct thread_info in sp_el0

There is need for figuring out how to manage struct thread_info data when
IRQ stack is introduced. struct thread_info information should be copied
to IRQ stack under the current thread_info calculation logic whenever
context switching is invoked. This is too expensive to keep supporting
the approach.

Instead, this patch pays attention to sp_el0 which is an unused scratch
register in EL1 context. sp_el0 utilization not only simplifies the
management, but also prevents text section size from being increased
largely due to static allocated IRQ stack as removing masking operation
using THREAD_SIZE in many places.

Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jungseok Lee <jungseoklee85@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 90c7ff233735..abd64bd1f6d9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -73,10 +73,16 @@ register unsigned long current_stack_pointer asm ("sp");
  */
 static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void) __attribute_const__;
 
+/*
+ * struct thread_info can be accessed directly via sp_el0.
+ */
 static inline struct thread_info *current_thread_info(void)
 {
-	return (struct thread_info *)
-		(current_stack_pointer & ~(THREAD_SIZE - 1));
+	unsigned long sp_el0;
+
+	asm ("mrs %0, sp_el0" : "=r" (sp_el0));
+
+	return (struct thread_info *)sp_el0;
 }
 
 #define thread_saved_pc(tsk)	\