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authorNicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>2019-08-27 05:30:07 +0200
committerMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>2019-08-28 15:19:34 +0200
commit555e28179d37e431e97d78d106fc917bec2c6f93 (patch)
tree16725b7ae8e046b3e040eca8e4db7e2f3572f951 /arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
parentpowerpc: convert to copy_thread_tls (diff)
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powerpc/64: remove support for kernel-mode syscalls
There is support for the kernel to execute the 'sc 0' instruction and make a system call to itself. This is a relic that is unused in the tree, therefore untested. It's also highly questionable for modules to be doing this. Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190827033010.28090-3-npiggin@gmail.com
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S')
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S21
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
index 0a0b5310f54a..6467bdab8d40 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -69,24 +69,20 @@ BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
bne .Ltabort_syscall
END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_TM)
#endif
- andi. r10,r12,MSR_PR
mr r10,r1
- addi r1,r1,-INT_FRAME_SIZE
- beq- 1f
ld r1,PACAKSAVE(r13)
-1: std r10,0(r1)
+ std r10,0(r1)
std r11,_NIP(r1)
std r12,_MSR(r1)
std r0,GPR0(r1)
std r10,GPR1(r1)
- beq 2f /* if from kernel mode */
#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_FSL_BOOK3E
START_BTB_FLUSH_SECTION
BTB_FLUSH(r10)
END_BTB_FLUSH_SECTION
#endif
ACCOUNT_CPU_USER_ENTRY(r13, r10, r11)
-2: std r2,GPR2(r1)
+ std r2,GPR2(r1)
std r3,GPR3(r1)
mfcr r2
std r4,GPR4(r1)
@@ -122,14 +118,13 @@ END_BTB_FLUSH_SECTION
#if defined(CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_NATIVE) && defined(CONFIG_PPC_SPLPAR)
BEGIN_FW_FTR_SECTION
- beq 33f
- /* if from user, see if there are any DTL entries to process */
+ /* see if there are any DTL entries to process */
ld r10,PACALPPACAPTR(r13) /* get ptr to VPA */
ld r11,PACA_DTL_RIDX(r13) /* get log read index */
addi r10,r10,LPPACA_DTLIDX
LDX_BE r10,0,r10 /* get log write index */
- cmpd cr1,r11,r10
- beq+ cr1,33f
+ cmpd r11,r10
+ beq+ 33f
bl accumulate_stolen_time
REST_GPR(0,r1)
REST_4GPRS(3,r1)
@@ -203,6 +198,7 @@ system_call: /* label this so stack traces look sane */
mtctr r12
bctrl /* Call handler */
+ /* syscall_exit can exit to kernel mode, via ret_from_kernel_thread */
.Lsyscall_exit:
std r3,RESULT(r1)
@@ -216,11 +212,6 @@ system_call: /* label this so stack traces look sane */
ld r12, PACA_THREAD_INFO(r13)
ld r8,_MSR(r1)
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S
- /* No MSR:RI on BookE */
- andi. r10,r8,MSR_RI
- beq- .Lunrecov_restore
-#endif
/*
* This is a few instructions into the actual syscall exit path (which actually