linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] irq: Remove IRQ_EXIT

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Fri, 22 Feb 2013 02:36:10 +0100
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] irq: Remove IRQ_EXIT_OFFSET workaround

The IRQ_EXIT_OFFSET trick was used to make sure the irq
doesn't get preempted after we substract the HARDIRQ_OFFSET
until we are entirely done with any code in irq_exit().

This workaround was necessary because some archs may call
irq_exit() with irqs enabled and there is still some code
in the end of this function that is not covered by the
HARDIRQ_OFFSET but want to stay non-preemptible.

Now that irq are always disabled in irq_exit(), the whole code
is guaranteed not to be preempted. We can thus remove this hack.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 include/linux/hardirq.h |    2 --
 kernel/softirq.c        |    3 +--
 2 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/hardirq.h b/include/linux/hardirq.h
index 29eb805..c1d6555 100644
--- a/include/linux/hardirq.h
+++ b/include/linux/hardirq.h
@@ -118,10 +118,8 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT
 # define preemptible()	(preempt_count() == 0 && !irqs_disabled())
-# define IRQ_EXIT_OFFSET (HARDIRQ_OFFSET-1)
 #else
 # define preemptible()	0
-# define IRQ_EXIT_OFFSET HARDIRQ_OFFSET
 #endif
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_SMP) || defined(CONFIG_GENERIC_HARDIRQS)
diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index 24a921b..f42ff97 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ void irq_exit(void)
 
 	account_irq_exit_time(current);
 	trace_hardirq_exit();
-	sub_preempt_count(IRQ_EXIT_OFFSET);
+	sub_preempt_count(HARDIRQ_OFFSET);
 	if (!in_interrupt() && local_softirq_pending())
 		invoke_softirq();
 
@@ -353,7 +353,6 @@ void irq_exit(void)
 		tick_nohz_irq_exit();
 #endif
 	rcu_irq_exit();
-	sched_preempt_enable_no_resched();
 #ifndef __ARCH_IRQ_EXIT_IRQS_DISABLED
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 #endif
-- 
1.7.5.4

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/