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Date:   Tue, 05 May 2020 15:16:16 +0200
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@...cle.com>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Subject: [patch V4 part 1 14/36] x86/entry: Get rid of ist_begin/end_non_atomic()

This is completely overengineered and definitely not an interface which
should be made available to anything else than this particular MCE case.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/traps.h   |    2 --
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c |    6 ++++--
 arch/x86/kernel/traps.c        |   37 -------------------------------------
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/traps.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/traps.h
@@ -120,8 +120,6 @@ asmlinkage void smp_irq_move_cleanup_int
 
 extern void ist_enter(struct pt_regs *regs);
 extern void ist_exit(struct pt_regs *regs);
-extern void ist_begin_non_atomic(struct pt_regs *regs);
-extern void ist_end_non_atomic(void);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_VMAP_STACK
 void __noreturn handle_stack_overflow(const char *message,
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
@@ -1352,13 +1352,15 @@ void notrace do_machine_check(struct pt_
 
 	/* Fault was in user mode and we need to take some action */
 	if ((m.cs & 3) == 3) {
-		ist_begin_non_atomic(regs);
+		/* If this triggers there is no way to recover. Die hard. */
+		BUG_ON(!on_thread_stack() || !user_mode(regs));
 		local_irq_enable();
+		preempt_enable();
 
 		if (kill_it || do_memory_failure(&m))
 			force_sig(SIGBUS);
+		preempt_disable();
 		local_irq_disable();
-		ist_end_non_atomic();
 	} else {
 		if (!fixup_exception(regs, X86_TRAP_MC, error_code, 0))
 			mce_panic("Failed kernel mode recovery", &m, msg);
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
@@ -117,43 +117,6 @@ void ist_exit(struct pt_regs *regs)
 		rcu_nmi_exit();
 }
 
-/**
- * ist_begin_non_atomic() - begin a non-atomic section in an IST exception
- * @regs:	regs passed to the IST exception handler
- *
- * IST exception handlers normally cannot schedule.  As a special
- * exception, if the exception interrupted userspace code (i.e.
- * user_mode(regs) would return true) and the exception was not
- * a double fault, it can be safe to schedule.  ist_begin_non_atomic()
- * begins a non-atomic section within an ist_enter()/ist_exit() region.
- * Callers are responsible for enabling interrupts themselves inside
- * the non-atomic section, and callers must call ist_end_non_atomic()
- * before ist_exit().
- */
-void ist_begin_non_atomic(struct pt_regs *regs)
-{
-	BUG_ON(!user_mode(regs));
-
-	/*
-	 * Sanity check: we need to be on the normal thread stack.  This
-	 * will catch asm bugs and any attempt to use ist_preempt_enable
-	 * from double_fault.
-	 */
-	BUG_ON(!on_thread_stack());
-
-	preempt_enable_no_resched();
-}
-
-/**
- * ist_end_non_atomic() - begin a non-atomic section in an IST exception
- *
- * Ends a non-atomic section started with ist_begin_non_atomic().
- */
-void ist_end_non_atomic(void)
-{
-	preempt_disable();
-}
-
 int is_valid_bugaddr(unsigned long addr)
 {
 	unsigned short ud;