linux-kernel - [PATCH 03/13] x86/debug: Sync BTF earlier

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Date:   Wed, 02 Sep 2020 15:25:52 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     x86@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Kyle Huey <me@...ehuey.com>,
        Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@...cle.com>,
        Robert O'Callahan <rocallahan@...il.com>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        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>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: [PATCH 03/13] x86/debug: Sync BTF earlier

Move the BTF sync near the DR6 load, as this will be the only common
code guaranteed to run on every #DB.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/traps.c |   14 +++++++-------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
@@ -749,6 +749,13 @@ static __always_inline unsigned long deb
 	/* Filter out all the reserved bits which are preset to 1 */
 	dr6 &= ~DR6_RESERVED;
 
+	/*
+	 * The SDM says "The processor clears the BTF flag when it
+	 * generates a debug exception."  Clear TIF_BLOCKSTEP to keep
+	 * TIF_BLOCKSTEP in sync with the hardware BTF flag.
+	 */
+	clear_thread_flag(TIF_BLOCKSTEP);
+
 	return dr6;
 }
 
@@ -783,13 +790,6 @@ static void handle_debug(struct pt_regs
 	int si_code;
 
 	/*
-	 * The SDM says "The processor clears the BTF flag when it
-	 * generates a debug exception."  Clear TIF_BLOCKSTEP to keep
-	 * TIF_BLOCKSTEP in sync with the hardware BTF flag.
-	 */
-	clear_thread_flag(TIF_BLOCKSTEP);
-
-	/*
 	 * If DR6 is zero, no point in trying to handle it. The kernel is
 	 * not using INT1.
 	 */