[PATCH 3.13.y-ckt 01/53] x86/asm/entry/64: Fold the 'test_in_nmi' macro into its only user

Kamal Mostafa kamal at canonical.com
Thu Aug 6 20:37:26 UTC 2015


3.13.11-ckt25 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk at redhat.com>

commit 0784b36448a2a85b95b6eb21a69b9045c896c065 upstream.

No code changes.

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk at redhat.com>
Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp at suse.de>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast at plumgrid.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto at amacapital.net>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp at alien8.de>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec at gmail.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds at linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg at redhat.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt at goodmis.org>
Cc: Will Drewry <wad at chromium.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1427899858-7165-1-git-send-email-dvlasenk@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo at kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben at decadent.org.uk>
Acked-by: John Johansen <john.johansen at canonical.com>
Acked-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw at canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques at canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw at canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S | 28 +++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
index 082d3ce..f4c0444 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -1706,19 +1706,7 @@ ENTRY(error_exit)
 	CFI_ENDPROC
 END(error_exit)
 
-/*
- * Test if a given stack is an NMI stack or not.
- */
-	.macro test_in_nmi reg stack nmi_ret normal_ret
-	cmpq %\reg, \stack
-	ja \normal_ret
-	subq $EXCEPTION_STKSZ, %\reg
-	cmpq %\reg, \stack
-	jb \normal_ret
-	jmp \nmi_ret
-	.endm
-
-	/* runs on exception stack */
+/* Runs on exception stack */
 ENTRY(nmi)
 	INTR_FRAME
 	PARAVIRT_ADJUST_EXCEPTION_FRAME
@@ -1779,8 +1767,18 @@ ENTRY(nmi)
 	 * We check the variable because the first NMI could be in a
 	 * breakpoint routine using a breakpoint stack.
 	 */
-	lea 6*8(%rsp), %rdx
-	test_in_nmi rdx, 4*8(%rsp), nested_nmi, first_nmi
+	lea	6*8(%rsp), %rdx
+	/* Compare the NMI stack (rdx) with the stack we came from (4*8(%rsp)) */
+	cmpq	%rdx, 4*8(%rsp)
+	/* If the stack pointer is above the NMI stack, this is a normal NMI */
+	ja	first_nmi
+	subq	$EXCEPTION_STKSZ, %rdx
+	cmpq	%rdx, 4*8(%rsp)
+	/* If it is below the NMI stack, it is a normal NMI */
+	jb	first_nmi
+	/* Ah, it is within the NMI stack, treat it as nested */
+	jmp	nested_nmi
+
 	CFI_REMEMBER_STATE
 
 nested_nmi:
-- 
1.9.1





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