This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
s390/entry: save the caller of psw_idle
to the 5.11-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
s390-entry-save-the-caller-of-psw_idle.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.11 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 6049a46758ea00255284527ddeb7860eceb2700f
Author: Vasily Gorbik <gor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri Apr 9 00:15:21 2021 +0200
s390/entry: save the caller of psw_idle
[ Upstream commit a994eddb947ea9ebb7b14d9a1267001699f0a136 ]
Currently psw_idle does not allocate a stack frame and does not
save its r14 and r15 into the save area. Even though this is valid from
call ABI point of view, because psw_idle does not make any calls
explicitly, in reality psw_idle is an entry point for controlled
transition into serving interrupts. So, in practice, psw_idle stack
frame is analyzed during stack unwinding. Depending on build options
that r14 slot in the save area of psw_idle might either contain a value
saved by previous sibling call or complete garbage.
[task 0000038000003c28] do_ext_irq+0xd6/0x160
[task 0000038000003c78] ext_int_handler+0xba/0xe8
[task *0000038000003dd8] psw_idle_exit+0x0/0x8 <-- pt_regs
([task 0000038000003dd8] 0x0)
[task 0000038000003e10] default_idle_call+0x42/0x148
[task 0000038000003e30] do_idle+0xce/0x160
[task 0000038000003e70] cpu_startup_entry+0x36/0x40
[task 0000038000003ea0] arch_call_rest_init+0x76/0x80
So, to make a stacktrace nicer and actually point for the real caller of
psw_idle in this frequently occurring case, make psw_idle save its r14.
[task 0000038000003c28] do_ext_irq+0xd6/0x160
[task 0000038000003c78] ext_int_handler+0xba/0xe8
[task *0000038000003dd8] psw_idle_exit+0x0/0x6 <-- pt_regs
([task 0000038000003dd8] arch_cpu_idle+0x3c/0xd0)
[task 0000038000003e10] default_idle_call+0x42/0x148
[task 0000038000003e30] do_idle+0xce/0x160
[task 0000038000003e70] cpu_startup_entry+0x36/0x40
[task 0000038000003ea0] arch_call_rest_init+0x76/0x80
Reviewed-by: Sven Schnelle <svens@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Vasily Gorbik <gor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <hca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/entry.S b/arch/s390/kernel/entry.S
index f1ba197b10c0..f0a215cf010c 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/entry.S
@@ -976,6 +976,7 @@ ENDPROC(ext_int_handler)
* Load idle PSW.
*/
ENTRY(psw_idle)
+ stg %r14,(__SF_GPRS+8*8)(%r15)
stg %r3,__SF_EMPTY(%r15)
larl %r1,.Lpsw_idle_exit
stg %r1,__SF_EMPTY+8(%r15)
