From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Charlie Jenkins <charlie@rivosinc.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@rivosinc.com>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.1.y 1/5] entry: Inline syscall_exit_to_user_mode()
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2026 08:20:26 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260908122030.2052577-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026090331-spouse-sprawl-968e@gregkh>
From: Charlie Jenkins <charlie@rivosinc.com>
[ Upstream commit e43b8bb56e537bfc8d9076793091e7679020fc9c ]
Similar to commit 221a164035fd ("entry: Move syscall_enter_from_user_mode()
to header file"), move syscall_exit_to_user_mode() to the header file as
well.
Testing was done with the byte-unixbench syscall benchmark (which calls
getpid) and QEMU. On riscv I measured a 7.09246% improvement, on x86 a
2.98843% improvement, on loongarch a 6.07954% improvement, and on s390 a
11.1328% improvement.
The Intel bot also reported "kernel test robot noticed a 1.9% improvement
of stress-ng.seek.ops_per_sec".
Signed-off-by: Charlie Jenkins <charlie@rivosinc.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@rivosinc.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250320-riscv_optimize_entry-v6-4-63e187e26041@rivosinc.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/202502051555.85ae6844-lkp@intel.com/
Stable-dep-of: 4a3591287fb7 ("entry: Fix seccomp bypass after ptrace with TSYNC")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
include/linux/entry-common.h | 131 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
kernel/entry/common.c | 149 +++--------------------------------
2 files changed, 136 insertions(+), 144 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/entry-common.h b/include/linux/entry-common.h
index d95ab85f96ba5..4533799c13cda 100644
--- a/include/linux/entry-common.h
+++ b/include/linux/entry-common.h
@@ -7,8 +7,14 @@
#include <linux/syscalls.h>
#include <linux/seccomp.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/context_tracking.h>
+#include <linux/livepatch.h>
+#include <linux/resume_user_mode.h>
+#include <linux/tick.h>
+#include <linux/kmsan.h>
#include <asm/entry-common.h>
+#include <asm/syscall.h>
/*
* Define dummy _TIF work flags if not defined by the architecture or for
@@ -98,7 +104,19 @@ static __always_inline void arch_enter_from_user_mode(struct pt_regs *regs) {}
* done between establishing state and enabling interrupts. The caller must
* enable interrupts before invoking syscall_enter_from_user_mode_work().
*/
-void enter_from_user_mode(struct pt_regs *regs);
+static __always_inline void enter_from_user_mode(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+ arch_enter_from_user_mode(regs);
+ lockdep_hardirqs_off(CALLER_ADDR0);
+
+ CT_WARN_ON(__ct_state() != CONTEXT_USER);
+ user_exit_irqoff();
+
+ instrumentation_begin();
+ kmsan_unpoison_entry_regs(regs);
+ trace_hardirqs_off_finish();
+ instrumentation_end();
+}
/**
* syscall_enter_from_user_mode_prepare - Establish state and enable interrupts
@@ -117,6 +135,9 @@ void enter_from_user_mode(struct pt_regs *regs);
*/
void syscall_enter_from_user_mode_prepare(struct pt_regs *regs);
+long syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs, long syscall,
+ unsigned long work);
+
/**
* syscall_enter_from_user_mode_work - Check and handle work before invoking
* a syscall
@@ -140,7 +161,15 @@ void syscall_enter_from_user_mode_prepare(struct pt_regs *regs);
* ptrace_report_syscall_entry(), __secure_computing(), trace_sys_enter()
* 2) Invocation of audit_syscall_entry()
*/
-long syscall_enter_from_user_mode_work(struct pt_regs *regs, long syscall);
+static __always_inline long syscall_enter_from_user_mode_work(struct pt_regs *regs, long syscall)
+{
+ unsigned long work = READ_ONCE(current_thread_info()->syscall_work);
+
+ if (work & SYSCALL_WORK_ENTER)
+ syscall = syscall_trace_enter(regs, syscall, work);
+
+ return syscall;
+}
/**
* syscall_enter_from_user_mode - Establish state and check and handle work
@@ -159,7 +188,19 @@ long syscall_enter_from_user_mode_work(struct pt_regs *regs, long syscall);
* Returns: The original or a modified syscall number. See
* syscall_enter_from_user_mode_work() for further explanation.
*/
-long syscall_enter_from_user_mode(struct pt_regs *regs, long syscall);
+static __always_inline long syscall_enter_from_user_mode(struct pt_regs *regs, long syscall)
+{
+ long ret;
+
+ enter_from_user_mode(regs);
+
+ instrumentation_begin();
+ local_irq_enable();
+ ret = syscall_enter_from_user_mode_work(regs, syscall);
+ instrumentation_end();
+
+ return ret;
+}
/**
* local_irq_enable_exit_to_user - Exit to user variant of local_irq_enable()
@@ -258,6 +299,44 @@ static __always_inline void arch_exit_to_user_mode(void) { }
*/
void arch_do_signal_or_restart(struct pt_regs *regs);
+/**
+ * exit_to_user_mode_loop - do any pending work before leaving to user space
+ */
+unsigned long exit_to_user_mode_loop(struct pt_regs *regs,
+ unsigned long ti_work);
+
+/**
+ * exit_to_user_mode_prepare - call exit_to_user_mode_loop() if required
+ * @regs: Pointer to pt_regs on entry stack
+ *
+ * 1) check that interrupts are disabled
+ * 2) call tick_nohz_user_enter_prepare()
+ * 3) call exit_to_user_mode_loop() if any flags from
+ * EXIT_TO_USER_MODE_WORK are set
+ * 4) check that interrupts are still disabled
+ */
+static __always_inline void exit_to_user_mode_prepare(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+ unsigned long ti_work;
+
+ lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
+
+ /* Flush pending rcuog wakeup before the last need_resched() check */
+ tick_nohz_user_enter_prepare();
+
+ ti_work = read_thread_flags();
+ if (unlikely(ti_work & EXIT_TO_USER_MODE_WORK))
+ ti_work = exit_to_user_mode_loop(regs, ti_work);
+
+ arch_exit_to_user_mode_prepare(regs, ti_work);
+
+ /* Ensure that the address limit is intact and no locks are held */
+ addr_limit_user_check();
+ kmap_assert_nomap();
+ lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
+ lockdep_sys_exit();
+}
+
/**
* exit_to_user_mode - Fixup state when exiting to user mode
*
@@ -276,7 +355,26 @@ void arch_do_signal_or_restart(struct pt_regs *regs);
* non-instrumentable.
* The caller has to invoke syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work() before this.
*/
-void exit_to_user_mode(void);
+static __always_inline void exit_to_user_mode(void)
+{
+ instrumentation_begin();
+ trace_hardirqs_on_prepare();
+ lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare();
+ instrumentation_end();
+
+ user_enter_irqoff();
+ arch_exit_to_user_mode();
+ lockdep_hardirqs_on(CALLER_ADDR0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * syscall_exit_work - Handle work before returning to user mode
+ * @regs: Pointer to current pt_regs
+ * @work: Current thread syscall work
+ *
+ * Do one-time syscall specific work.
+ */
+void syscall_exit_work(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long work);
/**
* syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work - Handle work before returning to user mode
@@ -291,7 +389,30 @@ void exit_to_user_mode(void);
* make the final state transitions. Interrupts must stay disabled between
* return from this function and the invocation of exit_to_user_mode().
*/
-void syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work(struct pt_regs *regs);
+static __always_inline void syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+ unsigned long work = READ_ONCE(current_thread_info()->syscall_work);
+ unsigned long nr = syscall_get_nr(current, regs);
+
+ CT_WARN_ON(ct_state() != CONTEXT_KERNEL);
+
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING)) {
+ if (WARN(irqs_disabled(), "syscall %lu left IRQs disabled", nr))
+ local_irq_enable();
+ }
+
+ rseq_syscall(regs);
+
+ /*
+ * Do one-time syscall specific work. If these work items are
+ * enabled, we want to run them exactly once per syscall exit with
+ * interrupts enabled.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(work & SYSCALL_WORK_EXIT))
+ syscall_exit_work(regs, work);
+ local_irq_disable_exit_to_user();
+ exit_to_user_mode_prepare(regs);
+}
/**
* syscall_exit_to_user_mode - Handle work before returning to user mode
diff --git a/kernel/entry/common.c b/kernel/entry/common.c
index ccf2b1e1b40be..4d890cf9a7c83 100644
--- a/kernel/entry/common.c
+++ b/kernel/entry/common.c
@@ -15,26 +15,6 @@
#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
#include <trace/events/syscalls.h>
-/* See comment for enter_from_user_mode() in entry-common.h */
-static __always_inline void __enter_from_user_mode(struct pt_regs *regs)
-{
- arch_enter_from_user_mode(regs);
- lockdep_hardirqs_off(CALLER_ADDR0);
-
- CT_WARN_ON(__ct_state() != CONTEXT_USER);
- user_exit_irqoff();
-
- instrumentation_begin();
- kmsan_unpoison_entry_regs(regs);
- trace_hardirqs_off_finish();
- instrumentation_end();
-}
-
-void noinstr enter_from_user_mode(struct pt_regs *regs)
-{
- __enter_from_user_mode(regs);
-}
-
static inline void syscall_enter_audit(struct pt_regs *regs, long syscall)
{
if (unlikely(audit_context())) {
@@ -45,8 +25,8 @@ static inline void syscall_enter_audit(struct pt_regs *regs, long syscall)
}
}
-static long syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs, long syscall,
- unsigned long work)
+long syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs, long syscall,
+ unsigned long work)
{
long ret = 0;
@@ -91,67 +71,19 @@ static long syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs, long syscall,
return ret ? : syscall;
}
-static __always_inline long
-__syscall_enter_from_user_work(struct pt_regs *regs, long syscall)
-{
- unsigned long work = READ_ONCE(current_thread_info()->syscall_work);
-
- if (work & SYSCALL_WORK_ENTER)
- syscall = syscall_trace_enter(regs, syscall, work);
-
- return syscall;
-}
-
-long syscall_enter_from_user_mode_work(struct pt_regs *regs, long syscall)
-{
- return __syscall_enter_from_user_work(regs, syscall);
-}
-
-noinstr long syscall_enter_from_user_mode(struct pt_regs *regs, long syscall)
-{
- long ret;
-
- __enter_from_user_mode(regs);
-
- instrumentation_begin();
- local_irq_enable();
- ret = __syscall_enter_from_user_work(regs, syscall);
- instrumentation_end();
-
- return ret;
-}
-
noinstr void syscall_enter_from_user_mode_prepare(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
- __enter_from_user_mode(regs);
+ enter_from_user_mode(regs);
instrumentation_begin();
local_irq_enable();
instrumentation_end();
}
-/* See comment for exit_to_user_mode() in entry-common.h */
-static __always_inline void __exit_to_user_mode(void)
-{
- instrumentation_begin();
- trace_hardirqs_on_prepare();
- lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare();
- instrumentation_end();
-
- user_enter_irqoff();
- arch_exit_to_user_mode();
- lockdep_hardirqs_on(CALLER_ADDR0);
-}
-
-void noinstr exit_to_user_mode(void)
-{
- __exit_to_user_mode();
-}
-
/* Workaround to allow gradual conversion of architecture code */
void __weak arch_do_signal_or_restart(struct pt_regs *regs) { }
-static unsigned long exit_to_user_mode_loop(struct pt_regs *regs,
- unsigned long ti_work)
+__always_inline unsigned long exit_to_user_mode_loop(struct pt_regs *regs,
+ unsigned long ti_work)
{
/*
* Before returning to user space ensure that all pending work
@@ -196,28 +128,6 @@ static unsigned long exit_to_user_mode_loop(struct pt_regs *regs,
return ti_work;
}
-static void exit_to_user_mode_prepare(struct pt_regs *regs)
-{
- unsigned long ti_work;
-
- lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
-
- /* Flush pending rcuog wakeup before the last need_resched() check */
- tick_nohz_user_enter_prepare();
-
- ti_work = read_thread_flags();
- if (unlikely(ti_work & EXIT_TO_USER_MODE_WORK))
- ti_work = exit_to_user_mode_loop(regs, ti_work);
-
- arch_exit_to_user_mode_prepare(regs, ti_work);
-
- /* Ensure that the address limit is intact and no locks are held */
- addr_limit_user_check();
- kmap_assert_nomap();
- lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
- lockdep_sys_exit();
-}
-
/*
* If SYSCALL_EMU is set, then the only reason to report is when
* SINGLESTEP is set (i.e. PTRACE_SYSEMU_SINGLESTEP). This syscall
@@ -231,7 +141,7 @@ static inline bool report_single_step(unsigned long work)
return work & SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_EXIT_TRAP;
}
-static void syscall_exit_work(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long work)
+void syscall_exit_work(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long work)
{
bool step;
@@ -258,56 +168,17 @@ static void syscall_exit_work(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long work)
ptrace_report_syscall_exit(regs, step);
}
-/*
- * Syscall specific exit to user mode preparation. Runs with interrupts
- * enabled.
- */
-static void syscall_exit_to_user_mode_prepare(struct pt_regs *regs)
-{
- unsigned long work = READ_ONCE(current_thread_info()->syscall_work);
- unsigned long nr = syscall_get_nr(current, regs);
-
- CT_WARN_ON(ct_state() != CONTEXT_KERNEL);
-
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING)) {
- if (WARN(irqs_disabled(), "syscall %lu left IRQs disabled", nr))
- local_irq_enable();
- }
-
- rseq_syscall(regs);
-
- /*
- * Do one-time syscall specific work. If these work items are
- * enabled, we want to run them exactly once per syscall exit with
- * interrupts enabled.
- */
- if (unlikely(work & SYSCALL_WORK_EXIT))
- syscall_exit_work(regs, work);
-}
-
-static __always_inline void __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work(struct pt_regs *regs)
-{
- syscall_exit_to_user_mode_prepare(regs);
- local_irq_disable_exit_to_user();
- exit_to_user_mode_prepare(regs);
-}
-
-void syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work(struct pt_regs *regs)
-{
- __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work(regs);
-}
-
__visible noinstr void syscall_exit_to_user_mode(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
instrumentation_begin();
- __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work(regs);
+ syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work(regs);
instrumentation_end();
- __exit_to_user_mode();
+ exit_to_user_mode();
}
noinstr void irqentry_enter_from_user_mode(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
- __enter_from_user_mode(regs);
+ enter_from_user_mode(regs);
}
noinstr void irqentry_exit_to_user_mode(struct pt_regs *regs)
@@ -315,7 +186,7 @@ noinstr void irqentry_exit_to_user_mode(struct pt_regs *regs)
instrumentation_begin();
exit_to_user_mode_prepare(regs);
instrumentation_end();
- __exit_to_user_mode();
+ exit_to_user_mode();
}
noinstr irqentry_state_t irqentry_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-08 12:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-03 13:40 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] entry: Fix seccomp bypass after ptrace with TSYNC" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree gregkh
2026-09-08 12:20 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
2026-09-08 12:20 ` [PATCH 6.1.y 2/5] entry: Split generic entry into generic exception and syscall entry Sasha Levin
2026-09-08 12:20 ` [PATCH 6.1.y 3/5] entry: Remove syscall_enter_from_user_mode_prepare() Sasha Levin
2026-09-08 12:20 ` [PATCH 6.1.y 4/5] entry: Remove unused syscall argument from syscall_trace_enter() Sasha Levin
2026-09-08 12:20 ` [PATCH 6.1.y 5/5] entry: Fix seccomp bypass after ptrace with TSYNC Sasha Levin
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