Re: [Xenomai-core] [RFC][PATCH] x86: Fix root domain state restoring on exception return

[Gilles Chanteperdrix <gilles.chanteperdrix@xenomai.org>]

Jan Kiszka wrote:
> If we enter __ipipe_handle_exception over a non-root domain and leave it
> due to migration in the event handler over root, we must not restore the
> root domain state so far saved on entry. This caused subtle pipeline
> state corruptions. Actually, we only need to save the state if we enter
> over the root domain and have to align its state to the hardware
> interrupt mask.
> 
> Moreover, the x86-32 regs.eflags fix-up must happen based on the current
> root domain state to avoid more spurious corruptions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@domain.hid>
> ---
> 
> This patch is so far running fine on the x86-64 boxes of our colleagues
> @Healthcare. It currently makes most sense to me, also for (untested)
> x86-32, but maybe I'm still missing a problematic scenario.
> 
>  arch/x86/kernel/ipipe.c |   64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
>  1 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ipipe.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ipipe.c
> index 4442d96..8253993 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/ipipe.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ipipe.c
> @@ -702,19 +702,17 @@ static int __ipipe_xlate_signo[] = {
>  
>  int __ipipe_handle_exception(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code, int vector)
>  {
> -	unsigned long flags;
> -
> -	/* Pick up the root domain state of the interrupted context. */
> -	local_save_flags(flags);
> +	bool restore_flags = false;
> +	unsigned long flags = 0;
>  
> -	if (ipipe_root_domain_p) {
> +	if (ipipe_root_domain_p && irqs_disabled_hw()) {

I really do not understand this hunk. It differs a lot from the current
situation. In the current situation __fixup_if really does something,
even if irqs were not masked on entry.

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