[PATCH v4 3/5] ARM: smp: Free up the TLS register while running in the kernel

[Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>]

To prepare for a subsequent patch that stores the current task pointer
in the user space TLS register while running in the kernel, modify the
set_tls and switch_tls routines not to touch the register directly, and
update the return to user space code to load the correct value.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
---
 arch/arm/include/asm/tls.h     | 10 +++++++---
 arch/arm/kernel/entry-header.S |  8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/tls.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/tls.h
index 5a66c3b13c92..c3296499176c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/tls.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/tls.h
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 
 	.macro switch_tls_v6k, base, tp, tpuser, tmp1, tmp2
 	mrc	p15, 0, \tmp2, c13, c0, 2	@ get the user r/w register
-	mcr	p15, 0, \tp, c13, c0, 3		@ set TLS register
-	mcr	p15, 0, \tpuser, c13, c0, 2	@ and the user r/w register
+	@ TLS register update is deferred until return to user space
+	mcr	p15, 0, \tpuser, c13, c0, 2	@ set the user r/w register
 	str	\tmp2, [\base, #TI_TP_VALUE + 4] @ save it
 	.endm
 
@@ -38,18 +38,22 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_TLS_REG_EMUL
 #define tls_emu		1
 #define has_tls_reg		1
+#define defer_tls_reg_update	0
 #define switch_tls	switch_tls_none
 #elif defined(CONFIG_CPU_V6)
 #define tls_emu		0
 #define has_tls_reg		(elf_hwcap & HWCAP_TLS)
+#define defer_tls_reg_update	0
 #define switch_tls	switch_tls_v6
 #elif defined(CONFIG_CPU_32v6K)
 #define tls_emu		0
 #define has_tls_reg		1
+#define defer_tls_reg_update	1
 #define switch_tls	switch_tls_v6k
 #else
 #define tls_emu		0
 #define has_tls_reg		0
+#define defer_tls_reg_update	0
 #define switch_tls	switch_tls_software
 #endif
 
@@ -77,7 +81,7 @@ static inline void set_tls(unsigned long val)
 	 */
 	barrier();
 
-	if (!tls_emu) {
+	if (!tls_emu && !defer_tls_reg_update) {
 		if (has_tls_reg) {
 			asm("mcr p15, 0, %0, c13, c0, 3"
 			    : : "r" (val));
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-header.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-header.S
index 40db0f9188b6..d5845cb820f3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-header.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-header.S
@@ -292,6 +292,14 @@
 
 
 	.macro	restore_user_regs, fast = 0, offset = 0
+#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_32v6K
+	@ The TLS register update is deferred until return to user space so we
+	@ can use it for other things while running in the kernel
+	get_thread_info r1
+	ldr	r1, [r1, #TI_TP_VALUE]
+	mcr	p15, 0, r1, c13, c0, 3		@ set TLS register
+#endif
+
 	uaccess_enable r1, isb=0
 #ifndef CONFIG_THUMB2_KERNEL
 	@ ARM mode restore
-- 
2.30.2


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