[PATCH v5 2/8] powerpc: Prepare to build with generic entry/exit framework

Mukesh Kumar Chaurasiya (IBM)
2026-04-27T12:28:27Z

This patch introduces preparatory changes needed to support building
PowerPC with the generic entry/exit (irqentry) framework.

The following infrastructure updates are added:
- Add a syscall_work field to struct thread_info to hold SYSCALL_WORK_* flags.
- Provide a stub implementation of arch_syscall_is_vdso_sigreturn(),
returning false for now.
- Introduce on_thread_stack() helper to detect if the current stack pointer
lies within the task’s kernel stack.

These additions enable later integration with the generic entry/exit
infrastructure while keeping existing PowerPC behavior unchanged.

No functional change is intended in this patch.

Signed-off-by: Mukesh Kumar Chaurasiya <mchauras@linux.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Samir M <samir@linux.ibm.com>
Tested-by: David Gow <davidgow@google.com>
Tested-by: Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
---
arch/powerpc/include/asm/entry-common.h | 8 ++++++++
arch/powerpc/include/asm/stacktrace.h | 6 ++++++
arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h | 5 +++++
arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h | 1 +
4 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/include/asm/entry-common.h

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/entry-common.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/entry-common.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..05ce0583b600
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/entry-common.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+
+#ifndef _ASM_PPC_ENTRY_COMMON_H
+#define _ASM_PPC_ENTRY_COMMON_H
+
+#include <asm/stacktrace.h>
+
+#endif /* _ASM_PPC_ENTRY_COMMON_H */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/stacktrace.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/stacktrace.h
index 6149b53b3bc8..987f2e996262 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/stacktrace.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/stacktrace.h
@@ -10,4 +10,10 @@

void show_user_instructions(struct pt_regs *regs);

+static __always_inline bool on_thread_stack(void)
+{
+ return !(((unsigned long)(current->stack) ^ current_stack_pointer)
+ & ~(THREAD_SIZE - 1));
+}
+
#endif /* _ASM_POWERPC_STACKTRACE_H */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h
index 4b3c52ed6e9d..834fcc4f7b54 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h
@@ -139,4 +139,9 @@ static inline int syscall_get_arch(struct task_struct *task)
else
return AUDIT_ARCH_PPC64;
}
+
+static inline bool arch_syscall_is_vdso_sigreturn(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+ return false;
+}
#endif /* _ASM_SYSCALL_H */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 97f35f9b1a96..ee3b9adb5b67 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ struct thread_info {
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
unsigned int cpu;
#endif
+ unsigned long syscall_work; /* SYSCALL_WORK_ flags */
unsigned long local_flags; /* private flags for thread */
#ifdef CONFIG_LIVEPATCH_64
unsigned long *livepatch_sp;
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