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Subject: Re: [patch V4 part 3 04/29] x86/traps: Make interrupt enable/disable
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On 5/5/20 3:43 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> Traps enable interrupts conditionally but rely on the ASM return code to
> disable them again. That results in redundant interrupt disable and trace
> calls.
> 
> Make the trap handlers disable interrupts before returning to avoid that,
> which allows simplification of the ASM entry code.
> 
> Originally-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> 
> ---
>   arch/x86/kernel/traps.c |   28 +++++++++++++++++++---------
>   arch/x86/mm/fault.c     |   15 +++++++++++++--
>   2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 

So this patch makes C trap handlers disable interrupts on return but there's no
change to the ASM entry code, which will still (also) disable interrupts. I suppose
this is cleaned up in a next patch. So it's worth mentioning that the "simplification
of the ASM entry code" is not in this patch.

alex.