Add a disable_daif call to kernel_exit to mask all exceptions
before restoring registers that are overwritten by an exception.

This should be done before we restore sp_el0, as any exception taken
from EL1 will assume this register is set correctly.

After this patch it is no longer necessary to mask interrupts before
kernel_exit.

Signed-off-by: James Morse <[email protected]>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
index b738880350f9..491182f0abb5 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
@@ -207,6 +207,8 @@ alternative_else_nop_endif
 2:
 #endif
 
+       disable_daif
+
        .if     \el == 0
        ldr     x23, [sp, #S_SP]                // load return stack pointer
        msr     sp_el0, x23
@@ -438,8 +440,6 @@ el1_da:
        mov     x2, sp                          // struct pt_regs
        bl      do_mem_abort
 
-       // disable interrupts before pulling preserved data off the stack
-       disable_irq
        kernel_exit 1
 el1_sp_pc:
        /*
-- 
2.13.2

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