It is common to get a PMU interrupt right after the mtmsr instruction that
enables interrupts. Due to this, the stack trace profile gets needlessly split
across system_call_common() and system_call().
Previously, system_call() symbol was at the current place to hide a few
earlier symbols which have since been made private or removed entirely.
So, let's move system_call() slightly higher up, right after the mtmsr
instruction that enables interrupts. Convert existing references to
system_call to a local syscall symbol.
Suggested-by: Nicholas Piggin <npig...@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n....@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
index ef8e6615b8ba..c39436706555 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ END_FW_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(FW_FEATURE_SPLPAR)
mtmsrd r11,1
#endif /* CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3E */
+system_call: /* label this so stack traces look sane */
/* We do need to set SOFTE in the stack frame or the return
* from interrupt will be painful
*/
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ END_FW_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(FW_FEATURE_SPLPAR)
cmpldi 0,r0,NR_syscalls
bge- .Lsyscall_enosys
-system_call: /* label this so stack traces look sane */
+.Lsyscall:
/*
* Need to vector to 32 Bit or default sys_call_table here,
* based on caller's run-mode / personality.
@@ -309,13 +310,13 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_HAS_PPR)
ld r7,GPR7(r1)
ld r8,GPR8(r1)
- /* Repopulate r9 and r10 for the system_call path */
+ /* Repopulate r9 and r10 for the syscall path */
addi r9,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
CURRENT_THREAD_INFO(r10, r1)
ld r10,TI_FLAGS(r10)
cmpldi r0,NR_syscalls
- blt+ system_call
+ blt+ .Lsyscall
/* Return code is already in r3 thanks to do_syscall_trace_enter() */
b .Lsyscall_exit
--
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