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authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2022-11-21 12:21:53 +0300
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2022-11-21 12:21:53 +0300
commit05df6ab8eba625a1d97eb67ee06d786b8e460685 (patch)
tree7fed59b7f49fd8d816475ca6b20c95c7f837ca6f /arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64e.S
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downloadlinux-05df6ab8eba625a1d97eb67ee06d786b8e460685.tar.xz
Merge 6.1-rc6 into driver-core-next
We need the kernfs changes in here as well. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64e.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64e.S
index 930e36099015..2f68fb2ee4fc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64e.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64e.S
@@ -813,6 +813,13 @@ kernel_dbg_exc:
EXCEPTION_COMMON(0x260)
CHECK_NAPPING()
addi r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
+ /*
+ * XXX: Returning from performance_monitor_exception taken as a
+ * soft-NMI (Linux irqs disabled) may be risky to use interrupt_return
+ * and could cause bugs in return or elsewhere. That case should just
+ * restore registers and return. There is a workaround for one known
+ * problem in interrupt_exit_kernel_prepare().
+ */
bl performance_monitor_exception
b interrupt_return