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Unverified Commit 9c2598d4 authored by Björn Töpel's avatar Björn Töpel Committed by Palmer Dabbelt
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riscv: entry: Save a0 prior syscall_enter_from_user_mode()



The RISC-V calling convention passes the first argument, and the
return value in the a0 register. For this reason, the a0 register
needs some extra care; When handling syscalls, the a0 register is
saved into regs->orig_a0, so a0 can be properly restored for,
e.g. interrupted syscalls.

This functionality was broken with the introduction of the generic
entry patches. Here, a0 was saved into orig_a0 after calling
syscall_enter_from_user_mode(), which can change regs->a0 for some
paths, incorrectly restoring a0.

This is resolved, by saving a0 prior doing the
syscall_enter_from_user_mode() call.

Fixes: f0bddf50 ("riscv: entry: Convert to generic entry")
Reviewed-by: default avatarHeiko Stuebner <heiko.stuebner@vrull.eu>
Tested-by: default avatarHeiko Stuebner <heiko.stuebner@vrull.eu>
Signed-off-by: default avatarBjörn Töpel <bjorn@rivosinc.com>
Reported-by: default avatarConor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarConor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com>
Tested-by: default avatarConor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com>
Tested-by: default avatarGeert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Tested-by: default avatarAndy Chiu <andy.chiu@sifive.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230403065207.1070974-1-bjorn@kernel.org


Signed-off-by: default avatarPalmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>
parent d34a6b71
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