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powerpc/64: Convert the syscall exit path to use RFI_TO_USER/KERNEL

In the syscall exit path we may be returning to user or kernel
context. We already have a test for that, because we conditionally
restore r13. So use that existing test and branch, and bifurcate the
return based on that.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Nicholas Piggin 7 years ago
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      arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S

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arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S

@@ -267,13 +267,23 @@ BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
 END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_HAS_PPR)
 
 	ld	r13,GPR13(r1)	/* only restore r13 if returning to usermode */
+	ld	r2,GPR2(r1)
+	ld	r1,GPR1(r1)
+	mtlr	r4
+	mtcr	r5
+	mtspr	SPRN_SRR0,r7
+	mtspr	SPRN_SRR1,r8
+	RFI_TO_USER
+	b	.	/* prevent speculative execution */
+
+	/* exit to kernel */
 1:	ld	r2,GPR2(r1)
 	ld	r1,GPR1(r1)
 	mtlr	r4
 	mtcr	r5
 	mtspr	SPRN_SRR0,r7
 	mtspr	SPRN_SRR1,r8
-	RFI
+	RFI_TO_KERNEL
 	b	.	/* prevent speculative execution */
 
 .Lsyscall_error: