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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-08-07 13:18:06 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-08-07 13:18:06 +0000
commit638a9e433ecd61e64761352dbec1fa4f5874c941 (patch)
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parentReleasing progress-linux version 6.9.12-1~progress7.99u1. (diff)
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Merging upstream version 6.10.3.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
index 65a052bf74..a096e24510 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -298,8 +298,15 @@ void __init __no_sanitize_address setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
dynamic_scs_init();
/*
- * Unmask SError as soon as possible after initializing earlycon so
- * that we can report any SErrors immediately.
+ * The primary CPU enters the kernel with all DAIF exceptions masked.
+ *
+ * We must unmask Debug and SError before preemption or scheduling is
+ * possible to ensure that these are consistently unmasked across
+ * threads, and we want to unmask SError as soon as possible after
+ * initializing earlycon so that we can report any SErrors immediately.
+ *
+ * IRQ and FIQ will be unmasked after the root irqchip has been
+ * detected and initialized.
*/
local_daif_restore(DAIF_PROCCTX_NOIRQ);