x86-entry-2021-02-24
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24 Feb 22:36
The irq stack switching was moved out of the ASM entry code in course of the entry code consolidation. It ended up being suboptimal in various ways. - Make the stack switching inline so the stackpointer manipulation is not longer at an easy to find place. - Get rid of the unnecessary indirect call. - Avoid the double stack switching in interrupt return and reuse the interrupt stack for softirq handling. - A objtool fix for CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER=y builds where it got confused about the stack pointer manipulation.