diff --git a/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt b/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt
index 4a1c5c2..9132b86 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt
@@ -78,9 +78,6 @@
 	xorl %ebx,%ebx
 1:	ret
 
-and the whole paranoid non-paranoid macro complexity is about whether
-to suffer that RDMSR cost.
-
 If we are at an interrupt or user-trap/gate-alike boundary then we can
 use the faster check: the stack will be a reliable indicator of
 whether SWAPGS was already done: if we see that we are a secondary
@@ -93,6 +90,15 @@
 stack but before we executed SWAPGS, then the only safe way to check
 for GS is the slower method: the RDMSR.
 
-So we try only to mark those entry methods 'paranoid' that absolutely
-need the more expensive check for the GS base - and we generate all
-'normal' entry points with the regular (faster) entry macros.
+Therefore, super-atomic entries (except NMI, which is handled separately)
+must use idtentry with paranoid=1 to handle gsbase correctly.  This
+triggers three main behavior changes:
+
+ - Interrupt entry will use the slower gsbase check.
+ - Interrupt entry from user mode will switch off the IST stack.
+ - Interrupt exit to kernel mode will not attempt to reschedule.
+
+We try to only use IST entries and the paranoid entry code for vectors
+that absolutely need the more expensive check for the GS base - and we
+generate all 'normal' entry points with the regular (faster) paranoid=0
+variant.
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/kernel-stacks b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/kernel-stacks
index a01eec5..e3c8a49 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/kernel-stacks
+++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/kernel-stacks
@@ -40,9 +40,11 @@
 interrupt-gate descriptor.  When an interrupt occurs and the hardware
 loads such a descriptor, the hardware automatically sets the new stack
 pointer based on the IST value, then invokes the interrupt handler.  If
-software wants to allow nested IST interrupts then the handler must
-adjust the IST values on entry to and exit from the interrupt handler.
-(This is occasionally done, e.g. for debug exceptions.)
+the interrupt came from user mode, then the interrupt handler prologue
+will switch back to the per-thread stack.  If software wants to allow
+nested IST interrupts then the handler must adjust the IST values on
+entry to and exit from the interrupt handler.  (This is occasionally
+done, e.g. for debug exceptions.)
 
 Events with different IST codes (i.e. with different stacks) can be
 nested.  For example, a debug interrupt can safely be interrupted by an
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
index 9ebaf63..931f32f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -1048,6 +1048,11 @@
 	CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET ORIG_RAX-R15
 
 	.if \paranoid
+	.if \paranoid == 1
+	CFI_REMEMBER_STATE
+	testl $3, CS(%rsp)		/* If coming from userspace, switch */
+	jnz 1f				/* stacks. */
+	.endif
 	call save_paranoid
 	.else
 	call error_entry
@@ -1088,6 +1093,36 @@
 	jmp error_exit			/* %ebx: no swapgs flag */
 	.endif
 
+	.if \paranoid == 1
+	CFI_RESTORE_STATE
+	/*
+	 * Paranoid entry from userspace.  Switch stacks and treat it
+	 * as a normal entry.  This means that paranoid handlers
+	 * run in real process context if user_mode(regs).
+	 */
+1:
+	call error_entry
+
+	DEFAULT_FRAME 0
+
+	movq %rsp,%rdi			/* pt_regs pointer */
+	call sync_regs
+	movq %rax,%rsp			/* switch stack */
+
+	movq %rsp,%rdi			/* pt_regs pointer */
+
+	.if \has_error_code
+	movq ORIG_RAX(%rsp),%rsi	/* get error code */
+	movq $-1,ORIG_RAX(%rsp)		/* no syscall to restart */
+	.else
+	xorl %esi,%esi			/* no error code */
+	.endif
+
+	call \do_sym
+
+	jmp error_exit			/* %ebx: no swapgs flag */
+	.endif
+
 	CFI_ENDPROC
 END(\sym)
 .endm
@@ -1108,7 +1143,7 @@
 idtentry bounds do_bounds has_error_code=0
 idtentry invalid_op do_invalid_op has_error_code=0
 idtentry device_not_available do_device_not_available has_error_code=0
-idtentry double_fault do_double_fault has_error_code=1 paranoid=1
+idtentry double_fault do_double_fault has_error_code=1 paranoid=2
 idtentry coprocessor_segment_overrun do_coprocessor_segment_overrun has_error_code=0
 idtentry invalid_TSS do_invalid_TSS has_error_code=1
 idtentry segment_not_present do_segment_not_present has_error_code=1
@@ -1289,16 +1324,14 @@
 #endif
 
 	/*
-	 * "Paranoid" exit path from exception stack.
-	 * Paranoid because this is used by NMIs and cannot take
-	 * any kernel state for granted.
-	 * We don't do kernel preemption checks here, because only
-	 * NMI should be common and it does not enable IRQs and
-	 * cannot get reschedule ticks.
+	 * "Paranoid" exit path from exception stack.  This is invoked
+	 * only on return from non-NMI IST interrupts that came
+	 * from kernel space.
 	 *
-	 * "trace" is 0 for the NMI handler only, because irq-tracing
-	 * is fundamentally NMI-unsafe. (we cannot change the soft and
-	 * hard flags at once, atomically)
+	 * We may be returning to very strange contexts (e.g. very early
+	 * in syscall entry), so checking for preemption here would
+	 * be complicated.  Fortunately, we there's no good reason
+	 * to try to handle preemption here.
 	 */
 
 	/* ebx:	no swapgs flag */
@@ -1308,43 +1341,14 @@
 	TRACE_IRQS_OFF_DEBUG
 	testl %ebx,%ebx				/* swapgs needed? */
 	jnz paranoid_restore
-	testl $3,CS(%rsp)
-	jnz   paranoid_userspace
-paranoid_swapgs:
 	TRACE_IRQS_IRETQ 0
 	SWAPGS_UNSAFE_STACK
 	RESTORE_ALL 8
-	jmp irq_return
+	INTERRUPT_RETURN
 paranoid_restore:
 	TRACE_IRQS_IRETQ_DEBUG 0
 	RESTORE_ALL 8
-	jmp irq_return
-paranoid_userspace:
-	GET_THREAD_INFO(%rcx)
-	movl TI_flags(%rcx),%ebx
-	andl $_TIF_WORK_MASK,%ebx
-	jz paranoid_swapgs
-	movq %rsp,%rdi			/* &pt_regs */
-	call sync_regs
-	movq %rax,%rsp			/* switch stack for scheduling */
-	testl $_TIF_NEED_RESCHED,%ebx
-	jnz paranoid_schedule
-	movl %ebx,%edx			/* arg3: thread flags */
-	TRACE_IRQS_ON
-	ENABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
-	xorl %esi,%esi 			/* arg2: oldset */
-	movq %rsp,%rdi 			/* arg1: &pt_regs */
-	call do_notify_resume
-	DISABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
-	TRACE_IRQS_OFF
-	jmp paranoid_userspace
-paranoid_schedule:
-	TRACE_IRQS_ON
-	ENABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_ANY)
-	SCHEDULE_USER
-	DISABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_ANY)
-	TRACE_IRQS_OFF
-	jmp paranoid_userspace
+	INTERRUPT_RETURN
 	CFI_ENDPROC
 END(paranoid_exit)
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
index 88900e2..28f3e5f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
@@ -466,27 +466,14 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 /*
- * Help handler running on IST stack to switch back to user stack
- * for scheduling or signal handling. The actual stack switch is done in
- * entry.S
+ * Help handler running on IST stack to switch off the IST stack if the
+ * interrupted code was in user mode. The actual stack switch is done in
+ * entry_64.S
  */
 asmlinkage __visible notrace struct pt_regs *sync_regs(struct pt_regs *eregs)
 {
-	struct pt_regs *regs = eregs;
-	/* Did already sync */
-	if (eregs == (struct pt_regs *)eregs->sp)
-		;
-	/* Exception from user space */
-	else if (user_mode(eregs))
-		regs = task_pt_regs(current);
-	/*
-	 * Exception from kernel and interrupts are enabled. Move to
-	 * kernel process stack.
-	 */
-	else if (eregs->flags & X86_EFLAGS_IF)
-		regs = (struct pt_regs *)(eregs->sp -= sizeof(struct pt_regs));
-	if (eregs != regs)
-		*regs = *eregs;
+	struct pt_regs *regs = task_pt_regs(current);
+	*regs = *eregs;
 	return regs;
 }
 NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(sync_regs);