[PATCH] powerpc: Fix program check handling when lockdep is enabled

Subsystems: linux for powerpc (32-bit and 64-bit), the rest

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[PATCH] powerpc: Fix program check handling when lockdep is enabled

From: Michael Ellerman <hidden>
Date: 2012-02-21 07:32:30

In commit 54321242afe ("Disable interrupts early in Program Check"), we
switched from enabling to disabling interrupts in program_check_common.

Whereas ENABLE_INTS leaves r3 untouched, if lockdep is enabled DISABLE_INTS
calls into lockdep code and will clobber r3. That means we pass a bogus
struct pt_regs* into program_check_exception() and all hell breaks loose.

So load our regs pointer into r3 after we call DISABLE_INTS.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <redacted>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
index 3844ca7..15c5a4f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
@@ -774,8 +774,8 @@ alignment_common:
 program_check_common:
 	EXCEPTION_PROLOG_COMMON(0x700, PACA_EXGEN)
 	bl	.save_nvgprs
-	addi	r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
 	DISABLE_INTS
+	addi	r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
 	bl	.program_check_exception
 	b	.ret_from_except
 
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Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Fix program check handling when lockdep is enabled

From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Date: 2012-02-21 08:20:04

On Tue, 2012-02-21 at 18:32 +1100, Michael Ellerman wrote:
In commit 54321242afe ("Disable interrupts early in Program Check"), we
switched from enabling to disabling interrupts in program_check_common.

Whereas ENABLE_INTS leaves r3 untouched, if lockdep is enabled DISABLE_INTS
calls into lockdep code and will clobber r3. That means we pass a bogus
struct pt_regs* into program_check_exception() and all hell breaks loose.

So load our regs pointer into r3 after we call DISABLE_INTS.
Ah nice catch, thanks !

Cheers,
Ben.
quoted hunk
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <redacted>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
index 3844ca7..15c5a4f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
@@ -774,8 +774,8 @@ alignment_common:
 program_check_common:
 	EXCEPTION_PROLOG_COMMON(0x700, PACA_EXGEN)
 	bl	.save_nvgprs
-	addi	r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
 	DISABLE_INTS
+	addi	r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
 	bl	.program_check_exception
 	b	.ret_from_except
 
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