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[PATCH 3.16 125/178] powerpc/64: Fix flush_(d|i)cache_range() called from modules

From: Ben Hutchings <hidden>
Date: 2017-07-16 14:15:01
Also in: lkml

3.16.46-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Oliver O'Halloran <oohall@gmail.com>

commit 8f5f525d5b83f7d76a6baf9c4e94d4bf312ea7f6 upstream.

When the kernel is compiled to use 64bit ABIv2 the _GLOBAL() macro does
not include a global entry point. A function's global entry point is
used when the function is called from a different TOC context and in the
kernel this typically means a call from a module into the vmlinux (or
vice-versa).

There are a few exported asm functions declared with _GLOBAL() and
calling them from a module will likely crash the kernel since any TOC
relative load will yield garbage.

flush_icache_range() and flush_dcache_range() are both exported to
modules, and use the TOC, so must use _GLOBAL_TOC().

Fixes: 721aeaa9fdf3 ("powerpc: Build little endian ppc64 kernel with ABIv2")
Signed-off-by: Oliver O'Halloran <oohall@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <redacted>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ PPC64_CACHES:
  *   flush all bytes from start through stop-1 inclusive
  */
 
-_GLOBAL(flush_icache_range)
+_GLOBAL_TOC(flush_icache_range)
 BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
 	PURGE_PREFETCHED_INS
 	blr
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ _ASM_NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(flush_icache_range)
  *
  *    flush all bytes from start to stop-1 inclusive
  */
-_GLOBAL(flush_dcache_range)
+_GLOBAL_TOC(flush_dcache_range)
 
 /*
  * Flush the data cache to memory 
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