[PATCH v2] powerpc: Fix __flush_icache_range on 44x

Josh Boyer jwboyer at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Thu Aug 20 00:27:53 EST 2009


The ptrace POKETEXT interface allows a process to modify the text pages of
a child process being ptraced, usually to insert breakpoints via trap
instructions.  The kernel eventually calls copy_to_user_page, which in turn
calls __flush_icache_range to invalidate the icache lines for the child
process.

However, this function does not work on 44x due to the icache being virtually
indexed.  This was noticed by a breakpoint being triggered after it had been
cleared by ltrace on a 440EPx board.  The convenient solution is to do a
flash invalidate of the icache in the __flush_icache_range function.

Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer at linux.vnet.ibm.com>

---
I tested this on powerpc-next this morning using the same testcase as before.

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S
index 15f28e0..da9c0c4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S
@@ -342,10 +342,17 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_COHERENT_ICACHE)
 	addi	r3,r3,L1_CACHE_BYTES
 	bdnz	1b
 	sync				/* wait for dcbst's to get to ram */
+#ifndef CONFIG_44x
 	mtctr	r4
 2:	icbi	0,r6
 	addi	r6,r6,L1_CACHE_BYTES
 	bdnz	2b
+#else
+	/* Flash invalidate on 44x because we are passed kmapped addresses and
+	   this doesn't work for userspace pages due to the virtually tagged
+	   icache.  Sigh. */
+	iccci	0, r0
+#endif
 	sync				/* additional sync needed on g4 */
 	isync
 	blr


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