[PATCH 2/4] powerpc: Keep thread.dscr and thread.dscr_inherit in sync
Anton Blanchard
anton at samba.org
Tue Sep 4 12:48:46 EST 2012
When we update the DSCR either via emulation of mtspr(DSCR) or via
a change to dscr_default in sysfs we don't update thread.dscr.
We will eventually update it at context switch time but there is
a period where thread.dscr is incorrect.
If we fork at this point we will copy the old value of thread.dscr
into the child. To avoid this, always keep thread.dscr in sync with
reality.
This issue was found with the following testcase:
http://ozlabs.org/~anton/junkcode/dscr_inherit_test.c
Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton at samba.org>
Cc: <stable at kernel.org> # 3.0+
---
Index: b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
===================================================================
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
@@ -972,8 +972,9 @@ static int emulate_instruction(struct pt
cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_DSCR)) {
PPC_WARN_EMULATED(mtdscr, regs);
rd = (instword >> 21) & 0x1f;
- mtspr(SPRN_DSCR, regs->gpr[rd]);
+ current->thread.dscr = regs->gpr[rd];
current->thread.dscr_inherit = 1;
+ mtspr(SPRN_DSCR, current->thread.dscr);
return 0;
}
#endif
Index: b/arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c
===================================================================
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c
@@ -196,8 +196,10 @@ static ssize_t show_dscr_default(struct
static void update_dscr(void *dummy)
{
- if (!current->thread.dscr_inherit)
+ if (!current->thread.dscr_inherit) {
+ current->thread.dscr = dscr_default;
mtspr(SPRN_DSCR, dscr_default);
+ }
}
static ssize_t __used store_dscr_default(struct device *dev,
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