[PATCH] powerpc: Fix Oops in rtas_stop_self()
Li Zhong
zhong at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Mon Apr 28 10:29:51 EST 2014
commit 41dd03a9 may cause Oops in rtas_stop_self().
The reason is that the rtas_args was moved into stack space. For a box
with more that 4GB RAM, the stack could easily be outside 32bit range,
but RTAS is 32bit.
So the patch moves rtas_args away from stack by adding static before
it.
Signed-off-by: Li Zhong <zhong at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton at samba.org>
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org # 3.14+
---
arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-cpu.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-cpu.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-cpu.c
index 9b8e050..20d6297 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-cpu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-cpu.c
@@ -88,13 +88,14 @@ void set_default_offline_state(int cpu)
static void rtas_stop_self(void)
{
- struct rtas_args args = {
- .token = cpu_to_be32(rtas_stop_self_token),
+ static struct rtas_args args = {
.nargs = 0,
.nret = 1,
.rets = &args.args[0],
};
+ args.token = cpu_to_be32(rtas_stop_self_token);
+
local_irq_disable();
BUG_ON(rtas_stop_self_token == RTAS_UNKNOWN_SERVICE);
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