[PATCH] powerpc: fix memory corruption by pnv_alloc_idle_core_states

Jan Stancek jstancek at redhat.com
Wed Apr 1 03:11:46 AEDT 2015


Space allocated for paca is based off nr_cpu_ids,
but pnv_alloc_idle_core_states() iterates paca with
cpu_nr_cores()*threads_per_core, which is using NR_CPUS.

This causes pnv_alloc_idle_core_states() to write over memory,
which is outside of paca array and may later lead to various panics.

Fixes: 7cba160ad789 (powernv/cpuidle: Redesign idle states management)
Signed-off-by: Jan Stancek <jstancek at redhat.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputhreads.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputhreads.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputhreads.h
index 2bf8e93..4c8ad59 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputhreads.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cputhreads.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static inline cpumask_t cpu_thread_mask_to_cores(const struct cpumask *threads)
 
 static inline int cpu_nr_cores(void)
 {
-	return NR_CPUS >> threads_shift;
+	return nr_cpu_ids >> threads_shift;
 }
 
 static inline cpumask_t cpu_online_cores_map(void)
-- 
1.8.3.1



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