[PATCH 20/24] powerpc/mm: Set fault flags earlier
Benjamin Herrenschmidt
benh at kernel.crashing.org
Wed Jul 19 14:49:42 AEST 2017
Move out the code that sets FAULT_FLAG_WRITE so the block that check
access permissions can be extracted. While at it also set
FAULT_FLAG_INSTRUCTION which will be used for protection keys.
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh at kernel.crashing.org>
---
arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
index f1abdc90e330..6a938fc8c5fb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
@@ -384,6 +384,10 @@ static int __do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address,
if (is_user)
flags |= FAULT_FLAG_USER;
+ if (is_write)
+ flags |= FAULT_FLAG_WRITE;
+ if (is_exec)
+ flags |= FAULT_FLAG_INSTRUCTION;
/* When running in the kernel we expect faults to occur only to
* addresses in user space. All other faults represent errors in the
@@ -476,7 +480,6 @@ static int __do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address,
} else if (is_write) {
if (unlikely(!(vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE)))
return bad_area(regs, address);
- flags |= FAULT_FLAG_WRITE;
/* a read */
} else {
if (unlikely(!(vma->vm_flags & (VM_READ | VM_EXEC | VM_WRITE))))
--
2.13.3
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