[PATCH v7 1/3] powerpc/mm: Move get_user() out of store_updates_sp()
Christophe Leroy
christophe.leroy at c-s.fr
Wed May 23 00:02:54 AEST 2018
In preparation of the following patch which will focus on calling
that get_user() only when necessary, this patch takes out of
store_updates_sp() the call to get_user() used to read the faulting
instruction.
Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at c-s.fr>
---
v7: New
arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c | 18 +++++++-----------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
index c01d627e687a..fcbb34431da2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
@@ -66,15 +66,11 @@ static inline bool notify_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs)
}
/*
- * Check whether the instruction at regs->nip is a store using
+ * Check whether the instruction inst is a store using
* an update addressing form which will update r1.
*/
-static bool store_updates_sp(struct pt_regs *regs)
+static bool store_updates_sp(unsigned int inst)
{
- unsigned int inst;
-
- if (get_user(inst, (unsigned int __user *)regs->nip))
- return false;
/* check for 1 in the rA field */
if (((inst >> 16) & 0x1f) != 1)
return false;
@@ -235,7 +231,7 @@ static bool bad_kernel_fault(bool is_exec, unsigned long error_code,
static bool bad_stack_expansion(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address,
struct vm_area_struct *vma,
- bool store_update_sp)
+ unsigned int inst)
{
/*
* N.B. The POWER/Open ABI allows programs to access up to
@@ -264,7 +260,7 @@ static bool bad_stack_expansion(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address,
* between the last mapped region and the stack will
* expand the stack rather than segfaulting.
*/
- if (address + 2048 < uregs->gpr[1] && !store_update_sp)
+ if (address + 2048 < uregs->gpr[1] && !store_updates_sp(inst))
return true;
}
return false;
@@ -403,7 +399,7 @@ static int __do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address,
int is_user = user_mode(regs);
int is_write = page_fault_is_write(error_code);
int fault, major = 0;
- bool store_update_sp = false;
+ unsigned int inst = 0;
if (notify_page_fault(regs))
return 0;
@@ -455,7 +451,7 @@ static int __do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address,
* mmap_sem held
*/
if (is_write && is_user)
- store_update_sp = store_updates_sp(regs);
+ get_user(inst, (unsigned int __user *)regs->nip);
if (is_user)
flags |= FAULT_FLAG_USER;
@@ -503,7 +499,7 @@ static int __do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address,
return bad_area(regs, address);
/* The stack is being expanded, check if it's valid */
- if (unlikely(bad_stack_expansion(regs, address, vma, store_update_sp)))
+ if (unlikely(bad_stack_expansion(regs, address, vma, inst)))
return bad_area(regs, address);
/* Try to expand it */
--
2.13.3
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