[RFC PATCH 09/14] powerpc/tm: Warn if state is transactional

Breno Leitao leitao at debian.org
Tue Nov 6 23:40:23 AEDT 2018


Since every kernel entrance is calling TM_KERNEL_ENTRY, it is not
expected to arrive at this point with a suspended transaction.

If that is the case, cause a warning and reclaim the current thread in
order to avoid a TM Bad Thing.

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao at debian.org>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c | 7 +++----
 arch/powerpc/kernel/signal.c  | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index 73872f751b33..849591bf0881 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -1752,11 +1752,10 @@ void start_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long start, unsigned long sp)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM
 	/*
-	 * Clear any transactional state, we're exec()ing. The cause is
-	 * not important as there will never be a recheckpoint so it's not
-	 * user visible.
+	 * It is a bug if the transaction was not reclaimed until this
+	 * point. Warn us and try to workaround it calling tm_reclaim().
 	 */
-	if (MSR_TM_SUSPENDED(mfmsr()))
+	if (WARN_ON(MSR_TM_SUSPENDED(mfmsr())))
 		tm_reclaim_current(0);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal.c
index b3e8db376ecd..cbaccc2be0fb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal.c
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ unsigned long get_tm_stackpointer(struct task_struct *tsk)
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM
 	BUG_ON(tsk != current);
 
-	if (MSR_TM_ACTIVE(tsk->thread.regs->msr)) {
+	if (WARN_ON(MSR_TM_ACTIVE(mfmsr()))) {
 		tm_reclaim_current(TM_CAUSE_SIGNAL);
 		if (MSR_TM_TRANSACTIONAL(tsk->thread.regs->msr))
 			return tsk->thread.ckpt_regs.gpr[1];
-- 
2.19.0



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