[PATCH v2 07/14] powerpc/pseries/ras: fwnmi avoid modifying r3 in error case

Nicholas Piggin npiggin at gmail.com
Sat Apr 4 00:26:15 AEDT 2020


If there is some error with the fwnmi save area, r3 has already been
modified which doesn't help with debugging.

Only update r3 when to restore the saved value.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin at gmail.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/ras.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/ras.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/ras.c
index 9a37bda47468..a40598e6e525 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/ras.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/ras.c
@@ -423,18 +423,19 @@ static inline struct rtas_error_log *fwnmi_get_errlog(void)
  */
 static struct rtas_error_log *fwnmi_get_errinfo(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
+	unsigned long savep_ra;
 	unsigned long *savep;
 	struct rtas_error_log *h;
 
 	/* Mask top two bits */
-	regs->gpr[3] &= ~(0x3UL << 62);
+	savep_ra = regs->gpr[3] & ~(0x3UL << 62);
 
-	if (!VALID_FWNMI_BUFFER(regs->gpr[3])) {
+	if (!VALID_FWNMI_BUFFER(savep_ra)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "FWNMI: corrupt r3 0x%016lx\n", regs->gpr[3]);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	savep = __va(regs->gpr[3]);
+	savep = __va(savep_ra);
 	regs->gpr[3] = be64_to_cpu(savep[0]);	/* restore original r3 */
 
 	h = (struct rtas_error_log *)&savep[1];
-- 
2.23.0



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