[PATCH v2 11/28] powerpc/exec: Set thread.regs early during exec
Aneesh Kumar K.V
aneesh.kumar at linux.ibm.com
Sat May 2 21:22:12 AEST 2020
In later patches during exec, we would like to access default regs.kuap to
control access to the user mapping. Having thread.regs set early makes the
code changes simpler.
Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar at linux.ibm.com>
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c | 24 ++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index 8479c762aef2..abbe545ed88c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -1462,9 +1462,18 @@ void flush_thread(void)
#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64
void arch_setup_new_exec(void)
{
- if (radix_enabled())
- return;
- hash__setup_new_exec();
+ if (!radix_enabled())
+ hash__setup_new_exec();
+
+ /*
+ * If we exec out of a kernel thread then thread.regs will not be
+ * set. Do it now.
+ */
+ if (!current->thread.regs) {
+ struct pt_regs *regs = task_stack_page(current) + THREAD_SIZE;
+ current->thread.regs = regs - 1;
+ }
+
}
#endif
@@ -1689,15 +1698,6 @@ void start_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long start, unsigned long sp)
#endif
#endif
- /*
- * If we exec out of a kernel thread then thread.regs will not be
- * set. Do it now.
- */
- if (!current->thread.regs) {
- struct pt_regs *regs = task_stack_page(current) + THREAD_SIZE;
- current->thread.regs = regs - 1;
- }
-
#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM
/*
* Clear any transactional state, we're exec()ing. The cause is
--
2.26.2
More information about the Linuxppc-dev
mailing list