[PATCH v6 09/22] powerpc/exec: Set thread.regs early during exec
Aneesh Kumar K.V
aneesh.kumar at linux.ibm.com
Wed Nov 25 16:16:21 AEDT 2020
In later patches during exec, we would like to access default regs.amr 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/include/asm/thread_info.h | 2 --
arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++---------
2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 46a210b03d2b..de4c911d9ced 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -77,10 +77,8 @@ struct thread_info {
/* how to get the thread information struct from C */
extern int arch_dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *dst, struct task_struct *src);
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64
void arch_setup_new_exec(void);
#define arch_setup_new_exec arch_setup_new_exec
-#endif
#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index d421a2c7f822..b6b8a845e454 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -1530,10 +1530,32 @@ 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;
+ }
+
+}
+#else
+void arch_setup_new_exec(void)
+{
+ /*
+ * 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
#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
@@ -1765,15 +1787,6 @@ void start_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long start, unsigned long sp)
preload_new_slb_context(start, sp);
#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
--
2.28.0
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