linux-stable.git/arch/powerpc/kernel, branch v3.4.26

powerpc/vdso: Remove redundant locking in update_vsyscall_tz()

2013-01-17T16:50:42+00:00

commit ce73ec6db47af84d1466402781ae0872a9e7873c upstream.

The locking in update_vsyscall_tz() is not only unnecessary because the vdso
code copies the data unproteced in __kernel_gettimeofday() but also
introduces a hard to reproduce race condition between update_vsyscall()
and update_vsyscall_tz(), which causes user space process to loop
forever in vdso code.

The following patch removes the locking from update_vsyscall_tz().

Locking is not only unnecessary because the vdso code copies the data
unprotected in __kernel_gettimeofday() but also erroneous because updating
the tb_update_count is not atomic and introduces a hard to reproduce race
condition between update_vsyscall() and update_vsyscall_tz(), which further
causes user space process to loop forever in vdso code.

The below scenario describes the race condition,
x==0	Boot CPU			other CPU
	proc_P: x==0
	    timer interrupt
		update_vsyscall
x==1		    x++;sync		settimeofday
					    update_vsyscall_tz
x==2						x++;sync
x==3		    sync;x++
						sync;x++
	proc_P: x==3 (loops until x becomes even)

Because the ++ operator would be implemented as three instructions and not
atomic on powerpc.

A similar change was made for x86 in commit 6c260d58634
("x86: vdso: Remove bogus locking in update_vsyscall_tz")

Signed-off-by: Shan Hai 
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

powerpc: Fix CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP=n build

2013-01-17T16:50:42+00:00

commit 11ee7e99f35ecb15f59b21da6a82d96d2cd3fcc8 upstream.

If we build a kernel with CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP=n,
the kernel fails when we run at a non zero offset. It turns out
we were incorrectly wrapping some of the relocatable kernel code
with CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP.

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard 
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

powerpc: Make sure IPI handlers see data written by IPI senders

2012-09-14T17:00:22+00:00

commit 9fb1b36ca1234e64a5d1cc573175303395e3354d upstream.

We have been observing hangs, both of KVM guest vcpu tasks and more
generally, where a process that is woken doesn't properly wake up and
continue to run, but instead sticks in TASK_WAKING state.  This
happens because the update of rq->wake_list in ttwu_queue_remote()
is not ordered with the update of ipi_message in
smp_muxed_ipi_message_pass(), and the reading of rq->wake_list in
scheduler_ipi() is not ordered with the reading of ipi_message in
smp_ipi_demux().  Thus it is possible for the IPI receiver not to see
the updated rq->wake_list and therefore conclude that there is nothing
for it to do.

In order to make sure that anything done before smp_send_reschedule()
is ordered before anything done in the resulting call to scheduler_ipi(),
this adds barriers in smp_muxed_message_pass() and smp_ipi_demux().
The barrier in smp_muxed_message_pass() is a full barrier to ensure that
there is a full ordering between the smp_send_reschedule() caller and
scheduler_ipi().  In smp_ipi_demux(), we use xchg() rather than
xchg_local() because xchg() includes release and acquire barriers.
Using xchg() rather than xchg_local() makes sense given that
ipi_message is not just accessed locally.

This moves the barrier between setting the message and calling the
cause_ipi() function into the individual cause_ipi implementations.
Most of them -- those that used outb, out_8 or similar -- already had
a full barrier because out_8 etc. include a sync before the MMIO
store.  This adds an explicit barrier in the two remaining cases.

These changes made no measurable difference to the speed of IPIs as
measured using a simple ping-pong latency test across two CPUs on
different cores of a POWER7 machine.

The analysis of the reason why processes were not waking up properly
is due to Milton Miller.

Reported-by: Milton Miller 
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras 
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

powerpc: Restore correct DSCR in context switch

2012-09-14T17:00:22+00:00

commit 714332858bfd40dcf8f741498336d93875c23aa7 upstream.

During a context switch we always restore the per thread DSCR value.
If we aren't doing explicit DSCR management
(ie thread.dscr_inherit == 0) and the default DSCR changed while
the process has been sleeping we end up with the wrong value.

Check thread.dscr_inherit and select the default DSCR or per thread
DSCR as required.

This was found with the following test case, when running with
more threads than CPUs (ie forcing context switching):

http://ozlabs.org/~anton/junkcode/dscr_default_test.c

With the four patches applied I can run a combination of all
test cases successfully at the same time:

http://ozlabs.org/~anton/junkcode/dscr_default_test.c
http://ozlabs.org/~anton/junkcode/dscr_explicit_test.c
http://ozlabs.org/~anton/junkcode/dscr_inherit_test.c

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard 
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

powerpc: Fix DSCR inheritance in copy_thread()

2012-09-14T17:00:22+00:00

commit 1021cb268b3025573c4811f1dee4a11260c4507b upstream.

If the default DSCR is non zero we set thread.dscr_inherit in
copy_thread() meaning the new thread and all its children will ignore
future updates to the default DSCR. This is not intended and is
a change in behaviour that a number of our users have hit.

We just need to inherit thread.dscr and thread.dscr_inherit from
the parent which ends up being much simpler.

This was found with the following test case:

http://ozlabs.org/~anton/junkcode/dscr_default_test.c

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard 
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

powerpc: Keep thread.dscr and thread.dscr_inherit in sync

2012-09-14T17:00:22+00:00

commit 00ca0de02f80924dfff6b4f630e1dff3db005e35 upstream.

When we update the DSCR either via emulation of mtspr(DSCR) or via
a change to dscr_default in sysfs we don't update thread.dscr.
We will eventually update it at context switch time but there is
a period where thread.dscr is incorrect.

If we fork at this point we will copy the old value of thread.dscr
into the child. To avoid this, always keep thread.dscr in sync with
reality.

This issue was found with the following testcase:

http://ozlabs.org/~anton/junkcode/dscr_inherit_test.c

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard 
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

powerpc: Update DSCR on all CPUs when writing sysfs dscr_default

2012-09-14T17:00:22+00:00

commit 1b6ca2a6fe56e7697d57348646e07df08f43b1bb upstream.

Writing to dscr_default in sysfs doesn't actually change the DSCR -
we rely on a context switch on each CPU to do the work. There is no
guarantee we will get a context switch in a reasonable amount of time
so fire off an IPI to force an immediate change.

This issue was found with the following test case:

http://ozlabs.org/~anton/junkcode/dscr_explicit_test.c

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard 
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

powerpc/ftrace: Fix assembly trampoline register usage

2012-08-09T15:31:27+00:00

commit fd5a42980e1cf327b7240adf5e7b51ea41c23437 upstream.

Just like the module loader, ftrace needs to be updated to use r12
instead of r11 with newer gcc's.

Signed-off-by: Roger Blofeld 
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt 
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

powerpc: Fix build of some debug irq code

2012-07-16T16:03:49+00:00

commit 21b2de341270bd7bb7a811027ffe63276d9b3b75 upstream.

There was a typo, checking for CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAG instead of
CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS causing some useful debug code to not be
built

This in turns causes a build error on BookE 64-bit due to incorrect
semicolons at the end of a couple of macros, so let's fix that too

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

powerpc: More fixes for lazy IRQ vs. idle

2012-07-16T16:03:49+00:00

commit be2cf20a5ad31ebb13562c1c866ecc626fbd721e upstream.

Looks like we still have issues with pSeries and Cell idle code
vs. the lazy irq state. In fact, the reset fixes that went upstream
are exposing the problem more by causing BUG_ON() to trigger (which
this patch turns into a WARN_ON instead).

We need to be careful when using a variant of low power state that
has the side effect of turning interrupts back on, to properly set
all the SW & lazy state to look as if everything is enabled before
we enter the low power state with MSR:EE off as we will return with
MSR:EE on. If not, we have a discrepancy of state which can cause
things to go very wrong later on.

This patch moves the logic into a helper and uses it from the
pseries and cell idle code. The power4/970 idle code already got
things right (in assembly even !) so I'm not touching it. The power7
"bare metal" idle code is subtly different and correct. Remains PA6T
and some hypervisor based Cell platforms which have questionable
code in there, but they are mostly dead platforms so I'll fix them
when I manage to get final answers from the respective maintainers
about how the low power state actually works on them.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman