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<title>linux-stable.git/arch/powerpc, branch v6.2</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel stable tree</subtitle>
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<title>Merge tag 'powerpc-6.2-6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux</title>
<updated>2023-02-17T22:53:37+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-02-17T22:53:37+00:00</published>
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Pull powerpc fix from Michael Ellerman:

 - Prevent fallthrough to hash TLB flush when using radix

Thanks to Benjamin Gray and Erhard Furtner.

* tag 'powerpc-6.2-6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux:
  powerpc/64s: Prevent fallthrough to hash TLB flush when using radix
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Pull powerpc fix from Michael Ellerman:

 - Prevent fallthrough to hash TLB flush when using radix

Thanks to Benjamin Gray and Erhard Furtner.

* tag 'powerpc-6.2-6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux:
  powerpc/64s: Prevent fallthrough to hash TLB flush when using radix
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<entry>
<title>powerpc/64s: Prevent fallthrough to hash TLB flush when using radix</title>
<updated>2023-02-17T01:30:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Benjamin Gray</name>
<email>bgray@linux.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-02-17T01:14:34+00:00</published>
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In the fix reconnecting hash__tlb_flush() to tlb_flush() the
void return on radix__tlb_flush() was not restored and subsequently
falls through to the restored hash__tlb_flush().

Guard hash__tlb_flush() under an else to prevent this.

Fixes: 1665c027afb2 ("powerpc/64s: Reconnect tlb_flush() to hash__tlb_flush()")
Reported-by: "Erhard F." &lt;erhard_f@mailbox.org&gt;
Suggested-by: Christophe Leroy &lt;christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Gray &lt;bgray@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230217011434.115554-1-bgray@linux.ibm.com
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In the fix reconnecting hash__tlb_flush() to tlb_flush() the
void return on radix__tlb_flush() was not restored and subsequently
falls through to the restored hash__tlb_flush().

Guard hash__tlb_flush() under an else to prevent this.

Fixes: 1665c027afb2 ("powerpc/64s: Reconnect tlb_flush() to hash__tlb_flush()")
Reported-by: "Erhard F." &lt;erhard_f@mailbox.org&gt;
Suggested-by: Christophe Leroy &lt;christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Gray &lt;bgray@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230217011434.115554-1-bgray@linux.ibm.com
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'powerpc-6.2-5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux</title>
<updated>2023-02-12T19:08:15+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-02-12T19:08:15+00:00</published>
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Pull powerpc fixes from Michael Ellerman:

 - Fix interrupt exit race with security mitigation switching.

 - Don't select ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR until warnings are fixed.

 - Build fix for CONFIG_NUMA=n.

Thanks to Nicholas Piggin, Randy Dunlap, and Sachin Sant.

* tag 'powerpc-6.2-5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux:
  powerpc/64s/interrupt: Fix interrupt exit race with security mitigation switch
  powerpc/kexec_file: fix implicit decl error
  powerpc: Don't select ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR
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Pull powerpc fixes from Michael Ellerman:

 - Fix interrupt exit race with security mitigation switching.

 - Don't select ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR until warnings are fixed.

 - Build fix for CONFIG_NUMA=n.

Thanks to Nicholas Piggin, Randy Dunlap, and Sachin Sant.

* tag 'powerpc-6.2-5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux:
  powerpc/64s/interrupt: Fix interrupt exit race with security mitigation switch
  powerpc/kexec_file: fix implicit decl error
  powerpc: Don't select ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR
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<entry>
<title>powerpc/64s/interrupt: Fix interrupt exit race with security mitigation switch</title>
<updated>2023-02-06T23:13:33+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nicholas Piggin</name>
<email>npiggin@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-02-06T04:22:40+00:00</published>
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The RFI and STF security mitigation options can flip the
interrupt_exit_not_reentrant static branch condition concurrently with
the interrupt exit code which tests that branch.

Interrupt exit tests this condition to set MSR[EE|RI] for exit, then
again in the case a soft-masked interrupt is found pending, to recover
the MSR so the interrupt can be replayed before attempting to exit
again. If the condition changes between these two tests, the MSR and irq
soft-mask state will become corrupted, leading to warnings and possible
crashes. For example, if the branch is initially true then false,
MSR[EE] will be 0 but PACA_IRQ_HARD_DIS clear and EE may not get
enabled, leading to warnings in irq_64.c.

Fixes: 13799748b957 ("powerpc/64: use interrupt restart table to speed up return from interrupt")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v5.14+
Reported-by: Sachin Sant &lt;sachinp@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Tested-by: Sachin Sant &lt;sachinp@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin &lt;npiggin@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230206042240.92103-1-npiggin@gmail.com
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The RFI and STF security mitigation options can flip the
interrupt_exit_not_reentrant static branch condition concurrently with
the interrupt exit code which tests that branch.

Interrupt exit tests this condition to set MSR[EE|RI] for exit, then
again in the case a soft-masked interrupt is found pending, to recover
the MSR so the interrupt can be replayed before attempting to exit
again. If the condition changes between these two tests, the MSR and irq
soft-mask state will become corrupted, leading to warnings and possible
crashes. For example, if the branch is initially true then false,
MSR[EE] will be 0 but PACA_IRQ_HARD_DIS clear and EE may not get
enabled, leading to warnings in irq_64.c.

Fixes: 13799748b957 ("powerpc/64: use interrupt restart table to speed up return from interrupt")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v5.14+
Reported-by: Sachin Sant &lt;sachinp@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Tested-by: Sachin Sant &lt;sachinp@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin &lt;npiggin@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230206042240.92103-1-npiggin@gmail.com
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<entry>
<title>powerpc/kexec_file: fix implicit decl error</title>
<updated>2023-02-06T11:00:30+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Randy Dunlap</name>
<email>rdunlap@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-02-04T17:22:06+00:00</published>
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kexec (PPC64) code calls memory_hotplug_max(). Add the header
declaration for it from &lt;asm/mmzone.h&gt;. Using &lt;linux/mmzone.h&gt; does not
work since the #include for &lt;asm/mmzone.h&gt; depends on CONFIG_NUMA=y,
which is not always set.

Fixes this build error/warning:

  arch/powerpc/kexec/file_load_64.c: In function 'kexec_extra_fdt_size_ppc64':
  arch/powerpc/kexec/file_load_64.c:993:33: error: implicit declaration of function 'memory_hotplug_max'
  993 |                 usm_entries = ((memory_hotplug_max() / drmem_lmb_size()) +
      |                                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Fixes: fc546faa5595 ("powerpc/kexec_file: Count hot-pluggable memory in FDT estimate")
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap &lt;rdunlap@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230204172206.7662-1-rdunlap@infradead.org
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kexec (PPC64) code calls memory_hotplug_max(). Add the header
declaration for it from &lt;asm/mmzone.h&gt;. Using &lt;linux/mmzone.h&gt; does not
work since the #include for &lt;asm/mmzone.h&gt; depends on CONFIG_NUMA=y,
which is not always set.

Fixes this build error/warning:

  arch/powerpc/kexec/file_load_64.c: In function 'kexec_extra_fdt_size_ppc64':
  arch/powerpc/kexec/file_load_64.c:993:33: error: implicit declaration of function 'memory_hotplug_max'
  993 |                 usm_entries = ((memory_hotplug_max() / drmem_lmb_size()) +
      |                                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Fixes: fc546faa5595 ("powerpc/kexec_file: Count hot-pluggable memory in FDT estimate")
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap &lt;rdunlap@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230204172206.7662-1-rdunlap@infradead.org
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'powerpc-6.2-4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux</title>
<updated>2023-02-05T02:40:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-02-05T02:40:51+00:00</published>
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Pull powerpc fixes from Michael Ellerman:
 "It's a bit of a big batch for rc6, but just because I didn't send any
  fixes the last week or two while I was on vacation, next week should
  be quieter:

   - Fix a few objtool warnings since we recently enabled objtool.

   - Fix a deadlock with the hash MMU vs perf record.

   - Fix perf profiling of asynchronous interrupt handlers.

   - Revert the IMC PMU nest_init_lock to being a mutex.

   - Two commits fixing problems with the kexec_file FDT size
     estimation.

   - Two commits fixing problems with strict RWX vs kernels running at
     non-zero.

   - Reconnect tlb_flush() to hash__tlb_flush()

  Thanks to Kajol Jain, Nicholas Piggin, Sachin Sant Sathvika Vasireddy,
  and Sourabh Jain"

* tag 'powerpc-6.2-4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux:
  powerpc/64s: Reconnect tlb_flush() to hash__tlb_flush()
  powerpc/kexec_file: Count hot-pluggable memory in FDT estimate
  powerpc/64s/radix: Fix RWX mapping with relocated kernel
  powerpc/64s/radix: Fix crash with unaligned relocated kernel
  powerpc/kexec_file: Fix division by zero in extra size estimation
  powerpc/imc-pmu: Revert nest_init_lock to being a mutex
  powerpc/64: Fix perf profiling asynchronous interrupt handlers
  powerpc/64s: Fix local irq disable when PMIs are disabled
  powerpc/kvm: Fix unannotated intra-function call warning
  powerpc/85xx: Fix unannotated intra-function call warning
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Pull powerpc fixes from Michael Ellerman:
 "It's a bit of a big batch for rc6, but just because I didn't send any
  fixes the last week or two while I was on vacation, next week should
  be quieter:

   - Fix a few objtool warnings since we recently enabled objtool.

   - Fix a deadlock with the hash MMU vs perf record.

   - Fix perf profiling of asynchronous interrupt handlers.

   - Revert the IMC PMU nest_init_lock to being a mutex.

   - Two commits fixing problems with the kexec_file FDT size
     estimation.

   - Two commits fixing problems with strict RWX vs kernels running at
     non-zero.

   - Reconnect tlb_flush() to hash__tlb_flush()

  Thanks to Kajol Jain, Nicholas Piggin, Sachin Sant Sathvika Vasireddy,
  and Sourabh Jain"

* tag 'powerpc-6.2-4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux:
  powerpc/64s: Reconnect tlb_flush() to hash__tlb_flush()
  powerpc/kexec_file: Count hot-pluggable memory in FDT estimate
  powerpc/64s/radix: Fix RWX mapping with relocated kernel
  powerpc/64s/radix: Fix crash with unaligned relocated kernel
  powerpc/kexec_file: Fix division by zero in extra size estimation
  powerpc/imc-pmu: Revert nest_init_lock to being a mutex
  powerpc/64: Fix perf profiling asynchronous interrupt handlers
  powerpc/64s: Fix local irq disable when PMIs are disabled
  powerpc/kvm: Fix unannotated intra-function call warning
  powerpc/85xx: Fix unannotated intra-function call warning
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<entry>
<title>powerpc: Don't select ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR</title>
<updated>2023-02-02T10:27:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Michael Ellerman</name>
<email>mpe@ellerman.id.au</email>
</author>
<published>2023-02-02T10:27:35+00:00</published>
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Commit 41b7a347bf14 ("powerpc: Book3S 64-bit outline-only KASAN
support") added a select of ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR, because it also added
some uses of noinstr. However noinstr is always defined, regardless of
ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR, so there's no need to select it just for that.

As PeterZ says [1]:
  Note that by selecting ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR you effectively state to
  abide by its rules.

As of now the powerpc code does not abide by those rules, and trips some
new warnings added by Peter in linux-next.

So until the code can be fixed to avoid those warnings, disable
ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR.

Note that ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR is also used to gate building KCOV and
parts of KCSAN. However none of the noinstr annotations in powerpc were
added for KCOV or KCSAN, instead instrumentation is blocked at the file
level using KCOV_INSTRUMENT_foo.o := n.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linuxppc-dev/Y9t6yoafrO5YqVgM@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net

Reported-by: Sachin Sant &lt;sachinp@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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Commit 41b7a347bf14 ("powerpc: Book3S 64-bit outline-only KASAN
support") added a select of ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR, because it also added
some uses of noinstr. However noinstr is always defined, regardless of
ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR, so there's no need to select it just for that.

As PeterZ says [1]:
  Note that by selecting ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR you effectively state to
  abide by its rules.

As of now the powerpc code does not abide by those rules, and trips some
new warnings added by Peter in linux-next.

So until the code can be fixed to avoid those warnings, disable
ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR.

Note that ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR is also used to gate building KCOV and
parts of KCSAN. However none of the noinstr annotations in powerpc were
added for KCOV or KCSAN, instead instrumentation is blocked at the file
level using KCOV_INSTRUMENT_foo.o := n.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linuxppc-dev/Y9t6yoafrO5YqVgM@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net

Reported-by: Sachin Sant &lt;sachinp@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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<entry>
<title>powerpc/64s: Reconnect tlb_flush() to hash__tlb_flush()</title>
<updated>2023-02-02T02:25:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Michael Ellerman</name>
<email>mpe@ellerman.id.au</email>
</author>
<published>2023-01-31T11:14:07+00:00</published>
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Commit baf1ed24b27d ("powerpc/mm: Remove empty hash__ functions")
removed some empty hash MMU flushing routines, but got a bit overeager
and also removed the call to hash__tlb_flush() from tlb_flush().

In regular use this doesn't lead to any noticable breakage, which is a
little concerning. Presumably there are flushes happening via other
paths such as arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode(), and/or a bit of luck.

Fix it by reinstating the call to hash__tlb_flush().

Fixes: baf1ed24b27d ("powerpc/mm: Remove empty hash__ functions")
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230131111407.806770-1-mpe@ellerman.id.au

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Commit baf1ed24b27d ("powerpc/mm: Remove empty hash__ functions")
removed some empty hash MMU flushing routines, but got a bit overeager
and also removed the call to hash__tlb_flush() from tlb_flush().

In regular use this doesn't lead to any noticable breakage, which is a
little concerning. Presumably there are flushes happening via other
paths such as arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode(), and/or a bit of luck.

Fix it by reinstating the call to hash__tlb_flush().

Fixes: baf1ed24b27d ("powerpc/mm: Remove empty hash__ functions")
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230131111407.806770-1-mpe@ellerman.id.au

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>powerpc/kexec_file: Count hot-pluggable memory in FDT estimate</title>
<updated>2023-02-01T02:04:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sourabh Jain</name>
<email>sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-01-31T03:06:15+00:00</published>
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On Systems where online memory is lesser compared to max memory, the
kexec_file_load system call may fail to load the kdump kernel with the
below errors:

    "Failed to update fdt with linux,drconf-usable-memory property"
    "Error setting up usable-memory property for kdump kernel"

This happens because the size estimation for usable memory properties
for the kdump kernel's FDT is based on the online memory whereas the
usable memory properties include max memory. In short, the hot-pluggable
memory is not accounted for while estimating the size of the usable
memory properties.

The issue is addressed by calculating usable memory property size using
max hotplug address instead of the last online memory address.

Fixes: 2377c92e37fe ("powerpc/kexec_file: fix FDT size estimation for kdump kernel")
Signed-off-by: Sourabh Jain &lt;sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230131030615.729894-1-sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com
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On Systems where online memory is lesser compared to max memory, the
kexec_file_load system call may fail to load the kdump kernel with the
below errors:

    "Failed to update fdt with linux,drconf-usable-memory property"
    "Error setting up usable-memory property for kdump kernel"

This happens because the size estimation for usable memory properties
for the kdump kernel's FDT is based on the online memory whereas the
usable memory properties include max memory. In short, the hot-pluggable
memory is not accounted for while estimating the size of the usable
memory properties.

The issue is addressed by calculating usable memory property size using
max hotplug address instead of the last online memory address.

Fixes: 2377c92e37fe ("powerpc/kexec_file: fix FDT size estimation for kdump kernel")
Signed-off-by: Sourabh Jain &lt;sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230131030615.729894-1-sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>powerpc/64s/radix: Fix RWX mapping with relocated kernel</title>
<updated>2023-01-31T10:37:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Michael Ellerman</name>
<email>mpe@ellerman.id.au</email>
</author>
<published>2023-01-10T12:47:53+00:00</published>
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If a relocatable kernel is loaded at a non-zero address and told not to
relocate to zero (kdump or RELOCATABLE_TEST), the mapping of the
interrupt code at zero is left with RWX permissions.

That is a security weakness, and leads to a warning at boot if
CONFIG_DEBUG_WX is enabled:

  powerpc/mm: Found insecure W+X mapping at address 00000000056435bc/0xc000000000000000
  WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 1 at arch/powerpc/mm/ptdump/ptdump.c:193 note_page+0x484/0x4c0
  CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.2.0-rc1-00001-g8ae8e98aea82-dirty #175
  Hardware name: IBM pSeries (emulated by qemu) POWER9 (raw) 0x4e1202 0xf000005 of:SLOF,git-dd0dca hv:linux,kvm pSeries
  NIP:  c0000000004a1c34 LR: c0000000004a1c30 CTR: 0000000000000000
  REGS: c000000003503770 TRAP: 0700   Not tainted  (6.2.0-rc1-00001-g8ae8e98aea82-dirty)
  MSR:  8000000002029033 &lt;SF,VEC,EE,ME,IR,DR,RI,LE&gt;  CR: 24000220  XER: 00000000
  CFAR: c000000000545a58 IRQMASK: 0
  ...
  NIP note_page+0x484/0x4c0
  LR  note_page+0x480/0x4c0
  Call Trace:
    note_page+0x480/0x4c0 (unreliable)
    ptdump_pmd_entry+0xc8/0x100
    walk_pgd_range+0x618/0xab0
    walk_page_range_novma+0x74/0xc0
    ptdump_walk_pgd+0x98/0x170
    ptdump_check_wx+0x94/0x100
    mark_rodata_ro+0x30/0x70
    kernel_init+0x78/0x1a0
    ret_from_kernel_thread+0x5c/0x64

The fix has two parts. Firstly the pages from zero up to the end of
interrupts need to be marked read-only, so that they are left with R-X
permissions. Secondly the mapping logic needs to be taught to ensure
there is a page boundary at the end of the interrupt region, so that the
permission change only applies to the interrupt text, and not the region
following it.

Fixes: c55d7b5e6426 ("powerpc: Remove STRICT_KERNEL_RWX incompatibility with RELOCATABLE")
Reported-by: Sachin Sant &lt;sachinp@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Tested-by: Sachin Sant &lt;sachinp@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230110124753.1325426-2-mpe@ellerman.id.au

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If a relocatable kernel is loaded at a non-zero address and told not to
relocate to zero (kdump or RELOCATABLE_TEST), the mapping of the
interrupt code at zero is left with RWX permissions.

That is a security weakness, and leads to a warning at boot if
CONFIG_DEBUG_WX is enabled:

  powerpc/mm: Found insecure W+X mapping at address 00000000056435bc/0xc000000000000000
  WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 1 at arch/powerpc/mm/ptdump/ptdump.c:193 note_page+0x484/0x4c0
  CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.2.0-rc1-00001-g8ae8e98aea82-dirty #175
  Hardware name: IBM pSeries (emulated by qemu) POWER9 (raw) 0x4e1202 0xf000005 of:SLOF,git-dd0dca hv:linux,kvm pSeries
  NIP:  c0000000004a1c34 LR: c0000000004a1c30 CTR: 0000000000000000
  REGS: c000000003503770 TRAP: 0700   Not tainted  (6.2.0-rc1-00001-g8ae8e98aea82-dirty)
  MSR:  8000000002029033 &lt;SF,VEC,EE,ME,IR,DR,RI,LE&gt;  CR: 24000220  XER: 00000000
  CFAR: c000000000545a58 IRQMASK: 0
  ...
  NIP note_page+0x484/0x4c0
  LR  note_page+0x480/0x4c0
  Call Trace:
    note_page+0x480/0x4c0 (unreliable)
    ptdump_pmd_entry+0xc8/0x100
    walk_pgd_range+0x618/0xab0
    walk_page_range_novma+0x74/0xc0
    ptdump_walk_pgd+0x98/0x170
    ptdump_check_wx+0x94/0x100
    mark_rodata_ro+0x30/0x70
    kernel_init+0x78/0x1a0
    ret_from_kernel_thread+0x5c/0x64

The fix has two parts. Firstly the pages from zero up to the end of
interrupts need to be marked read-only, so that they are left with R-X
permissions. Secondly the mapping logic needs to be taught to ensure
there is a page boundary at the end of the interrupt region, so that the
permission change only applies to the interrupt text, and not the region
following it.

Fixes: c55d7b5e6426 ("powerpc: Remove STRICT_KERNEL_RWX incompatibility with RELOCATABLE")
Reported-by: Sachin Sant &lt;sachinp@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Tested-by: Sachin Sant &lt;sachinp@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230110124753.1325426-2-mpe@ellerman.id.au

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