linux.git/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c, branch v3.18-rc2

powerpc: Rename __get_SP() to current_stack_pointer()

2014-10-15T00:23:20+00:00

Michael points out that __get_SP() is a pretty horrible
function name. Let's give it a better name.

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard 
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman

powerpc: Reimplement __get_SP() as a function not a define

2014-10-15T00:23:19+00:00

Li Zhong points out an issue with our current __get_SP()
implementation. If ftrace function tracing is enabled (ie -pg
profiling using _mcount) we spill a stack frame on 64bit all the
time.

If a function calls __get_SP() and later calls a function that is
tail call optimised, we will pop the stack frame and the value
returned by __get_SP() is no longer valid. An example from Li can
be found in save_stack_trace -> save_context_stack:

c0000000000432c0 <.save_stack_trace>:
c0000000000432c0:       mflr    r0
c0000000000432c4:       std     r0,16(r1)
c0000000000432c8:       stdu    r1,-128(r1) <-- stack frame for _mcount
c0000000000432cc:       std     r3,112(r1)
c0000000000432d0:       bl      <._mcount>
c0000000000432d4:       nop

c0000000000432d8:       mr      r4,r1 <-- __get_SP()

c0000000000432dc:       ld      r5,632(r13)
c0000000000432e0:       ld      r3,112(r1)
c0000000000432e4:       li      r6,1

c0000000000432e8:       addi    r1,r1,128 <-- pop stack frame

c0000000000432ec:       ld      r0,16(r1)
c0000000000432f0:       mtlr    r0
c0000000000432f4:       b       <.save_context_stack> <-- tail call optimized

save_context_stack ends up with a stack pointer below the current
one, and it is likely to be scribbled over.

Fix this by making __get_SP() a function which returns the
callers stack frame. Also replace inline assembly which grabs
the stack pointer in save_stack_trace and show_stack with
__get_SP().

This also fixes an issue with perf_arch_fetch_caller_regs().
It currently unwinds the stack once, which will skip a
valid stack frame on a leaf function. With the __get_SP() fixes
in this patch, we never need to unwind the stack frame to get
to the first interesting frame.

We have to export __get_SP() because perf_arch_fetch_caller_regs()
(which is used in modules) calls it from a header file.

Reported-by: Li Zhong 
Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard 
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman

powerpc: Move more symbol exports next to function definitions

2014-09-25T13:14:38+00:00

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard 
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman

powerpc: Reduce scariness of interrupt frames in stack traces

2014-08-05T06:34:28+00:00

Some people see things like "Exception: 501" in stack traces in dmesg
and assume that means that something has gone badly wrong, when in
fact "Exception: 501" just means a device interrupt was taken.
This changes "Exception" to "interrupt" to make it clearer that we
are just recording the fact of a change in control flow rather than
some error condition.

Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras 
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt

powerpc: Pull out ksp_vsid logic into a helper

2014-07-28T04:10:24+00:00

The previous patch left a bit of a wart in copy_process(). Clean it up a
bit by moving the logic out into a helper.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman 
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt

powerpc: Remove MMU_FTR_SLB

2014-07-28T04:10:23+00:00

We now only support cpus that use an SLB, so we don't need an MMU
feature to indicate that.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman 
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt

powerpc: Correct DSCR during TM context switch

2014-06-11T07:02:56+00:00

Correct the DSCR SPR becoming temporarily corrupted if a task is
context switched during a transaction.

The problem occurs while suspending the task and is caused by saving
the DSCR to thread.dscr after it has already been set to the CPU's
default value:

__switch_to() calls __switch_to_tm()
	which calls tm_reclaim_task()
	which calls tm_reclaim_thread()
	which calls tm_reclaim()
		where the DSCR is set to the CPU's default
__switch_to() calls _switch()
		where thread.dscr is set to the DSCR

When the task is resumed, it's transaction will be doomed (as usual)
and the DSCR SPR will be corrupted, although the checkpointed value
will be correct. Therefore the DSCR will be immediately corrected by
the transaction aborting, unless it has been suspended. In that case
the incorrect value can be seen by the task until it resumes the
transaction.

The fix is to treat the DSCR similarly to the TAR and save it early
in __switch_to().

A program exposing the problem is added to the kernel self tests as:
tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-resched-dscr.

Signed-off-by: Sam Bobroff 
CC:  [v3.10+]
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt

powerpc: Fix smp_processor_id() in preemptible splat in set_breakpoint

2014-05-20T00:54:06+00:00

Currently, on 8641D, which doesn't set CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
we get the following splat:

BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: login/1382
caller is set_breakpoint+0x1c/0xa0
CPU: 0 PID: 1382 Comm: login Not tainted 3.15.0-rc3-00041-g2aafe1a4d451 #1
Call Trace:
[decd5d80] [c0008dc4] show_stack+0x50/0x158 (unreliable)
[decd5dc0] [c03c6fa0] dump_stack+0x7c/0xdc
[decd5de0] [c01f8818] check_preemption_disabled+0xf4/0x104
[decd5e00] [c00086b8] set_breakpoint+0x1c/0xa0
[decd5e10] [c00d4530] flush_old_exec+0x2bc/0x588
[decd5e40] [c011c468] load_elf_binary+0x2ac/0x1164
[decd5ec0] [c00d35f8] search_binary_handler+0xc4/0x1f8
[decd5ef0] [c00d4ee8] do_execve+0x3d8/0x4b8
[decd5f40] [c001185c] ret_from_syscall+0x0/0x38
 --- Exception: c01 at 0xfeee554
    LR = 0xfeee7d4

The call path in this case is:

	flush_thread
	   --> set_debug_reg_defaults
	     --> set_breakpoint
	       --> __get_cpu_var

Since preemption is enabled in the cleanup of flush thread, and
there is no need to disable it, introduce the distinction between
set_breakpoint and __set_breakpoint, leaving only the flush_thread
instance as the current user of set_breakpoint.

Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker 
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt

powerpc: Drop return value from set_breakpoint as it is unused

2014-05-20T00:54:05+00:00

None of the callers check the return value, so it might as
well not have one at all.

Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker 
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt

powerpc: Fix kernel thread creation on ABIv2

2014-04-23T00:05:23+00:00

Change how we setup registers for ret_from_kernel_thread. In
ABIv1, instead of passing a function descriptor in, dereference
it and pass the target in directly.

Use ppc_global_function_entry to get it right on both ABIv1 and ABIv2.

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard