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<title>Merge tag 'powerpc-4.11-8' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux</title>
<updated>2017-04-21T16:34:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-04-21T16:34:45+00:00</published>
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Pull powerpc fixes from Michael Ellerman:
 "Just two fixes.

  The first fixes kprobing a stdu, and is marked for stable as it's been
  broken for ~ever. In hindsight this could have gone in next.

  The other is a fix for a change we merged this cycle, where if we take
  a certain exception when the kernel is running relocated (currently
  only used for kdump), we checkstop the box.

  Thanks to Ravi Bangoria"

* tag 'powerpc-4.11-8' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux:
  powerpc/64: Fix HMI exception on LE with CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y
  powerpc/kprobe: Fix oops when kprobed on 'stdu' instruction
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Pull powerpc fixes from Michael Ellerman:
 "Just two fixes.

  The first fixes kprobing a stdu, and is marked for stable as it's been
  broken for ~ever. In hindsight this could have gone in next.

  The other is a fix for a change we merged this cycle, where if we take
  a certain exception when the kernel is running relocated (currently
  only used for kdump), we checkstop the box.

  Thanks to Ravi Bangoria"

* tag 'powerpc-4.11-8' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux:
  powerpc/64: Fix HMI exception on LE with CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y
  powerpc/kprobe: Fix oops when kprobed on 'stdu' instruction
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<title>powerpc/64: Fix HMI exception on LE with CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y</title>
<updated>2017-04-18T10:19:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Michael Ellerman</name>
<email>mpe@ellerman.id.au</email>
</author>
<published>2017-04-18T04:08:15+00:00</published>
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Prior to commit 2337d207288f ("powerpc/64: CONFIG_RELOCATABLE support for hmi
interrupts"), the branch from hmi_exception_early() to hmi_exception_realmode()
was just a bl hmi_exception_realmode, which the linker would turn into a bl to
the local entry point of hmi_exception_realmode. This was broken when
CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y because hmi_exception_realmode() is not in the low part of
the kernel text that is copied down to 0x0.

But in fixing that, we added a new bug on little endian kernels. Because the
branch is now a bctrl when CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y, we branch to the global entry
point of hmi_exception_realmode(). The global entry point must be called with
r12 containing the address of hmi_exception_realmode(), because it uses that
value to calculate the TOC value (r2).

This may manifest as a checkstop, because we take a junk value from r12 which
came from HSRR1, add a small constant to it and then use that as the TOC
pointer. The HSRR1 value will have 0x9 as the top nibble, which puts it above
RAM and somewhere in MMIO space.

Fix it by changing the BRANCH_LINK_TO_FAR() macro to always use r12 to load the
label we're branching to. This means r12 will be setup correctly on LE, fixing
this bug, and r12 is also volatile across function calls on BE so it's a good
choice anyway.

Fixes: 2337d207288f ("powerpc/64: CONFIG_RELOCATABLE support for hmi interrupts")
Reported-by: Mahesh Salgaonkar &lt;mahesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Nicholas Piggin &lt;npiggin@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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Prior to commit 2337d207288f ("powerpc/64: CONFIG_RELOCATABLE support for hmi
interrupts"), the branch from hmi_exception_early() to hmi_exception_realmode()
was just a bl hmi_exception_realmode, which the linker would turn into a bl to
the local entry point of hmi_exception_realmode. This was broken when
CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y because hmi_exception_realmode() is not in the low part of
the kernel text that is copied down to 0x0.

But in fixing that, we added a new bug on little endian kernels. Because the
branch is now a bctrl when CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y, we branch to the global entry
point of hmi_exception_realmode(). The global entry point must be called with
r12 containing the address of hmi_exception_realmode(), because it uses that
value to calculate the TOC value (r2).

This may manifest as a checkstop, because we take a junk value from r12 which
came from HSRR1, add a small constant to it and then use that as the TOC
pointer. The HSRR1 value will have 0x9 as the top nibble, which puts it above
RAM and somewhere in MMIO space.

Fix it by changing the BRANCH_LINK_TO_FAR() macro to always use r12 to load the
label we're branching to. This means r12 will be setup correctly on LE, fixing
this bug, and r12 is also volatile across function calls on BE so it's a good
choice anyway.

Fixes: 2337d207288f ("powerpc/64: CONFIG_RELOCATABLE support for hmi interrupts")
Reported-by: Mahesh Salgaonkar &lt;mahesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Nicholas Piggin &lt;npiggin@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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<entry>
<title>powerpc/kprobe: Fix oops when kprobed on 'stdu' instruction</title>
<updated>2017-04-18T10:19:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ravi Bangoria</name>
<email>ravi.bangoria@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2017-04-11T05:08:13+00:00</published>
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If we set a kprobe on a 'stdu' instruction on powerpc64, we see a kernel
OOPS:

  Bad kernel stack pointer cd93c840 at c000000000009868
  Oops: Bad kernel stack pointer, sig: 6 [#1]
  ...
  GPR00: c000001fcd93cb30 00000000cd93c840 c0000000015c5e00 00000000cd93c840
  ...
  NIP [c000000000009868] resume_kernel+0x2c/0x58
  LR [c000000000006208] program_check_common+0x108/0x180

On a 64-bit system when the user probes on a 'stdu' instruction, the kernel does
not emulate actual store in emulate_step() because it may corrupt the exception
frame. So the kernel does the actual store operation in exception return code
i.e. resume_kernel().

resume_kernel() loads the saved stack pointer from memory using lwz, which only
loads the low 32-bits of the address, causing the kernel crash.

Fix this by loading the 64-bit value instead.

Fixes: be96f63375a1 ("powerpc: Split out instruction analysis part of emulate_step()")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v3.18+
Signed-off-by: Ravi Bangoria &lt;ravi.bangoria@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Naveen N. Rao &lt;naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli &lt;ananth@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
[mpe: Change log massage, add stable tag]
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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If we set a kprobe on a 'stdu' instruction on powerpc64, we see a kernel
OOPS:

  Bad kernel stack pointer cd93c840 at c000000000009868
  Oops: Bad kernel stack pointer, sig: 6 [#1]
  ...
  GPR00: c000001fcd93cb30 00000000cd93c840 c0000000015c5e00 00000000cd93c840
  ...
  NIP [c000000000009868] resume_kernel+0x2c/0x58
  LR [c000000000006208] program_check_common+0x108/0x180

On a 64-bit system when the user probes on a 'stdu' instruction, the kernel does
not emulate actual store in emulate_step() because it may corrupt the exception
frame. So the kernel does the actual store operation in exception return code
i.e. resume_kernel().

resume_kernel() loads the saved stack pointer from memory using lwz, which only
loads the low 32-bits of the address, causing the kernel crash.

Fix this by loading the 64-bit value instead.

Fixes: be96f63375a1 ("powerpc: Split out instruction analysis part of emulate_step()")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v3.18+
Signed-off-by: Ravi Bangoria &lt;ravi.bangoria@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Naveen N. Rao &lt;naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli &lt;ananth@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
[mpe: Change log massage, add stable tag]
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'powerpc-4.11-7' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux</title>
<updated>2017-04-08T18:06:12+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-04-08T18:06:12+00:00</published>
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Pull powerpc fixes from Michael Ellerman:
 "Some more powerpc fixes for 4.11:

  Headed to stable:

   - disable HFSCR[TM] if TM is not supported, fixes a potential host
     kernel crash triggered by a hostile guest, but only in
     configurations that no one uses

   - don't try to fix up misaligned load-with-reservation instructions

   - fix flush_(d|i)cache_range() called from modules on little endian
     kernels

   - add missing global TLB invalidate if cxl is active

   - fix missing preempt_disable() in crc32c-vpmsum

  And a fix for selftests build changes that went in this release:

   - selftests/powerpc: Fix standalone powerpc build

  Thanks to: Benjamin Herrenschmidt, Frederic Barrat, Oliver O'Halloran,
  Paul Mackerras"

* tag 'powerpc-4.11-7' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux:
  powerpc/crypto/crc32c-vpmsum: Fix missing preempt_disable()
  powerpc/mm: Add missing global TLB invalidate if cxl is active
  powerpc/64: Fix flush_(d|i)cache_range() called from modules
  powerpc: Don't try to fix up misaligned load-with-reservation instructions
  powerpc: Disable HFSCR[TM] if TM is not supported
  selftests/powerpc: Fix standalone powerpc build
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Pull powerpc fixes from Michael Ellerman:
 "Some more powerpc fixes for 4.11:

  Headed to stable:

   - disable HFSCR[TM] if TM is not supported, fixes a potential host
     kernel crash triggered by a hostile guest, but only in
     configurations that no one uses

   - don't try to fix up misaligned load-with-reservation instructions

   - fix flush_(d|i)cache_range() called from modules on little endian
     kernels

   - add missing global TLB invalidate if cxl is active

   - fix missing preempt_disable() in crc32c-vpmsum

  And a fix for selftests build changes that went in this release:

   - selftests/powerpc: Fix standalone powerpc build

  Thanks to: Benjamin Herrenschmidt, Frederic Barrat, Oliver O'Halloran,
  Paul Mackerras"

* tag 'powerpc-4.11-7' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux:
  powerpc/crypto/crc32c-vpmsum: Fix missing preempt_disable()
  powerpc/mm: Add missing global TLB invalidate if cxl is active
  powerpc/64: Fix flush_(d|i)cache_range() called from modules
  powerpc: Don't try to fix up misaligned load-with-reservation instructions
  powerpc: Disable HFSCR[TM] if TM is not supported
  selftests/powerpc: Fix standalone powerpc build
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<entry>
<title>powerpc/crypto/crc32c-vpmsum: Fix missing preempt_disable()</title>
<updated>2017-04-07T11:12:58+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Michael Ellerman</name>
<email>mpe@ellerman.id.au</email>
</author>
<published>2017-04-06T13:34:38+00:00</published>
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In crc32c_vpmsum() we call enable_kernel_altivec() without first
disabling preemption, which is not allowed:

  WARNING: CPU: 9 PID: 2949 at ../arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c:277 enable_kernel_altivec+0x100/0x120
  Modules linked in: dm_thin_pool dm_persistent_data dm_bio_prison dm_bufio libcrc32c vmx_crypto ...
  CPU: 9 PID: 2949 Comm: docker Not tainted 4.11.0-rc5-compiler_gcc-6.3.1-00033-g308ac7563944 #381
  ...
  NIP [c00000000001e320] enable_kernel_altivec+0x100/0x120
  LR [d000000003df0910] crc32c_vpmsum+0x108/0x150 [crc32c_vpmsum]
  Call Trace:
    0xc138fd09 (unreliable)
    crc32c_vpmsum+0x108/0x150 [crc32c_vpmsum]
    crc32c_vpmsum_update+0x3c/0x60 [crc32c_vpmsum]
    crypto_shash_update+0x88/0x1c0
    crc32c+0x64/0x90 [libcrc32c]
    dm_bm_checksum+0x48/0x80 [dm_persistent_data]
    sb_check+0x84/0x120 [dm_thin_pool]
    dm_bm_validate_buffer.isra.0+0xc0/0x1b0 [dm_persistent_data]
    dm_bm_read_lock+0x80/0xf0 [dm_persistent_data]
    __create_persistent_data_objects+0x16c/0x810 [dm_thin_pool]
    dm_pool_metadata_open+0xb0/0x1a0 [dm_thin_pool]
    pool_ctr+0x4cc/0xb60 [dm_thin_pool]
    dm_table_add_target+0x16c/0x3c0
    table_load+0x184/0x400
    ctl_ioctl+0x2f0/0x560
    dm_ctl_ioctl+0x38/0x50
    do_vfs_ioctl+0xd8/0x920
    SyS_ioctl+0x68/0xc0
    system_call+0x38/0xfc

It used to be sufficient just to call pagefault_disable(), because that
also disabled preemption. But the two were decoupled in commit 8222dbe21e79
("sched/preempt, mm/fault: Decouple preemption from the page fault
logic") in mid 2015.

So add the missing preempt_disable/enable(). We should also call
disable_kernel_fp(), although it does nothing by default, there is a
debug switch to make it active and all enables should be paired with
disables.

Fixes: 6dd7a82cc54e ("crypto: powerpc - Add POWER8 optimised crc32c")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.8+
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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In crc32c_vpmsum() we call enable_kernel_altivec() without first
disabling preemption, which is not allowed:

  WARNING: CPU: 9 PID: 2949 at ../arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c:277 enable_kernel_altivec+0x100/0x120
  Modules linked in: dm_thin_pool dm_persistent_data dm_bio_prison dm_bufio libcrc32c vmx_crypto ...
  CPU: 9 PID: 2949 Comm: docker Not tainted 4.11.0-rc5-compiler_gcc-6.3.1-00033-g308ac7563944 #381
  ...
  NIP [c00000000001e320] enable_kernel_altivec+0x100/0x120
  LR [d000000003df0910] crc32c_vpmsum+0x108/0x150 [crc32c_vpmsum]
  Call Trace:
    0xc138fd09 (unreliable)
    crc32c_vpmsum+0x108/0x150 [crc32c_vpmsum]
    crc32c_vpmsum_update+0x3c/0x60 [crc32c_vpmsum]
    crypto_shash_update+0x88/0x1c0
    crc32c+0x64/0x90 [libcrc32c]
    dm_bm_checksum+0x48/0x80 [dm_persistent_data]
    sb_check+0x84/0x120 [dm_thin_pool]
    dm_bm_validate_buffer.isra.0+0xc0/0x1b0 [dm_persistent_data]
    dm_bm_read_lock+0x80/0xf0 [dm_persistent_data]
    __create_persistent_data_objects+0x16c/0x810 [dm_thin_pool]
    dm_pool_metadata_open+0xb0/0x1a0 [dm_thin_pool]
    pool_ctr+0x4cc/0xb60 [dm_thin_pool]
    dm_table_add_target+0x16c/0x3c0
    table_load+0x184/0x400
    ctl_ioctl+0x2f0/0x560
    dm_ctl_ioctl+0x38/0x50
    do_vfs_ioctl+0xd8/0x920
    SyS_ioctl+0x68/0xc0
    system_call+0x38/0xfc

It used to be sufficient just to call pagefault_disable(), because that
also disabled preemption. But the two were decoupled in commit 8222dbe21e79
("sched/preempt, mm/fault: Decouple preemption from the page fault
logic") in mid 2015.

So add the missing preempt_disable/enable(). We should also call
disable_kernel_fp(), although it does nothing by default, there is a
debug switch to make it active and all enables should be paired with
disables.

Fixes: 6dd7a82cc54e ("crypto: powerpc - Add POWER8 optimised crc32c")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.8+
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Check for kmalloc errors in ioctl</title>
<updated>2017-04-06T05:50:43+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Dan Carpenter</name>
<email>dan.carpenter@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2017-03-17T20:41:14+00:00</published>
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kzalloc() won't actually fail because sizeof(*resize) is small, but
static checkers complain.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter &lt;dan.carpenter@oracle.com&gt;
Acked-by: David Gibson &lt;david@gibson.dropbear.id.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@ozlabs.org&gt;
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kzalloc() won't actually fail because sizeof(*resize) is small, but
static checkers complain.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter &lt;dan.carpenter@oracle.com&gt;
Acked-by: David Gibson &lt;david@gibson.dropbear.id.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@ozlabs.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>powerpc/mm: Add missing global TLB invalidate if cxl is active</title>
<updated>2017-04-05T12:13:37+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Frederic Barrat</name>
<email>fbarrat@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2017-03-29T17:19:42+00:00</published>
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Commit 4c6d9acce1f4 ("powerpc/mm: Add hooks for cxl") converted local
TLB invalidates to global if the cxl driver is active. This is necessary
because the CAPP snoops invalidations to forward them to the PSL on the
cxl adapter. However one path was forgotten. native_flush_hash_range()
still does local TLB invalidates, as found out the hard way recently.

This patch fixes it by following the same logic as previously: if the
cxl driver is active, the local TLB invalidates are 'upgraded' to
global.

Fixes: 4c6d9acce1f4 ("powerpc/mm: Add hooks for cxl")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v3.18+
Signed-off-by: Frederic Barrat &lt;fbarrat@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V &lt;aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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Commit 4c6d9acce1f4 ("powerpc/mm: Add hooks for cxl") converted local
TLB invalidates to global if the cxl driver is active. This is necessary
because the CAPP snoops invalidations to forward them to the PSL on the
cxl adapter. However one path was forgotten. native_flush_hash_range()
still does local TLB invalidates, as found out the hard way recently.

This patch fixes it by following the same logic as previously: if the
cxl driver is active, the local TLB invalidates are 'upgraded' to
global.

Fixes: 4c6d9acce1f4 ("powerpc/mm: Add hooks for cxl")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v3.18+
Signed-off-by: Frederic Barrat &lt;fbarrat@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V &lt;aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>powerpc/64: Fix flush_(d|i)cache_range() called from modules</title>
<updated>2017-04-05T11:40:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Oliver O'Halloran</name>
<email>oohall@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2017-04-03T03:25:12+00:00</published>
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When the kernel is compiled to use 64bit ABIv2 the _GLOBAL() macro does
not include a global entry point. A function's global entry point is
used when the function is called from a different TOC context and in the
kernel this typically means a call from a module into the vmlinux (or
vice-versa).

There are a few exported asm functions declared with _GLOBAL() and
calling them from a module will likely crash the kernel since any TOC
relative load will yield garbage.

flush_icache_range() and flush_dcache_range() are both exported to
modules, and use the TOC, so must use _GLOBAL_TOC().

Fixes: 721aeaa9fdf3 ("powerpc: Build little endian ppc64 kernel with ABIv2")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v3.16+
Signed-off-by: Oliver O'Halloran &lt;oohall@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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When the kernel is compiled to use 64bit ABIv2 the _GLOBAL() macro does
not include a global entry point. A function's global entry point is
used when the function is called from a different TOC context and in the
kernel this typically means a call from a module into the vmlinux (or
vice-versa).

There are a few exported asm functions declared with _GLOBAL() and
calling them from a module will likely crash the kernel since any TOC
relative load will yield garbage.

flush_icache_range() and flush_dcache_range() are both exported to
modules, and use the TOC, so must use _GLOBAL_TOC().

Fixes: 721aeaa9fdf3 ("powerpc: Build little endian ppc64 kernel with ABIv2")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v3.16+
Signed-off-by: Oliver O'Halloran &lt;oohall@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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<entry>
<title>powerpc: Don't try to fix up misaligned load-with-reservation instructions</title>
<updated>2017-04-04T13:16:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul Mackerras</name>
<email>paulus@ozlabs.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-04-04T04:56:05+00:00</published>
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In the past, there was only one load-with-reservation instruction,
lwarx, and if a program attempted a lwarx on a misaligned address, it
would take an alignment interrupt and the kernel handler would emulate
it as though it was lwzx, which was not really correct, but benign since
it is loading the right amount of data, and the lwarx should be paired
with a stwcx. to the same address, which would also cause an alignment
interrupt which would result in a SIGBUS being delivered to the process.

We now have 5 different sizes of load-with-reservation instruction. Of
those, lharx and ldarx cause an immediate SIGBUS by luck since their
entries in aligninfo[] overlap instructions which were not fixed up, but
lqarx overlaps with lhz and will be emulated as such. lbarx can never
generate an alignment interrupt since it only operates on 1 byte.

To straighten this out and fix the lqarx case, this adds code to detect
the l[hwdq]arx instructions and return without fixing them up, resulting
in a SIGBUS being delivered to the process.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@ozlabs.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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In the past, there was only one load-with-reservation instruction,
lwarx, and if a program attempted a lwarx on a misaligned address, it
would take an alignment interrupt and the kernel handler would emulate
it as though it was lwzx, which was not really correct, but benign since
it is loading the right amount of data, and the lwarx should be paired
with a stwcx. to the same address, which would also cause an alignment
interrupt which would result in a SIGBUS being delivered to the process.

We now have 5 different sizes of load-with-reservation instruction. Of
those, lharx and ldarx cause an immediate SIGBUS by luck since their
entries in aligninfo[] overlap instructions which were not fixed up, but
lqarx overlaps with lhz and will be emulated as such. lbarx can never
generate an alignment interrupt since it only operates on 1 byte.

To straighten this out and fix the lqarx case, this adds code to detect
the l[hwdq]arx instructions and return without fixing them up, resulting
in a SIGBUS being delivered to the process.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@ozlabs.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>powerpc: Disable HFSCR[TM] if TM is not supported</title>
<updated>2017-03-28T08:52:37+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Benjamin Herrenschmidt</name>
<email>benh@kernel.crashing.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-03-20T06:49:03+00:00</published>
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On Power8 &amp; Power9 the early CPU inititialisation in __init_HFSCR()
turns on HFSCR[TM] (Hypervisor Facility Status and Control Register
[Transactional Memory]), but that doesn't take into account that TM
might be disabled by CPU features, or disabled by the kernel being built
with CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM=n.

So later in boot, when we have setup the CPU features, clear HSCR[TM] if
the TM CPU feature has been disabled. We use CPU_FTR_TM_COMP to account
for the CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM=n case.

Without this a KVM guest might try use TM, even if told not to, and
cause an oops in the host kernel. Typically the oops is seen in
__kvmppc_vcore_entry() and may or may not be fatal to the host, but is
always bad news.

In practice all shipping CPU revisions do support TM, and all host
kernels we are aware of build with TM support enabled, so no one should
actually be able to hit this in the wild.

Fixes: 2a3563b023e5 ("powerpc: Setup in HFSCR for POWER8")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v3.10+
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
Tested-by: Sam Bobroff &lt;sam.bobroff@au1.ibm.com&gt;
[mpe: Rewrite change log with input from Sam, add Fixes/stable]
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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On Power8 &amp; Power9 the early CPU inititialisation in __init_HFSCR()
turns on HFSCR[TM] (Hypervisor Facility Status and Control Register
[Transactional Memory]), but that doesn't take into account that TM
might be disabled by CPU features, or disabled by the kernel being built
with CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM=n.

So later in boot, when we have setup the CPU features, clear HSCR[TM] if
the TM CPU feature has been disabled. We use CPU_FTR_TM_COMP to account
for the CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM=n case.

Without this a KVM guest might try use TM, even if told not to, and
cause an oops in the host kernel. Typically the oops is seen in
__kvmppc_vcore_entry() and may or may not be fatal to the host, but is
always bad news.

In practice all shipping CPU revisions do support TM, and all host
kernels we are aware of build with TM support enabled, so no one should
actually be able to hit this in the wild.

Fixes: 2a3563b023e5 ("powerpc: Setup in HFSCR for POWER8")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v3.10+
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
Tested-by: Sam Bobroff &lt;sam.bobroff@au1.ibm.com&gt;
[mpe: Rewrite change log with input from Sam, add Fixes/stable]
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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