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authorMichael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org>2015-11-19 15:44:45 +1100
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2016-01-31 11:29:03 -0800
commite924c60db1b4891e45d15a33474ac5fab62cf029 (patch)
tree1756fbe5a82d83f77600c359d2ff670e7ce3de7d /arch
parentd29da8824b88622d6c9c6d55de309a297a34d0f4 (diff)
powerpc/tm: Check for already reclaimed tasks
commit 7f821fc9c77a9b01fe7b1d6e72717b33d8d64142 upstream. Currently we can hit a scenario where we'll tm_reclaim() twice. This results in a TM bad thing exception because the second reclaim occurs when not in suspend mode. The scenario in which this can happen is the following. We attempt to deliver a signal to userspace. To do this we need obtain the stack pointer to write the signal context. To get this stack pointer we must tm_reclaim() in case we need to use the checkpointed stack pointer (see get_tm_stackpointer()). Normally we'd then return directly to userspace to deliver the signal without going through __switch_to(). Unfortunatley, if at this point we get an error (such as a bad userspace stack pointer), we need to exit the process. The exit will result in a __switch_to(). __switch_to() will attempt to save the process state which results in another tm_reclaim(). This tm_reclaim() now causes a TM Bad Thing exception as this state has already been saved and the processor is no longer in TM suspend mode. Whee! This patch checks the state of the MSR to ensure we are TM suspended before we attempt the tm_reclaim(). If we've already saved the state away, we should no longer be in TM suspend mode. This has the additional advantage of checking for a potential TM Bad Thing exception. Found using syscall fuzzer. Fixes: fb09692e71f1 ("powerpc: Add reclaim and recheckpoint functions for context switching transactional memory processes") Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c18
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index 646bf4d222c1..ef2ad2d682da 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -569,6 +569,24 @@ static void tm_reclaim_thread(struct thread_struct *thr,
if (!MSR_TM_SUSPENDED(mfmsr()))
return;
+ /*
+ * Use the current MSR TM suspended bit to track if we have
+ * checkpointed state outstanding.
+ * On signal delivery, we'd normally reclaim the checkpointed
+ * state to obtain stack pointer (see:get_tm_stackpointer()).
+ * This will then directly return to userspace without going
+ * through __switch_to(). However, if the stack frame is bad,
+ * we need to exit this thread which calls __switch_to() which
+ * will again attempt to reclaim the already saved tm state.
+ * Hence we need to check that we've not already reclaimed
+ * this state.
+ * We do this using the current MSR, rather tracking it in
+ * some specific thread_struct bit, as it has the additional
+ * benifit of checking for a potential TM bad thing exception.
+ */
+ if (!MSR_TM_SUSPENDED(mfmsr()))
+ return;
+
tm_reclaim(thr, thr->regs->msr, cause);
/* Having done the reclaim, we now have the checkpointed