> -----Original Message-----
> From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Al Viro
> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2023 2:04 PM
> To: linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-alpha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-ia64@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-
> hexagon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-m68k@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Michal Simek
> <monstr@xxxxxxxxx>; Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen@xxxxxxxxxx>;
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> riscv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; sparclinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Linus Torvalds
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> Subject: [PATCH 02/10] hexagon: fix livelock in uaccess
>
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> hexagon equivalent of 26178ec11ef3 "x86: mm: consolidate
> VM_FAULT_RETRY handling"
> If e.g. get_user() triggers a page fault and a fatal signal is caught, we might
> end up with handle_mm_fault() returning VM_FAULT_RETRY and not doing
> anything
> to page tables. In such case we must *not* return to the faulting insn -
> that would repeat the entire thing without making any progress; what we
> need
> instead is to treat that as failed (user) memory access.
>
> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/hexagon/mm/vm_fault.c | 5 ++++-
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/hexagon/mm/vm_fault.c b/arch/hexagon/mm/vm_fault.c
> index f73c7cbfe326..4b578d02fd01 100644
> --- a/arch/hexagon/mm/vm_fault.c
> +++ b/arch/hexagon/mm/vm_fault.c
> @@ -93,8 +93,11 @@ void do_page_fault(unsigned long address, long cause,
> struct pt_regs *regs)
>
> fault = handle_mm_fault(vma, address, flags, regs);
>
> - if (fault_signal_pending(fault, regs))
> + if (fault_signal_pending(fault, regs)) {
> + if (!user_mode(regs))
> + goto no_context;
> return;
> + }
>
> /* The fault is fully completed (including releasing mmap lock) */
> if (fault & VM_FAULT_COMPLETED)
> --
> 2.30.2
Acked-by: Brian Cain <bcain@xxxxxxxxxxx>
