The patch below does not apply to the 4.4-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From 8f5f525d5b83f7d76a6baf9c4e94d4bf312ea7f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oliver O'Halloran <oohall@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2017 13:25:12 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] powerpc/64: Fix flush_(d|i)cache_range() called from modules 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v3.16+ Signed-off-by: Oliver O'Halloran <oohall@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S index ae179cb1bb3c..c119044cad0d 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ PPC64_CACHES: * flush all bytes from start through stop-1 inclusive */ -_GLOBAL(flush_icache_range) +_GLOBAL_TOC(flush_icache_range) BEGIN_FTR_SECTION PURGE_PREFETCHED_INS blr @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(flush_icache_range) * * flush all bytes from start to stop-1 inclusive */ -_GLOBAL(flush_dcache_range) +_GLOBAL_TOC(flush_dcache_range) /* * Flush the data cache to memory