[PATCH 3.16 028/233] kvm: arm/arm64: Force reading uncached stage2 PGD

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3.16.48-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@xxxxxxx>

commit 2952a6070e07ebdd5896f1f5b861acad677caded upstream.

Make sure we don't use a cached value of the KVM stage2 PGD while
resetting the PGD.

Cc: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Christoffer Dall <cdall@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Christoffer Dall <cdall@xxxxxxxxxx>
[bwh: Backported to 3.16:
 - s/READ_ONCE/ACCESS_ONCE/
 - Adjust filename]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/arm/kvm/mmu.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/arm/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ void kvm_free_stage2_pgd(struct kvm *kvm
 	spin_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
 	if (kvm->arch.pgd) {
 		unmap_stage2_range(kvm, 0, KVM_PHYS_SIZE);
-		pgd = kvm->arch.pgd;
+		pgd = ACCESS_ONCE(kvm->arch.pgd);
 		kvm->arch.pgd = NULL;
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock);




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