4.17-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Yandong Zhao <yandong77520@xxxxxxxxx>
commit 2fd8eb4ad87104c54800ef3cea498c92eb15c78a upstream.
It does not matter if the caller of may_use_simd() migrates to
another cpu after the call, but it is still important that the
kernel_neon_busy percpu instance that is read matches the cpu the
task is running on at the time of the read.
This means that raw_cpu_read() is not sufficient. kernel_neon_busy
may appear true if the caller migrates during the execution of
raw_cpu_read() and the next task to be scheduled in on the initial
cpu calls kernel_neon_begin().
This patch replaces raw_cpu_read() with this_cpu_read() to protect
against this race.
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: cb84d11e1625 ("arm64: neon: Remove support for nested or hardirq kernel-mode NEON")
Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Yandong Zhao <yandong77520@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/simd.h | 19 +++++++------------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/simd.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/simd.h
@@ -29,20 +29,15 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU(bool, kernel_neon_busy);
static __must_check inline bool may_use_simd(void)
{
/*
- * The raw_cpu_read() is racy if called with preemption enabled.
- * This is not a bug: kernel_neon_busy is only set when
- * preemption is disabled, so we cannot migrate to another CPU
- * while it is set, nor can we migrate to a CPU where it is set.
- * So, if we find it clear on some CPU then we're guaranteed to
- * find it clear on any CPU we could migrate to.
- *
- * If we are in between kernel_neon_begin()...kernel_neon_end(),
- * the flag will be set, but preemption is also disabled, so we
- * can't migrate to another CPU and spuriously see it become
- * false.
+ * kernel_neon_busy is only set while preemption is disabled,
+ * and is clear whenever preemption is enabled. Since
+ * this_cpu_read() is atomic w.r.t. preemption, kernel_neon_busy
+ * cannot change under our feet -- if it's set we cannot be
+ * migrated, and if it's clear we cannot be migrated to a CPU
+ * where it is set.
*/
return !in_irq() && !irqs_disabled() && !in_nmi() &&
- !raw_cpu_read(kernel_neon_busy);
+ !this_cpu_read(kernel_neon_busy);
}
#else /* ! CONFIG_KERNEL_MODE_NEON */
