This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
powerpc/signals: Improved mark VSX not saved with small contexts fix
to the 3.12-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
powerpc-signals-improved-mark-vsx-not-saved-with-small-contexts-fix.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.12 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From ec67ad82814bee92251fd963bf01c7a173856555 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Neuling <mikey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 11:12:20 +1100
Subject: powerpc/signals: Improved mark VSX not saved with small contexts fix
From: Michael Neuling <mikey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
commit ec67ad82814bee92251fd963bf01c7a173856555 upstream.
In a recent patch:
commit c13f20ac48328b05cd3b8c19e31ed6c132b44b42
Author: Michael Neuling <mikey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
powerpc/signals: Mark VSX not saved with small contexts
We fixed an issue but an improved solution was later discussed after the patch
was merged.
Firstly, this patch doesn't handle the 64bit signals case, which could also hit
this issue (but has never been reported).
Secondly, the original patch isn't clear what MSR VSX should be set to. The
new approach below always clears the MSR VSX bit (to indicate no VSX is in the
context) and sets it only in the specific case where VSX is available (ie. when
VSX has been used and the signal context passed has space to provide the
state).
This reverts the original patch and replaces it with the improved solution. It
also adds a 64 bit version.
Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mikey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c | 16 +++++++---------
arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c | 6 ++++++
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
@@ -445,6 +445,12 @@ static int save_user_regs(struct pt_regs
#endif /* CONFIG_ALTIVEC */
if (copy_fpr_to_user(&frame->mc_fregs, current))
return 1;
+
+ /*
+ * Clear the MSR VSX bit to indicate there is no valid state attached
+ * to this context, except in the specific case below where we set it.
+ */
+ msr &= ~MSR_VSX;
#ifdef CONFIG_VSX
/*
* Copy VSR 0-31 upper half from thread_struct to local
@@ -457,15 +463,7 @@ static int save_user_regs(struct pt_regs
if (copy_vsx_to_user(&frame->mc_vsregs, current))
return 1;
msr |= MSR_VSX;
- } else if (!ctx_has_vsx_region)
- /*
- * With a small context structure we can't hold the VSX
- * registers, hence clear the MSR value to indicate the state
- * was not saved.
- */
- msr &= ~MSR_VSX;
-
-
+ }
#endif /* CONFIG_VSX */
#ifdef CONFIG_SPE
/* save spe registers */
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
@@ -121,6 +121,12 @@ static long setup_sigcontext(struct sigc
flush_fp_to_thread(current);
/* copy fpr regs and fpscr */
err |= copy_fpr_to_user(&sc->fp_regs, current);
+
+ /*
+ * Clear the MSR VSX bit to indicate there is no valid state attached
+ * to this context, except in the specific case below where we set it.
+ */
+ msr &= ~MSR_VSX;
#ifdef CONFIG_VSX
/*
* Copy VSX low doubleword to local buffer for formatting,
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from mikey@xxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-3.12/powerpc-signals-improved-mark-vsx-not-saved-with-small-contexts-fix.patch
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