Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: PPC: Book3S PR: Enable MSR_DR for switch_mmu_context()

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On 10.05.22 13:31, Christophe Leroy wrote:
Le 10/05/2022 à 13:18, Alexander Graf a écrit :
Commit 863771a28e27 ("powerpc/32s: Convert switch_mmu_context() to C")
moved the switch_mmu_context() to C. While in principle a good idea, it
meant that the function now uses the stack. The stack is not accessible
from real mode though.

So to keep calling the function, let's turn on MSR_DR while we call it.
That way, all pointer references to the stack are handled virtually.
Is the system ready to handle a DSI in case the stack is not mapped ?


A DSI itself will be an interrupt again which will in turn destroy the SPRG that we're saving. Guess I was trying to be too smart :). I'll use Matt's original suggestion and just put it on the stack.


In addition, make sure to save/restore r12 in an SPRG, as it may get
clobbered by the C function.

Reported-by: Matt Evans <matt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 863771a28e27 ("powerpc/32s: Convert switch_mmu_context() to C")
Oops, sorry for that. I didn't realise that there was other callers to
switch_mmu_context() than switch_mm_irqs_off().


No worries, the compiled C version looks a lot nicer than the previous asm one - and it was a good way to identify whether there still are users of KVM on Book3S 32bit out there :)


Alex





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