[PATCH 4.15 021/163] powerpc/vas: Dont set uses_vas for kernel windows

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Wed Feb 21 2018 - 08:41:11 EST


4.15-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>

commit b00b62898631b756c3e123542bbb0487aa343dd9 upstream.

cp_abort is only required for user windows, because kernel context
must not be preempted between a copy/paste pair.

Without this patch, the init task gets used_vas set when it runs the
nx842_powernv_init initcall, which opens windows for kernel usage.

used_vas is then never cleared anywhere, so it gets propagated into
all other tasks. It's a property of the address space, so it should
really be cleared when a new mm is created (or in dup_mmap if the
mmaps are marked as VM_DONTCOPY). For now we seem to have no such
driver, so leave that for another patch.

Fixes: 6c8e6bb2a52d ("powerpc/vas: Add support for user receive window")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v4.15+
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/vas-window.c | 16 ++++++++--------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/vas-window.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/vas-window.c
@@ -1063,16 +1063,16 @@ struct vas_window *vas_tx_win_open(int v
rc = PTR_ERR(txwin->paste_kaddr);
goto free_window;
}
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * A user mapping must ensure that context switch issues
+ * CP_ABORT for this thread.
+ */
+ rc = set_thread_uses_vas();
+ if (rc)
+ goto free_window;
}

- /*
- * Now that we have a send window, ensure context switch issues
- * CP_ABORT for this thread.
- */
- rc = -EINVAL;
- if (set_thread_uses_vas() < 0)
- goto free_window;
-
set_vinst_win(vinst, txwin);

return txwin;