Re: [PATCH] powerpc/32: Fix vmap stack - Properly set r1 before activating MMU on syscall too

[Michael Ellerman]

On Mon, 21 Dec 2020 06:18:03 +0000 (UTC), Christophe Leroy wrote:
> We need r1 to be properly set before activating MMU, otherwise any new
> exception taken while saving registers into the stack in syscall
> prologs will use the user stack, which is wrong and will even lockup
> or crash when KUAP is selected.
> 
> Do that by switching the meaning of r11 and r1 until we have saved r1
> to the stack: copy r1 into r11 and setup the new stack pointer in r1.
> To avoid complicating and impacting all generic and specific prolog
> code (and more), copy back r1 into r11 once r11 is save onto
> the stack.
> 
> [...]

Applied to powerpc/fixes.

[1/1] powerpc/32: Fix vmap stack - Properly set r1 before activating MMU on syscall too
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/d5c243989fb0cb03c74d7340daca3b819f706ee7

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