Re: [PATCH] ARM: mm: fix stack corruption when CONFIG_ARM_PV_FIXUP=y
From: Linus Walleij
Date: Fri Sep 08 2023 - 08:59:07 EST
Hi Zhizhou,
wow a great patch! I'm surprised no-one has been hit by this before.
I guess we were lucky.
On Thu, Sep 7, 2023 at 4:33 PM Zhizhou Zhang <zhizhou.zh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Zhizhou Zhang <zhizhouzhang@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> flush_cache_all() save registers to stack at function entry.
> If it's called after cache disabled, the data is written to
> memory directly. So the following clean cache operation corrupted
> registers saved by flush_cache_all(), including lr register.
> calling flush_cache_all() before turn off cache fixed the problem.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zhizhou Zhang <zhizhouzhang@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
I would also add
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Then please put this into Russell's patch tracker once review
is complete.
Yours,
Linus Walleij