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authorMichael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org>2015-11-19 15:44:45 +1100
committerMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>2015-11-23 20:18:03 +1100
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parentpowerpc/tm: Block signal return setting invalid MSR state (diff)
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powerpc/tm: Check for already reclaimed tasks
Currently we can hit a scenario where we'll tm_reclaim() twice. This results in a TM bad thing exception because the second reclaim occurs when not in suspend mode. The scenario in which this can happen is the following. We attempt to deliver a signal to userspace. To do this we need obtain the stack pointer to write the signal context. To get this stack pointer we must tm_reclaim() in case we need to use the checkpointed stack pointer (see get_tm_stackpointer()). Normally we'd then return directly to userspace to deliver the signal without going through __switch_to(). Unfortunatley, if at this point we get an error (such as a bad userspace stack pointer), we need to exit the process. The exit will result in a __switch_to(). __switch_to() will attempt to save the process state which results in another tm_reclaim(). This tm_reclaim() now causes a TM Bad Thing exception as this state has already been saved and the processor is no longer in TM suspend mode. Whee! This patch checks the state of the MSR to ensure we are TM suspended before we attempt the tm_reclaim(). If we've already saved the state away, we should no longer be in TM suspend mode. This has the additional advantage of checking for a potential TM Bad Thing exception. Found using syscall fuzzer. Fixes: fb09692e71f1 ("powerpc: Add reclaim and recheckpoint functions for context switching transactional memory processes") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v3.9+ Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
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