MIPS: Only change $28 to thread_info if coming from user mode
authorMatt Redfearn <matt.redfearn@imgtec.com>
Mon, 19 Dec 2016 14:20:58 +0000 (14:20 +0000)
committerRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Tue, 3 Jan 2017 15:34:34 +0000 (16:34 +0100)
The SAVE_SOME macro is used to save the execution context on all
exceptions.
If an exception occurs while executing user code, the stack is switched
to the kernel's stack for the current task, and register $28 is switched
to point to the current_thread_info, which is at the bottom of the stack
region.
If the exception occurs while executing kernel code, the stack is left,
and this change ensures that register $28 is not updated. This is the
correct behaviour when the kernel can be executing on the separate irq
stack, because the thread_info will not be at the base of it.

With this change, register $28 is only switched to it's kernel
conventional usage of the currrent thread info pointer at the point at
which execution enters kernel space. Doing it on every exception was
redundant, but OK without an IRQ stack, but will be erroneous once that
is introduced.

Signed-off-by: Matt Redfearn <matt.redfearn@imgtec.com>
Acked-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <jason@zx2c4.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com>
Cc: Paul Burton <paul.burton@imgtec.com>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/14742/
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
arch/mips/include/asm/stackframe.h

index eebf3954960644daf75dd5ae0d6e7eca1c50f34a..2f182bdf024f03044ca3ea541adba311f2cafe8a 100644 (file)
                LONG_S  $25, PT_R25(sp)
                LONG_S  $28, PT_R28(sp)
                LONG_S  $31, PT_R31(sp)
+
+               /* Set thread_info if we're coming from user mode */
+               mfc0    k0, CP0_STATUS
+               sll     k0, 3           /* extract cu0 bit */
+               bltz    k0, 9f
+
                ori     $28, sp, _THREAD_MASK
                xori    $28, _THREAD_MASK
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_CAVIUM_OCTEON
                .set    mips64
                pref    0, 0($28)       /* Prefetch the current pointer */
 #endif
+9:
                .set    pop
                .endm