On 20/09/16 16:35, Michael Ellerman wrote: > On Mon, 2016-22-08 at 01:56:57 UTC, Balbir Singh wrote: >> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c >> index a4db22f..f162e77 100644 >> --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c >> +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c >> @@ -404,6 +404,10 @@ good_area: >> (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_NOEXECUTE) || >> !(vma->vm_flags & (VM_READ | VM_WRITE)))) >> goto bad_area; >> +#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_RADIX_MMU > > We shouldn't need the #ifdef, radix_enabled() will be false. > >> + if (radix_enabled() && regs->msr & PPC_BIT(35)) >> + goto bad_area; > > Is it really architected as radix only? > > Personally I dislike PPC_BIT(), I'd rather you just used 0x10000000. That way > when I'm staring at a register dump I have some chance of spotting that mask. > > Also brackets around the bitwise & would make me feel more comfortable. > > cheers >
Will make the changes and submit Balbir