The kernel has no write permission on COW pages by default on e500 core, this will cause endless loop in futex_lock_pi, because futex code assumes the kernel has write permission on COW pages. Grant write permission to the kernel on COW pages when access violation page fault occurs.
Signed-off-by: Shan Hai <haishan....@gmail.com> --- arch/powerpc/include/asm/futex.h | 11 ++++++++++- arch/powerpc/include/asm/tlb.h | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/futex.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/futex.h index c94e4a3..54c3e74 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/futex.h +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/futex.h @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ #include <asm/errno.h> #include <asm/synch.h> #include <asm/asm-compat.h> +#include <asm/tlb.h> #define __futex_atomic_op(insn, ret, oldval, uaddr, oparg) \ __asm__ __volatile ( \ @@ -113,7 +114,15 @@ futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic(u32 *uval, u32 __user *uaddr, : "cc", "memory"); *uval = prev; - return ret; + + /* Futex assumes the kernel has permission to write to + * COW pages, grant the kernel write permission on COW + * pages because it has none by default. + */ + if (ret == -EFAULT) + __tlb_fixup_write_permission(current->mm, (unsigned long)uaddr); + + return ret; } #endif /* __KERNEL__ */ diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/tlb.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/tlb.h index e2b428b..3863c6a 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/tlb.h +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/tlb.h @@ -45,5 +45,30 @@ static inline void __tlb_remove_tlb_entry(struct mmu_gather *tlb, pte_t *ptep, #endif } +/* Grant write permission to the kernel on a page. */ +static inline void __tlb_fixup_write_permission(struct mm_struct *mm, + unsigned long address) +{ +#if defined(CONFIG_FSL_BOOKE) + /* Grant write permission to the kernel on a page by setting TLB.SW + * bit, the bit setting operation is tricky here, calling + * handle_mm_fault with FAULT_FLAG_WRITE causes _PAGE_DIRTY bit of + * the pte to be set, the _PAGE_DIRTY of the pte is translated into + * TLB.SW on Powerpc e500 core. + */ + + struct vm_area_struct *vma; + + vma = find_vma(mm, address); + if (likely(vma)) { + /* only fixup present page */ + if (follow_page(vma, address, FOLL_WRITE)) { + handle_mm_fault(mm, vma, address, FAULT_FLAG_WRITE); + flush_tlb_page(vma, address); + } + } +#endif +} + #endif /* __KERNEL__ */ #endif /* __ASM_POWERPC_TLB_H */ -- 1.7.1 _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev