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authorAnton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>2015-12-10 20:44:39 +1100
committerMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>2015-12-10 21:10:55 +1100
commit20dbe67062062c2a790832f0d30e73dba45df7c4 (patch)
tree6b51f1222d8872a29700e445ee003fd322da9891 /arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
parentd64d02ce4ebaa79bf1c026e81a956f133938af65 (diff)
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powerpc: Call restore_sprs() before _switch()
commit 152d523e6307 ("powerpc: Create context switch helpers save_sprs() and restore_sprs()") moved the restore of SPRs after the call to _switch(). There is an issue with this approach - new tasks do not return through _switch(), they are set up by copy_thread() to directly return through ret_from_fork() or ret_from_kernel_thread(). This means restore_sprs() is not getting called for new tasks. Fix this by moving restore_sprs() before _switch(). Fixes: 152d523e6307 ("powerpc: Create context switch helpers save_sprs() and restore_sprs()") Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c15
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index 1eeda3b80b65..9da7b5f0c3a5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -971,14 +971,17 @@ struct task_struct *__switch_to(struct task_struct *prev,
tm_recheckpoint_new_task(new);
- last = _switch(old_thread, new_thread);
-
- /* Need to recalculate these after calling _switch() */
- old_thread = &last->thread;
- new_thread = &current->thread;
-
+ /*
+ * Call restore_sprs() before calling _switch(). If we move it after
+ * _switch() then we miss out on calling it for new tasks. The reason
+ * for this is we manually create a stack frame for new tasks that
+ * directly returns through ret_from_fork() or
+ * ret_from_kernel_thread(). See copy_thread() for details.
+ */
restore_sprs(old_thread, new_thread);
+ last = _switch(old_thread, new_thread);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64
if (current_thread_info()->local_flags & _TLF_LAZY_MMU) {
current_thread_info()->local_flags &= ~_TLF_LAZY_MMU;
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