[PATCH 3.12 090/116] powerpc: Fix __get_user_pages_fast() irq handling

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Tue Nov 26 2013 - 20:08:56 EST


3.12-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit 95f715b08fa4a953771398d20cbe35a6803ea41d upstream.

__get_user_pages_fast() may be called with interrupts disabled (see e.g.
get_futex_key() in kernel/futex.c) and therefore should use local_irq_save()
and local_irq_restore() instead of local_irq_disable()/enable().

Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
arch/powerpc/mm/gup.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/gup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/gup.c
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ int __get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long
struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
unsigned long addr, len, end;
unsigned long next;
+ unsigned long flags;
pgd_t *pgdp;
int nr = 0;

@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ int __get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long
* So long as we atomically load page table pointers versus teardown,
* we can follow the address down to the the page and take a ref on it.
*/
- local_irq_disable();
+ local_irq_save(flags);

pgdp = pgd_offset(mm, addr);
do {
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ int __get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long
break;
} while (pgdp++, addr = next, addr != end);

- local_irq_enable();
+ local_irq_restore(flags);

return nr;
}


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