linux_old1/arch
Michael Neuling 7f821fc9c7 powerpc/tm: Check for already reclaimed tasks
Currently we can hit a scenario where we'll tm_reclaim() twice.  This
results in a TM bad thing exception because the second reclaim occurs
when not in suspend mode.

The scenario in which this can happen is the following.  We attempt to
deliver a signal to userspace.  To do this we need obtain the stack
pointer to write the signal context.  To get this stack pointer we
must tm_reclaim() in case we need to use the checkpointed stack
pointer (see get_tm_stackpointer()).  Normally we'd then return
directly to userspace to deliver the signal without going through
__switch_to().

Unfortunatley, if at this point we get an error (such as a bad
userspace stack pointer), we need to exit the process.  The exit will
result in a __switch_to().  __switch_to() will attempt to save the
process state which results in another tm_reclaim().  This
tm_reclaim() now causes a TM Bad Thing exception as this state has
already been saved and the processor is no longer in TM suspend mode.
Whee!

This patch checks the state of the MSR to ensure we are TM suspended
before we attempt the tm_reclaim().  If we've already saved the state
away, we should no longer be in TM suspend mode.  This has the
additional advantage of checking for a potential TM Bad Thing
exception.

Found using syscall fuzzer.

Fixes: fb09692e71 ("powerpc: Add reclaim and recheckpoint functions for context switching transactional memory processes")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v3.9+
Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
2015-11-23 20:18:03 +11:00
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alpha mm: mlock: add mlock flags to enable VM_LOCKONFAULT usage 2015-11-05 19:34:48 -08:00
arc ARC fixes for 4.4-rc1 2015-11-14 09:09:37 -08:00
arm USB fixes for 4.4-rc2 2015-11-22 13:15:05 -08:00
arm64 arm64 fixes: 2015-11-19 12:21:23 -08:00
avr32 dmaengine updates for 4.4-rc1 2015-11-10 10:05:17 -08:00
blackfin
c6x
cris cris: Drop reference to get_cmos_time() 2015-11-02 20:03:05 +01:00
frv kmap_atomic_to_page() has no users, remove it 2015-11-09 15:11:24 -08:00
h8300 h8300 update for v4.4 2015-11-12 15:26:39 -08:00
hexagon
ia64 Power management and ACPI updates for v4.4-rc1 2015-11-04 18:10:13 -08:00
m32r
m68k block: change ->make_request_fn() and users to return a queue cookie 2015-11-07 10:40:46 -07:00
metag Metag architecture changes for v4.4 2015-11-10 16:24:25 -08:00
microblaze kmap_atomic_to_page() has no users, remove it 2015-11-09 15:11:24 -08:00
mips MIPS: ath79: Add a machine entry for booting OF machines 2015-11-20 15:44:57 +01:00
mn10300
nios2 nios2 update for v4.4-rc1 2015-11-09 16:36:10 -08:00
openrisc
parisc Merge branch 'parisc-4.4-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/deller/parisc-linux 2015-11-22 12:50:58 -08:00
powerpc powerpc/tm: Check for already reclaimed tasks 2015-11-23 20:18:03 +11:00
s390 s390: remove SALIPL loader 2015-11-16 12:51:11 +01:00
score
sh Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2015-11-07 14:32:45 -08:00
sparc sparc/sparc64: allocate sys_membarrier system call number 2015-11-09 15:11:24 -08:00
tile kmap_atomic_to_page() has no users, remove it 2015-11-09 15:11:24 -08:00
um um: Switch clocksource to hrtimers 2015-11-06 22:54:49 +01:00
unicore32 pwm: Changes for v4.4-rc1 2015-11-11 09:16:10 -08:00
x86 Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-11-22 12:00:12 -08:00
xtensa Merge branch 'for-4.4/io-poll' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2015-11-10 17:23:49 -08:00
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