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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
index 76d8e7cc780..51ab9e7e6c3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ int __kprobes do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address,
int trap = TRAP(regs);
int is_exec = trap == 0x400;
int fault;
- int rc = 0;
+ int rc = 0, store_update_sp = 0;
#if !(defined(CONFIG_4xx) || defined(CONFIG_BOOKE))
/*
@@ -223,9 +223,6 @@ int __kprobes do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address,
is_write = error_code & ESR_DST;
#endif /* CONFIG_4xx || CONFIG_BOOKE */
- if (is_write)
- flags |= FAULT_FLAG_WRITE;
-
#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_ICSWX
/*
* we need to do this early because this "data storage
@@ -280,6 +277,17 @@ int __kprobes do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address,
perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS, 1, regs, address);
+ /*
+ * We want to do this outside mmap_sem, because reading code around nip
+ * can result in fault, which will cause a deadlock when called with
+ * mmap_sem held
+ */
+ if (user_mode(regs))
+ store_update_sp = store_updates_sp(regs);
+
+ if (user_mode(regs))
+ flags |= FAULT_FLAG_USER;
+
/* When running in the kernel we expect faults to occur only to
* addresses in user space. All other faults represent errors in the
* kernel and should generate an OOPS. Unfortunately, in the case of an
@@ -345,8 +353,7 @@ retry:
* between the last mapped region and the stack will
* expand the stack rather than segfaulting.
*/
- if (address + 2048 < uregs->gpr[1]
- && (!user_mode(regs) || !store_updates_sp(regs)))
+ if (address + 2048 < uregs->gpr[1] && !store_update_sp)
goto bad_area;
}
if (expand_stack(vma, address))
@@ -408,6 +415,7 @@ good_area:
} else if (is_write) {
if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE))
goto bad_area;
+ flags |= FAULT_FLAG_WRITE;
/* a read */
} else {
/* protection fault */