linux-kernel - [ 070/135] powerpc/sysfs: Disable writing to PURR in guest mode

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Message-Id: <20131011193952.898773100@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:	Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:39:11 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Subject: [ 070/135] powerpc/sysfs: Disable writing to PURR in guest mode

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

------------------

From: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

commit d1211af3049f4c9c1d8d4eb8f8098cc4f4f0d0c7 upstream.

arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c exports PURR with write permission.
This may be valid for kernel in phyp mode. But writing to
the file in guest mode causes crash due to a priviledge violation

Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c |   18 ++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <asm/machdep.h>
 #include <asm/smp.h>
 #include <asm/pmc.h>
+#include <asm/firmware.h>
 
 #include "cacheinfo.h"
 
@@ -179,15 +180,25 @@ SYSFS_PMCSETUP(spurr, SPRN_SPURR);
 SYSFS_PMCSETUP(dscr, SPRN_DSCR);
 SYSFS_PMCSETUP(pir, SPRN_PIR);
 
+/*
+  Lets only enable read for phyp resources and
+  enable write when needed with a separate function.
+  Lets be conservative and default to pseries.
+*/
 static DEVICE_ATTR(mmcra, 0600, show_mmcra, store_mmcra);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(spurr, 0400, show_spurr, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(dscr, 0600, show_dscr, store_dscr);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(purr, 0600, show_purr, store_purr);
+static DEVICE_ATTR(purr, 0400, show_purr, store_purr);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(pir, 0400, show_pir, NULL);
 
 unsigned long dscr_default = 0;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dscr_default);
 
+static void add_write_permission_dev_attr(struct device_attribute *attr)
+{
+	attr->attr.mode |= 0200;
+}
+
 static ssize_t show_dscr_default(struct device *dev,
 		struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
@@ -394,8 +405,11 @@ static void register_cpu_online(unsigned
 	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_MMCRA))
 		device_create_file(s, &dev_attr_mmcra);
 
-	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_PURR))
+	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_PURR)) {
+		if (!firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_LPAR))
+			add_write_permission_dev_attr(&dev_attr_purr);
 		device_create_file(s, &dev_attr_purr);
+	}
 
 	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_SPURR))
 		device_create_file(s, &dev_attr_spurr);


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