linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16.y-ckt 098/144] arm64: Use the reserved TTBR0 if context switching to the init

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Message-Id: <1429630329-21748-99-git-send-email-luis.henriques@canonical.com>
Date:	Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:31:23 +0100
From:	Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com
Cc:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16.y-ckt 098/144] arm64: Use the reserved TTBR0 if context switching to the init_mm

3.16.7-ckt10 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>

commit e53f21bce4d35a93b23d8fa1a840860f6c74f59e upstream.

The idle_task_exit() function may call switch_mm() with next ==
&init_mm. On arm64, init_mm.pgd cannot be used for user mappings, so
this patch simply sets the reserved TTBR0.

Reported-by: Jon Medhurst (Tixy) <tixy@...aro.org>
Tested-by: Jon Medhurst (Tixy) <tixy@...aro.org>
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
---
 arch/arm64/include/asm/mmu_context.h | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/mmu_context.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/mmu_context.h
index a9eee33dfa62..101a42bde728 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/mmu_context.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/mmu_context.h
@@ -151,6 +151,15 @@ switch_mm(struct mm_struct *prev, struct mm_struct *next,
 {
 	unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 
+	/*
+	 * init_mm.pgd does not contain any user mappings and it is always
+	 * active for kernel addresses in TTBR1. Just set the reserved TTBR0.
+	 */
+	if (next == &init_mm) {
+		cpu_set_reserved_ttbr0();
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (!cpumask_test_and_set_cpu(cpu, mm_cpumask(next)) || prev != next)
 		check_and_switch_context(next, tsk);
 }
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