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Date:   Thu, 20 Oct 2016 04:10:39 -0700
From:   tip-bot for Josh Poimboeuf <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     hpa@...or.com, mingo@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org,
        tglx@...utronix.de, luto@...nel.org, dvlasenk@...hat.com,
        nilayvaish@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bp@...en8.de,
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        brgerst@...il.com
Subject: [tip:x86/asm] x86/boot/smp/32: Fix initial idle stack location on
 32-bit kernels

Commit-ID:  b9b1a9c363ff7b17b2a35e20e28e86a449cfde1f
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/b9b1a9c363ff7b17b2a35e20e28e86a449cfde1f
Author:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
AuthorDate: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 16:04:03 -0500
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 09:15:23 +0200

x86/boot/smp/32: Fix initial idle stack location on 32-bit kernels

On 32-bit kernels, the initial idle stack calculation doesn't take into
account the TOP_OF_KERNEL_STACK_PADDING, making the stack end address
inconsistent with other tasks on 32-bit.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Reviewed-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Nilay Vaish <nilayvaish@...il.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/6cf569410bfa84cf923902fc4d628444cace94be.1474480779.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index 951f093..dcbd45a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -964,9 +964,7 @@ static int do_boot_cpu(int apicid, int cpu, struct task_struct *idle)
 	int cpu0_nmi_registered = 0;
 	unsigned long timeout;
 
-	idle->thread.sp = (unsigned long) (((struct pt_regs *)
-			  (THREAD_SIZE +  task_stack_page(idle))) - 1);
-
+	idle->thread.sp = (unsigned long)task_pt_regs(idle);
 	early_gdt_descr.address = (unsigned long)get_cpu_gdt_table(cpu);
 	initial_code = (unsigned long)start_secondary;
 	initial_stack  = idle->thread.sp;