linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.14 162/193] powerpc: Fix boot on BOOK3S_32 with CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL

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Date:   Tue, 28 Nov 2017 11:26:49 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Meelis Roos <mroos@...ux.ee>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Subject: [PATCH 4.14 162/193] powerpc: Fix boot on BOOK3S_32 with CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX

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

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From: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>

commit 252eb55816a6f69ef9464cad303cdb3326cdc61d upstream.

On powerpc32, patch_instruction() is called by apply_feature_fixups()
which is called from early_init()

There is the following note in front of early_init():
 * Note that the kernel may be running at an address which is different
 * from the address that it was linked at, so we must use RELOC/PTRRELOC
 * to access static data (including strings).  -- paulus

Therefore, slab_is_available() cannot be called yet, and
text_poke_area must be addressed with PTRRELOC()

Fixes: 95902e6c8864 ("powerpc/mm: Implement STRICT_KERNEL_RWX on PPC32")
Reported-by: Meelis Roos <mroos@...ux.ee>
Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c |    6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm/code-patching.h>
+#include <asm/setup.h>
 
 static int __patch_instruction(unsigned int *addr, unsigned int instr)
 {
@@ -146,11 +147,8 @@ int patch_instruction(unsigned int *addr
 	 * During early early boot patch_instruction is called
 	 * when text_poke_area is not ready, but we still need
 	 * to allow patching. We just do the plain old patching
-	 * We use slab_is_available and per cpu read * via this_cpu_read
-	 * of text_poke_area. Per-CPU areas might not be up early
-	 * this can create problems with just using this_cpu_read()
 	 */
-	if (!slab_is_available() || !this_cpu_read(text_poke_area))
+	if (!this_cpu_read(*PTRRELOC(&text_poke_area)))
 		return __patch_instruction(addr, instr);
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);