linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/4] powerpc/stackprotector: work around stack-guard init from atomic

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Message-Id: <20190327183310.1015-2-bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Date:   Wed, 27 Mar 2019 19:33:08 +0100
From:   Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-rt-users <linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] powerpc/stackprotector: work around stack-guard init from atomic

This is invoked from the secondary CPU in atomic context. On x86 we use
tsc instead. On Power we XOR it against mftb() so lets use stack address
as the initial value.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/stackprotector.h | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/stackprotector.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/stackprotector.h
index 1c8460e235838..e764eb4b6c284 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/stackprotector.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/stackprotector.h
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@ static __always_inline void boot_init_stack_canary(void)
 	unsigned long canary;
 
 	/* Try to get a semi random initial value. */
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_FULL
+	canary = (unsigned long)&canary;
+#else
 	canary = get_random_canary();
+#endif
 	canary ^= mftb();
 	canary ^= LINUX_VERSION_CODE;
 	canary &= CANARY_MASK;
-- 
2.20.1