linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc/irq: fix stack overflow verification

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Date:   Wed, 18 Dec 2019 15:05:09 +1100 (AEDT)
From:   Michael Ellerman <patch-notifications@...erman.id.au>
To:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/irq: fix stack overflow verification

On Mon, 2019-12-09 at 06:19:08 UTC, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> Before commit 0366a1c70b89 ("powerpc/irq: Run softirqs off the top of
> the irq stack"), check_stack_overflow() was called by do_IRQ(), before
> switching to the irq stack.
> In that commit, do_IRQ() was renamed __do_irq(), and is now executing
> on the irq stack, so check_stack_overflow() has just become almost
> useless.
> 
> Move check_stack_overflow() call in do_IRQ() to do the check while
> still on the current stack.
> 
> Fixes: 0366a1c70b89 ("powerpc/irq: Run softirqs off the top of the irq stack")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>

Applied to powerpc fixes, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/099bc4812f09155da77eeb960a983470249c9ce1

cheers