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Date:   Thu, 13 Aug 2020 12:15:15 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Sebastian Andrzej Siewior" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [tip: x86/urgent] x86/alternatives: Acquire pte lock with interrupts enabled

The following commit has been merged into the x86/urgent branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     a6d996cbd38b42341ad3fce74506b9fdc280e395
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/a6d996cbd38b42341ad3fce74506b9fdc280e395
Author:        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
AuthorDate:    Thu, 13 Aug 2020 12:50:26 +02:00
Committer:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CommitterDate: Thu, 13 Aug 2020 14:11:54 +02:00

x86/alternatives: Acquire pte lock with interrupts enabled

pte lock is never acquired in-IRQ context so it does not require interrupts
to be disabled. The lock is a regular spinlock which cannot be acquired
with interrupts disabled on RT.

RT complains about pte_lock() in __text_poke() because it's invoked after
disabling interrupts.

__text_poke() has to disable interrupts as use_temporary_mm() expects
interrupts to be off because it invokes switch_mm_irqs_off() and uses
per-CPU (current active mm) data.

Move the PTE lock handling outside the interrupt disabled region.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Acked-by; Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200813105026.bvugytmsso6muljw@linutronix.de

---
 arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index c826cdd..34a1b85 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -874,8 +874,6 @@ static void *__text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len)
 	 */
 	BUG_ON(!pages[0] || (cross_page_boundary && !pages[1]));
 
-	local_irq_save(flags);
-
 	/*
 	 * Map the page without the global bit, as TLB flushing is done with
 	 * flush_tlb_mm_range(), which is intended for non-global PTEs.
@@ -892,6 +890,8 @@ static void *__text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len)
 	 */
 	VM_BUG_ON(!ptep);
 
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+
 	pte = mk_pte(pages[0], pgprot);
 	set_pte_at(poking_mm, poking_addr, ptep, pte);
 
@@ -941,8 +941,8 @@ static void *__text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len)
 	 */
 	BUG_ON(memcmp(addr, opcode, len));
 
-	pte_unmap_unlock(ptep, ptl);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
+	pte_unmap_unlock(ptep, ptl);
 	return addr;
 }