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From: pkluba@dension•com (Patrik, Kluba)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: Fw: [PATCH 01/01] arm: fix a preempt_count() corruption for CONFIG_PREEMPT=n
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 08:51:29 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121215085129.71d203b2.pkluba@dension.com> (raw)


Hi All,

Maybe this list is a better place for the following request.
I've checked, and this bug is also present in the linux-next tree.

Regards,
Patrik


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Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:13:57 +0100
From: "Patrik, Kluba" <pkluba@dension•com>
To: linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 01/01] arm: fix a preempt_count() corruption for
CONFIG_PREEMPT=n


Hi All,

After a hard days' work, I've managed to track down a ghost causing
sporadic kernel warnings and system crashes. The patch applies for the
HEAD of linux-stable. I don't know how to create and submit patches
correctly, and hope that somebody will pick it up...

Regards,
Patrik
---
>From 4dd31e88a2715389e5ac198dcf00b48b4f148ea6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrik Kluba <pkluba@dension•com>
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:36:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] arm: fix a preempt_count() corruption for
CONFIG_PREEMPT=n

All the preempt-disabling assembly code is under CONFIG_PREEMPT,
while VFP_bounce calls preempt_enable() uncoditionally, leading to
a preempt_count() corruption (gets set to 0xffffffff). Fix the
imbalance by adding #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT before preempt_enable().
---
 arch/arm/vfp/vfpmodule.c |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm/vfp/vfpmodule.c b/arch/arm/vfp/vfpmodule.c
index 3b44e0d..2184f7e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/vfp/vfpmodule.c
+++ b/arch/arm/vfp/vfpmodule.c
@@ -428,7 +428,10 @@ void VFP_bounce(u32 trigger, u32 fpexc, struct
pt_regs *regs) if (exceptions)
 		vfp_raise_exceptions(exceptions, trigger, orig_fpscr,
regs); exit:
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT
 	preempt_enable();
+#endif
+	return;
 }
 
 static void vfp_enable(void *unused)
-- 
1.7.10.4
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             reply	other threads:[~2012-12-15  7:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-12-15  7:51 Patrik, Kluba [this message]
2012-12-18 23:54 ` Fw: [PATCH 01/01] arm: fix a preempt_count() corruption for CONFIG_PREEMPT=n Stephen Boyd
2012-12-19  0:01   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-01-03  0:41     ` Stephen Boyd
2013-01-04  7:48       ` Patrik, Kluba
2013-01-04 22:21         ` Stephen Boyd
2013-01-08 11:51           ` Patrik, Kluba

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