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author | Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@gmail.com> | 2009-09-07 18:11:31 (GMT) |
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committer | Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> | 2009-11-02 11:00:04 (GMT) |
commit | 0f334a3e8c3586f81286345eb077ed32b375e8d6 (patch) | |
tree | 02278a0f6ef99b43c56af12ba44d964f099c70c3 /kernel/printk.c | |
parent | 39d2211d20518677511043d7ee16bbca6d0c5070 (diff) | |
download | linux-0f334a3e8c3586f81286345eb077ed32b375e8d6.tar.xz |
MIPS: Fix machine check exception in kmap_coherent()
On an SMP system with cache aliases, the following sequence of events may
happen:
1) copy_user_highpage() runs on CPU0, invoking kmap_coherent() to create a
temporary mapping in the fixmap region
2) copy_page() starts on CPU0
3) CPU1 sends CPU0 an IPI asking CPU0 to run local_r4k_flush_cache_page()
4) CPU0 takes the interrupt, interrupting copy_page()
5) local_r4k_flush_cache_page() on CPU0 calls kmap_coherent() again
6) The second invocation of kmap_coherent() on CPU0 tries to use the
same fixmap virtual address that was being used by copy_user_highpage()
7) CPU0 throws a machine check exception for the TLB address conflict
Fixed by creating an extra set of fixmap entries for use in interrupt
handlers. This prevents fixmap VA conflicts between copy_user_highpage()
running in user context, and local_r4k_flush_cache_page() invoked from an
SMP IPI.
Signed-off-by: Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
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