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authorRussell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>2016-05-13 11:40:20 +0100
committerRussell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>2016-07-07 16:01:01 +0100
commite6978e4bf181fb3b5f8cb6f71b4fe30fbf1b655c (patch)
treedddb20dbc9a5e594e406e71ed598039b33e0a4be /arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
parentdd665be0e243873343a28e18f9f345927b658daf (diff)
downloadlinux-e6978e4bf181fb3b5f8cb6f71b4fe30fbf1b655c.tar.bz2
ARM: save and reset the address limit when entering an exception
When we enter an exception, the current address limit should not apply to the exception context: if the exception context wishes to access kernel space via the user accessors (eg, perf code), it must explicitly request such access. Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S')
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
index 0d6f5413be18..bc5f50799d75 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
@@ -185,6 +185,12 @@ ENDPROC(__und_invalid)
@
stmia r7, {r2 - r6}
+ get_thread_info tsk
+ ldr r0, [tsk, #TI_ADDR_LIMIT]
+ mov r1, #TASK_SIZE
+ str r1, [tsk, #TI_ADDR_LIMIT]
+ str r0, [sp, #SVC_ADDR_LIMIT]
+
uaccess_save r0
.if \uaccess
uaccess_disable r0
@@ -213,7 +219,6 @@ __irq_svc:
irq_handler
#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT
- get_thread_info tsk
ldr r8, [tsk, #TI_PREEMPT] @ get preempt count
ldr r0, [tsk, #TI_FLAGS] @ get flags
teq r8, #0 @ if preempt count != 0