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authorPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2008-03-26 08:44:18 +1100
committerPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2008-03-26 08:44:18 +1100
commit54f53f2b94feb72622bec7a8563fc487d9f97720 (patch)
treeab0c4e1dcadd25a00fa7a4febf41bc43b864cf73 /arch/powerpc/kernel
parentf61fb8a52cdf8b9b6a6badde84aefe58cb35d315 (diff)
parenta4083c9271e0a697278e089f2c0b9a95363ada0a (diff)
Merge branch 'linux-2.6'
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc/kernel')
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c6
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c10
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index 7c8e3da2381..8d506d86e2d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -353,6 +353,12 @@ struct task_struct *__switch_to(struct task_struct *prev,
account_process_vtime(current);
calculate_steal_time();
+ /*
+ * We can't take a PMU exception inside _switch() since there is a
+ * window where the kernel stack SLB and the kernel stack are out
+ * of sync. Hard disable here.
+ */
+ hard_irq_disable();
last = _switch(old_thread, new_thread);
local_irq_restore(flags);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
index 7673e986573..2a9fe97e452 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -530,15 +530,21 @@ static int gpr32_set(struct task_struct *target,
--count;
}
- if (kbuf)
+ if (kbuf) {
for (; count > 0 && pos <= PT_MAX_PUT_REG; --count)
regs[pos++] = *k++;
- else
+ for (; count > 0 && pos < PT_TRAP; --count, ++pos)
+ ++k;
+ } else {
for (; count > 0 && pos <= PT_MAX_PUT_REG; --count) {
if (__get_user(reg, u++))
return -EFAULT;
regs[pos++] = reg;
}
+ for (; count > 0 && pos < PT_TRAP; --count, ++pos)
+ if (__get_user(reg, u++))
+ return -EFAULT;
+ }
if (count > 0 && pos == PT_TRAP) {
if (kbuf)