65722736c3
Commit a4cb3651a1743 ("powerpc/64s/interrupt: Fix lost interrupts when
returning to soft-masked context") fixed the problem of pending irqs
being cleared when clearing the HARD_DIS bit, but then it didn't clear
the bit at all. This change clears HARD_DIS without affecting other bits
in the mask.
When an interrupt hits in a soft-masked section that has MSR[EE]=1, it
can hard disable and set PACA_IRQS_HARD_DIS, which must be cleared when
returning to the EE=1 caller (unless it was set due to a MUST_HARD_MASK
interrupt becoming pending). Failure to clear this leaves the
returned-to context running with MSR[EE]=1 and PACA_IRQS_HARD_DIS, which
confuses irq assertions and could be dangerous for code that might test
the flag.
This was observed in a hash MMU kernel where a kernel hash fault hits in
a local_irqs_disabled region that has EE=1. The hash fault also runs
with EE=1, then as it returns, a decrementer hits in the restart section
and the irq restart code hard-masks which sets the PACA_IRQ_HARD_DIS
flag, which is not clear when the original context is returned to.
Reported-by: Sachin Sant <sachinp@linux.ibm.com>
Fixes: a4cb3651a1743 ("powerpc/64s/interrupt: Fix lost interrupts when returning to soft-masked context")
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Sachin Sant <sachinp@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221022052207.471328-1-npiggin@gmail.com
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.