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Subject[PATCH] PPC64: lockfix for rtas error log

Paul,

Could you please apply the following path to the ameslab tree, and/or
forward it to the main 2.6 kernel maintainers.

This patch moves the location of a lock in order to protect
the contents of a buffer until it has been copied to its final
destination. Prior to this, a race existed whereby the buffer
could be filled even while it was being emptied.

Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <linas@linas.org>

--linas

--- arch/ppc64/kernel/rtas.c.orig-pre-lockfix 2004-06-29 17:02:12.000000000 -0500
+++ arch/ppc64/kernel/rtas.c 2004-06-29 17:14:05.000000000 -0500
@@ -134,9 +134,10 @@ log_rtas_error(void)

spin_lock_irqsave(&rtas.lock, s);
rc = __log_rtas_error();
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rtas.lock, s);
- if (rc == 0)
+ if (rc == 0) {
log_error(rtas_err_buf, ERR_TYPE_RTAS_LOG, 0);
+ }
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rtas.lock, s);
}

int
@@ -193,12 +194,13 @@ rtas_call(int token, int nargs, int nret
outputs[i] = rtas_args->rets[i+1];
ret = (int)((nret > 0) ? rtas_args->rets[0] : 0);

+ if (logit) {
+ log_error(rtas_err_buf, ERR_TYPE_RTAS_LOG, 0);
+ }
+
/* Gotta do something different here, use global lock for now... */
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rtas.lock, s);

- if (logit)
- log_error(rtas_err_buf, ERR_TYPE_RTAS_LOG, 0);
-
return ret;
}
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