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SubjectRe: [PATCH] powerpc/8xx: Fix clearing of bits 20-23 in ITLB miss
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On Sun, 2020-02-09 at 18:14 +0000, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> In ITLB miss handled the line supposed to clear bits 20-23 on the
> L2 ITLB entry is buggy and does indeed nothing, leading to undefined
> value which could allow execution when it shouldn't.
>
> Properly do the clearing with the relevant instruction.
>
> Fixes: 74fabcadfd43 ("powerpc/8xx: don't use r12/SPRN_SPRG_SCRATCH2 in TLB Miss handlers")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@c-s.fr>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
> index 9922306ae512..073a651787df 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
> @@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ InstructionTLBMiss:
> * set. All other Linux PTE bits control the behavior
> * of the MMU.
> */
> - rlwimi r10, r10, 0, 0x0f00 /* Clear bits 20-23 */
> + rlwinm r10, r10, 0, ~0x0f00 /* Clear bits 20-23 */
> rlwimi r10, r10, 4, 0x0400 /* Copy _PAGE_EXEC into bit 21 */
> ori r10, r10, RPN_PATTERN | 0x200 /* Set 22 and 24-27 */
> mtspr SPRN_MI_RPN, r10 /* Update TLB entry */

Looks a valid change.
rlwimi r10, r10, 0, 0x0f00 means:
r10 = ((r10 << 0) & 0x0f00) | (r10 & ~0x0f00) which ends up being
r10 = r10

On ISA, rlwinm is recommended for clearing high order bits.
rlwinm r10, r10, 0, ~0x0f00 means:
r10 = (r10 << 0) & ~0x0f00

Which does exactly what the comments suggests.

FWIW:
Reviwed-by: Leonardo Bras <leonardo@linux.ibm.com>
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