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Subject[PATCH 2/4] powerpc: select ARCH_WANT_IRQS_OFF_ACTIVATE_MM
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powerpc uses IPIs in some situations to switch a kernel thread away
from a lazy tlb mm, which is subject to the TLB flushing race
described in the changelog introducing ARCH_WANT_IRQS_OFF_ACTIVATE_MM.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
---
arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 1f48bbfb3ce9..65cb32211574 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ config PPC
select ARCH_USE_QUEUED_RWLOCKS if PPC_QUEUED_SPINLOCKS
select ARCH_USE_QUEUED_SPINLOCKS if PPC_QUEUED_SPINLOCKS
select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
+ select ARCH_WANT_IRQS_OFF_ACTIVATE_MM
select ARCH_WEAK_RELEASE_ACQUIRE
select BINFMT_ELF
select BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h
index 7f3658a97384..e02aa793420b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ static inline void switch_mm(struct mm_struct *prev, struct mm_struct *next,
*/
static inline void activate_mm(struct mm_struct *prev, struct mm_struct *next)
{
- switch_mm(prev, next, current);
+ switch_mm_irqs_off(prev, next, current);
}

/* We don't currently use enter_lazy_tlb() for anything */
--
2.23.0
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