From: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
To: "Mukesh Kumar Chaurasiya (IBM)" <mkchauras@gmail.com>
Cc: Sayali Patil <sayalip@linux.ibm.com>,
maddy@linux.ibm.com, mpe@ellerman.id.au, npiggin@gmail.com,
chleroy@kernel.org, mkchauras@linux.ibm.com,
ruanjinjie@huawei.com, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Restore kuap regs during syscall restart exit
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:51:43 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <c08eaf78-38ce-47f9-883d-5a009e768584@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260613123831.1510474-1-mkchauras@gmail.com>
Hi Mukesh.
On 6/13/26 6:08 PM, Mukesh Kumar Chaurasiya (IBM) wrote:
> During syscall restart, we block the kuap as we need to replay
> interrupts. Which are not restored when we exit to the user, hence we
> get a fault which ends up with `bad_access_pkey` and hence crashing the
> kernel.
>
> We have already stored the kuap values during the entry, just restore
> them when we exit.
>
> Applies on linux-next (next-20260610).
>
Please re-write the changelog in imperative mood.
i.e Avoid we/you/I.
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.17/process/submitting-patches.html#describe-your-changes
> Fixes: bee25f97ad24 ("powerpc: Enable GENERIC_ENTRY feature")
> Reported-by: Sayali Patil <sayalip@linux.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Mukesh Kumar Chaurasiya (IBM) <mkchauras@gmail.com>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c
> index 89a999be1352..159901d6ba8c 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/interrupt.c
> @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ notrace unsigned long syscall_exit_restart(unsigned long r3, struct pt_regs *reg
> local_irq_disable();
> goto again;
> }
> -
> + kuap_user_restore(regs);
Please describe where was kuap save was done in the stack.
> regs->exit_result |= regs->exit_flags;
>
> return regs->exit_result;
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-15 5:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-13 12:38 [PATCH] powerpc: Restore kuap regs during syscall restart exit Mukesh Kumar Chaurasiya (IBM)
2026-06-15 5:21 ` Shrikanth Hegde [this message]
2026-06-16 5:08 ` Mukesh Kumar Chaurasiya
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