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2011-05-23[S390] Remove data execution protectionMartin Schwidefsky1-24/+4
The noexec support on s390 does not rely on a bit in the page table entry but utilizes the secondary space mode to distinguish between memory accesses for instructions vs. data. The noexec code relies on the assumption that the cpu will always use the secondary space page table for data accesses while it is running in the secondary space mode. Up to the z9-109 class machines this has been the case. Unfortunately this is not true anymore with z10 and later machines. The load-relative-long instructions lrl, lgrl and lgfrl access the memory operand using the same addressing-space mode that has been used to fetch the instruction. This breaks the noexec mode for all user space binaries compiled with march=z10 or later. The only option is to remove the current noexec support. Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2010-10-25[S390] lockless get_user_pages_fast()Martin Schwidefsky1-0/+4
Implement get_user_pages_fast without locking in the fastpath on s390. Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2009-12-07[S390] Improve address space mode selection.Martin Schwidefsky1-1/+2
Introduce user_mode to replace the two variables switch_amode and s390_noexec. There are three valid combinations of the old values: 1) switch_amode == 0 && s390_noexec == 0 2) switch_amode == 1 && s390_noexec == 0 3) switch_amode == 1 && s390_noexec == 1 They get replaced by 1) user_mode == HOME_SPACE_MODE 2) user_mode == PRIMARY_SPACE_MODE 3) user_mode == SECONDARY_SPACE_MODE The new kernel parameter user_mode=[primary,secondary,home] lets you choose the address space mode the user space processes should use. In addition the CONFIG_S390_SWITCH_AMODE config option is removed. Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2009-09-11[S390] fix recursive locking on page_table_lockMartin Schwidefsky1-0/+1
Suzuki Poulose reported the following recursive locking bug on s390: Here is the stack trace : (see Appendix I for more info) [<0000000000406ed6>] _spin_lock+0x52/0x94 [<0000000000103bde>] crst_table_free+0x14e/0x1a4 [<00000000001ba684>] __pmd_alloc+0x114/0x1ec [<00000000001be8d0>] handle_mm_fault+0x2cc/0xb80 [<0000000000407d62>] do_dat_exception+0x2b6/0x3a0 [<0000000000114f8c>] sysc_return+0x0/0x8 [<00000200001642b2>] 0x200001642b2 The page_table_lock is already acquired in __pmd_alloc (mm/memory.c) and it tries to populate the pud/pgd with a new pmd allocated. If another thread populates it before we get a chance, we free the pmd using pmd_free(). On s390x, pmd_free(even pud_free ) is #defined to crst_table_free(), which acquires the page_table_lock to protect the crst_table index updates. Hence this ends up in a recursive locking of the page_table_lock. The solution suggested by Dave Hansen is to use a new spin lock in the mmu context to protect the access to the crst_list and the pgtable_list. Reported-by: Suzuki Poulose <suzuki@in.ibm.com> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-12-25[S390] clear_table inline assembly contraintsMartin Schwidefsky1-1/+4
Tell the compile that the clear_table inline assembly writes to the memory referenced by *s. Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-08-01[S390] move include/asm-s390 to arch/s390/include/asmMartin Schwidefsky1-0/+174
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>