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powerpc/vas: Don't set uses_vas for kernel windows
authorNicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Thu, 8 Feb 2018 09:18:38 +0000 (19:18 +1000)
committerMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Tue, 13 Feb 2018 11:37:46 +0000 (22:37 +1100)
commitb00b62898631b756c3e123542bbb0487aa343dd9
tree524da2a6bbde3c518a8c7ebd4dcdd72f2a211a2d
parentc9dccf1d074a67d36c510845f663980d69e3409b
powerpc/vas: Don't set uses_vas for kernel windows

cp_abort is only required for user windows, because kernel context
must not be preempted between a copy/paste pair.

Without this patch, the init task gets used_vas set when it runs the
nx842_powernv_init initcall, which opens windows for kernel usage.

used_vas is then never cleared anywhere, so it gets propagated into
all other tasks. It's a property of the address space, so it should
really be cleared when a new mm is created (or in dup_mmap if the
mmaps are marked as VM_DONTCOPY). For now we seem to have no such
driver, so leave that for another patch.

Fixes: 6c8e6bb2a52d ("powerpc/vas: Add support for user receive window")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.15+
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/vas-window.c