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Commit 8117ac6a authored by Paul Mackerras's avatar Paul Mackerras Committed by Michael Ellerman
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powerpc/powernv: Switch off MMU before entering nap/sleep/rvwinkle mode



Currently, when going idle, we set the flag indicating that we are in
nap mode (paca->kvm_hstate.hwthread_state) and then execute the nap
(or sleep or rvwinkle) instruction, all with the MMU on.  This is bad
for two reasons: (a) the architecture specifies that those instructions
must be executed with the MMU off, and in fact with only the SF, HV, ME
and possibly RI bits set, and (b) this introduces a race, because as
soon as we set the flag, another thread can switch the MMU to a guest
context.  If the race is lost, this thread will typically start looping
on relocation-on ISIs at 0xc...4400.

This fixes it by setting the MSR as required by the architecture before
setting the flag or executing the nap/sleep/rvwinkle instruction.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
[ shreyas@linux.vnet.ibm.com: Edited to handle LE ]
Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarShreyas B. Prabhu <shreyas@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Signed-off-by: default avatarMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
parent 47083450
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