tree 2f43b11f58c81aa6891dae39f91f674842bb7e7e
parent f0e939ae373836400b38e090d78fba6a183976f0
author Milton Miller <miltonm@bga.com> 1305055713 +0000
committer Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> 1305779443 +1000

powerpc/kexec: Fix memory corruption from unallocated slaves

Commit 1fc711f7ffb01089efc58042cfdbac8573d1b59a (powerpc/kexec: Fix race
in kexec shutdown) moved the write to signal the cpu had exited the kernel
from before the transition to real mode in kexec_smp_wait to kexec_wait.

Unfornately it missed that kexec_wait is used both by cpus leaving the
kernel and by secondary slave cpus that were not allocated a paca for
what ever reason -- they could be beyond nr_cpus or not described in
the current device tree for whatever reason (for example, kexec-load
was not refreshed after a cpu hotplug operation).  Cpus coming through
that path they will write to paca[NR_CPUS] which is beyond the space
allocated for the paca data and overwrite memory not allocated to pacas
but very likely still real mode accessable).

Move the write back to kexec_smp_wait, which is used only by cpus that
found their paca, but after the transition to real mode.

Signed-off-by: Milton Miller <miltonm@bga.com>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org> # (1fc711f was backported to 2.6.32)
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>