[Linux-Xtensa] [PATCH] xtensa: fix threadptr reload on return to userspace
Max Filippov
jcmvbkbc at gmail.com
Sat Jul 4 12:53:09 UTC 2015
Userspace return code may skip restoring THREADPTR register if there are
no registers that need to be zeroed. This leads to spurious failures in
libc NPTL tests.
Always restore THREADPTR on return to userspace.
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc at gmail.com>
---
arch/xtensa/kernel/entry.S | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/entry.S b/arch/xtensa/kernel/entry.S
index ab6a857..8985339 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/entry.S
@@ -578,12 +578,13 @@ user_exception_exit:
* (if we have restored WSBITS-1 frames).
*/
+2:
#if XCHAL_HAVE_THREADPTR
l32i a3, a1, PT_THREADPTR
wur a3, threadptr
#endif
-2: j common_exception_exit
+ j common_exception_exit
/* This is the kernel exception exit.
* We avoided to do a MOVSP when we entered the exception, but we
--
1.8.1.4
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