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author | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2016-09-11 04:34:46 -0300 |
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committer | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2016-09-11 04:34:46 -0300 |
commit | 863981e96738983919de841ec669e157e6bdaeb0 (patch) | |
tree | d6d89a12e7eb8017837c057935a2271290907f76 /arch/s390/mm/fault.c | |
parent | 8dec7c70575785729a6a9e6719a955e9c545bcab (diff) |
Linux-libre 4.7.1-gnupck-4.7.1-gnu
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/s390/mm/fault.c')
-rw-r--r-- | arch/s390/mm/fault.c | 42 |
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/fault.c b/arch/s390/mm/fault.c index cce577fea..19288c1b3 100644 --- a/arch/s390/mm/fault.c +++ b/arch/s390/mm/fault.c @@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ static noinline void do_sigsegv(struct pt_regs *regs, int si_code) report_user_fault(regs, SIGSEGV, 1); si.si_signo = SIGSEGV; + si.si_errno = 0; si.si_code = si_code; si.si_addr = (void __user *)(regs->int_parm_long & __FAIL_ADDR_MASK); force_sig_info(SIGSEGV, &si, current); @@ -631,6 +632,29 @@ void pfault_fini(void) static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(pfault_lock); static LIST_HEAD(pfault_list); +#define PF_COMPLETE 0x0080 + +/* + * The mechanism of our pfault code: if Linux is running as guest, runs a user + * space process and the user space process accesses a page that the host has + * paged out we get a pfault interrupt. + * + * This allows us, within the guest, to schedule a different process. Without + * this mechanism the host would have to suspend the whole virtual cpu until + * the page has been paged in. + * + * So when we get such an interrupt then we set the state of the current task + * to uninterruptible and also set the need_resched flag. Both happens within + * interrupt context(!). If we later on want to return to user space we + * recognize the need_resched flag and then call schedule(). It's not very + * obvious how this works... + * + * Of course we have a lot of additional fun with the completion interrupt (-> + * host signals that a page of a process has been paged in and the process can + * continue to run). This interrupt can arrive on any cpu and, since we have + * virtual cpus, actually appear before the interrupt that signals that a page + * is missing. + */ static void pfault_interrupt(struct ext_code ext_code, unsigned int param32, unsigned long param64) { @@ -639,10 +663,9 @@ static void pfault_interrupt(struct ext_code ext_code, pid_t pid; /* - * Get the external interruption subcode & pfault - * initial/completion signal bit. VM stores this - * in the 'cpu address' field associated with the - * external interrupt. + * Get the external interruption subcode & pfault initial/completion + * signal bit. VM stores this in the 'cpu address' field associated + * with the external interrupt. */ subcode = ext_code.subcode; if ((subcode & 0xff00) != __SUBCODE_MASK) @@ -658,7 +681,7 @@ static void pfault_interrupt(struct ext_code ext_code, if (!tsk) return; spin_lock(&pfault_lock); - if (subcode & 0x0080) { + if (subcode & PF_COMPLETE) { /* signal bit is set -> a page has been swapped in by VM */ if (tsk->thread.pfault_wait == 1) { /* Initial interrupt was faster than the completion @@ -687,8 +710,7 @@ static void pfault_interrupt(struct ext_code ext_code, goto out; if (tsk->thread.pfault_wait == 1) { /* Already on the list with a reference: put to sleep */ - __set_task_state(tsk, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); - set_tsk_need_resched(tsk); + goto block; } else if (tsk->thread.pfault_wait == -1) { /* Completion interrupt was faster than the initial * interrupt (pfault_wait == -1). Set pfault_wait @@ -703,7 +725,11 @@ static void pfault_interrupt(struct ext_code ext_code, get_task_struct(tsk); tsk->thread.pfault_wait = 1; list_add(&tsk->thread.list, &pfault_list); - __set_task_state(tsk, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); +block: + /* Since this must be a userspace fault, there + * is no kernel task state to trample. Rely on the + * return to userspace schedule() to block. */ + __set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); set_tsk_need_resched(tsk); } } |