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    parisc: Flush kernel data mapping in set_pte_at() when installing pte for user page · 38860b2c
    John David Anglin authored
    For years, there have been random segmentation faults in userspace on
    SMP PA-RISC machines.  It occurred to me that this might be a problem in
    set_pte_at().  MIPS and some other architectures do cache flushes when
    installing PTEs with the present bit set.
    
    Here I have adapted the code in update_mmu_cache() to flush the kernel
    mapping when the kernel flush is deferred, or when the kernel mapping
    may alias with the user mapping.  This simplifies calls to
    update_mmu_cache().
    
    I also changed the barrier in set_pte() from a compiler barrier to a
    full memory barrier.  I know this change is not sufficient to fix the
    problem.  It might not be needed.
    
    I have had a few days of operation with 5.14.16 to 5.15.1 and haven't
    seen any random segmentation faults on rp3440 or c8000 so far.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJohn David Anglin <dave.anglin@bell.net>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarHelge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
    Cc: stable@kernel.org # 5.12+
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