Currently flush_tmregs_to_thread() does not update accordingly the thread
structures from live state before a core dump rendering wrong values of
THFAR, TFIAR, and TEXASR in core dump files.
That commit fixes it by copying from live state to the appropriate thread
structures when it's necessary.
Signed-off-by: Gustavo Romero <grom...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c | 13 ++++++++++---
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
index 925a4ef..660ed39 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -127,12 +127,19 @@ static void flush_tmregs_to_thread(struct task_struct
*tsk)
* If task is not current, it will have been flushed already to
* it's thread_struct during __switch_to().
*
- * A reclaim flushes ALL the state.
+ * A reclaim flushes ALL the state or if not in TM save TM SPRs
+ * in the appropriate thread structures from live.
*/
- if (tsk == current && MSR_TM_SUSPENDED(mfmsr()))
- tm_reclaim_current(TM_CAUSE_SIGNAL);
+ if (tsk != current)
+ return;
+ if (MSR_TM_SUSPENDED(mfmsr())) {
+ tm_reclaim_current(TM_CAUSE_SIGNAL);
+ } else {
+ tm_enable();
+ tm_save_sprs(&(tsk->thread));
+ }
}
#else
static inline void flush_tmregs_to_thread(struct task_struct *tsk) { }
--
2.7.4
