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    MIPS: memset.S: EVA & fault support for small_memset · 8a8158c8
    Matt Redfearn authored
    The MIPS kernel memset / bzero implementation includes a small_memset
    branch which is used when the region to be set is smaller than a long (4
    bytes on 32bit, 8 bytes on 64bit). The current small_memset
    implementation uses a simple store byte loop to write the destination.
    There are 2 issues with this implementation:
    
    1. When EVA mode is active, user and kernel address spaces may overlap.
    Currently the use of the sb instruction means kernel mode addressing is
    always used and an intended write to userspace may actually overwrite
    some critical kernel data.
    
    2. If the write triggers a page fault, for example by calling
    __clear_user(NULL, 2), instead of gracefully handling the fault, an OOPS
    is triggered.
    
    Fix these issues by replacing the sb instruction with the EX() macro,
    which will emit EVA compatible instuctions as required. Additionally
    implement a fault fixup for small_memset which sets a2 to the number of
    bytes that could not be cleared (as defined by __clear_user).
    Reported-by: default avatarChuanhua Lei <chuanhua.lei@intel.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMatt Redfearn <matt.redfearn@mips.com>
    Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
    Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
    Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
    Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/18975/Signed-off-by: default avatarJames Hogan <jhogan@kernel.org>
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