powerpc: Fix reschedule bug in KUAP-unlocked user copy
schedule must not be explicitly called while KUAP is unlocked, because the AMR register will not be saved across the context switch on 64s (preemption is allowed because that is driven by interrupts which do save the AMR). exit_vmx_usercopy() runs inside an unlocked user access region, and it calls preempt_enable() which will call schedule() if need_resched() was set while non-preemptible. This can cause tasks to run unprotected when the should not, and can cause the user copy to be improperly blocked when scheduling back to it. Fix this by avoiding the explicit resched for preempt kernels by generating an interrupt to reschedule the context if need_resched() got set. Reported-by: Samuel Holland <samuel@sholland.org> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> Tested-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221013151647.1857994-3-npiggin@gmail.com
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