Re: [PATCHv2 1/7] ppc bpf/jit: Disable classic BPF JIT on ppc64le

From: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo
Date: Wed Jun 22 2016 - 12:51:00 EST


On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 09:55:01PM +0530, Naveen N. Rao wrote:
> Classic BPF JIT was never ported completely to work on little endian
> powerpc. However, it can be enabled and will crash the system when used.
> As such, disable use of BPF JIT on ppc64le.

Thanks, Naveen.

Acked-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@xxxxxxxxxx>

>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Matt Evans <matt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Denis Kirjanov <kda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> index 01f7464..0a9d439 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ config PPC
> select IRQ_FORCED_THREADING
> select HAVE_RCU_TABLE_FREE if SMP
> select HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
> - select HAVE_CBPF_JIT
> + select HAVE_CBPF_JIT if CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
> select HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL
> select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
> select ARCH_HAS_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL
> --
> 2.8.2
>