Re: [PATCH] powerpc/8xx: Fix clearing of bits 20-23 in ITLB miss

[Leonardo Bras]

Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxx> writes:

> In ITLB miss handled the line supposed to clear bits 20-23 on the
> L2 ITLB entry is buggy and does indeed nothing, leading to undefined
> value which could allow execution when it shouldn't.
>
> Properly do the clearing with the relevant instruction.
>
> Fixes: 74fabcadfd43 ("powerpc/8xx: don't use r12/SPRN_SPRG_SCRATCH2 in TLB Miss handlers")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
> index 9922306ae512..073a651787df 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
> @@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ InstructionTLBMiss:
>  	 * set.  All other Linux PTE bits control the behavior
>  	 * of the MMU.
>  	 */
> -	rlwimi	r10, r10, 0, 0x0f00	/* Clear bits 20-23 */
> +	rlwinm	r10, r10, 0, ~0x0f00	/* Clear bits 20-23 */
>  	rlwimi	r10, r10, 4, 0x0400	/* Copy _PAGE_EXEC into bit 21 */
>  	ori	r10, r10, RPN_PATTERN | 0x200 /* Set 22 and 24-27 */
>  	mtspr	SPRN_MI_RPN, r10	/* Update TLB entry */
> -- 
> 2.25.0

Looks a valid change.
rlwimi  r10, r10, 0, 0x0f00 means: 
r10 = ((r10 << 0) & 0x0f00) | (r10 & ~0x0f00) which ends up being
r10 = r10 

On ISA, rlwinm is recommended for clearing high order bits.
rlwinm  r10, r10, 0, ~0x0f00 means:
r10 = (r10 << 0) & ~0x0f00

Which does exactly what the comments suggests.

FWIW:
Reviwed-by: Leonardo Bras <leonardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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