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[SCTP]: Fix ia64 NaT consumption fault with sctp_sideffect commands.

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On ia64, it is possible to get NaT Consumption Fault and a kernel panic
when initializing sctp sideeffect commands arguments.  The union
sctp_arg_t contains different sized elements and when loading a smaller
sized element (32 or 16 bits), it is possible for a speculative load to
fail and result in a NaT bit set which causes a kernel crash.  The easy
way to get around it is to load the largerst member of the union.

Signed-off-by: Vladislav Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Sridhar Samudrala <sri@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Vladislav Yasevich 2005-11-11 16:07:40 -08:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 1e7d3d90c9
commit 19c7e9eef5
1 changed files with 4 additions and 3 deletions
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include/net/sctp/command.h
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@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ typedef union {
int error;
sctp_state_t state;
sctp_event_timeout_t to;
unsigned long zero;
void *ptr;
struct sctp_chunk *chunk;
struct sctp_association *asoc;
@ -148,17 +149,17 @@ static inline sctp_arg_t SCTP_NULL(void)
}
static inline sctp_arg_t SCTP_NOFORCE(void)
{
sctp_arg_t retval; retval.i32 = 0; return retval;
sctp_arg_t retval = {.zero = 0UL}; retval.i32 = 0; return retval;
}
static inline sctp_arg_t SCTP_FORCE(void)
{
sctp_arg_t retval; retval.i32 = 1; return retval;
sctp_arg_t retval = {.zero = 0UL}; retval.i32 = 1; return retval;
}
#define SCTP_ARG_CONSTRUCTOR(name, type, elt) \
static inline sctp_arg_t \
SCTP_## name (type arg) \
{ sctp_arg_t retval; retval.elt = arg; return retval; }
{ sctp_arg_t retval = {.zero = 0UL}; retval.elt = arg; return retval; }
SCTP_ARG_CONSTRUCTOR(I32, __s32, i32)
SCTP_ARG_CONSTRUCTOR(U32, __u32, u32)