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Merge branch 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc

Pull power fixes from Ben Herrenschmidt:
 "Here are a couple of powerpc fixes for 3.14.

  One is (another!) nasty TM problem, we can crash the kernel by forking
  inside a transaction.  The other one is a simple fix for an alignment
  issue which can hurt in LE mode"

* 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc:
  powerpc: Align p_dyn, p_rela and p_st symbols
  powerpc/tm: Fix crash when forking inside a transaction
Linus Torvalds 12 years ago
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      arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
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      arch/powerpc/kernel/reloc_64.S

+ 9 - 0
arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c

@@ -1048,6 +1048,15 @@ int arch_dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *dst, struct task_struct *src)
 	flush_altivec_to_thread(src);
 	flush_vsx_to_thread(src);
 	flush_spe_to_thread(src);
+	/*
+	 * Flush TM state out so we can copy it.  __switch_to_tm() does this
+	 * flush but it removes the checkpointed state from the current CPU and
+	 * transitions the CPU out of TM mode.  Hence we need to call
+	 * tm_recheckpoint_new_task() (on the same task) to restore the
+	 * checkpointed state back and the TM mode.
+	 */
+	__switch_to_tm(src);
+	tm_recheckpoint_new_task(src);
 
 	*dst = *src;
 

+ 1 - 0
arch/powerpc/kernel/reloc_64.S

@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ _GLOBAL(relocate)
 
 6:	blr
 
+.balign 8
 p_dyn:	.llong	__dynamic_start - 0b
 p_rela:	.llong	__rela_dyn_start - 0b
 p_st:	.llong	_stext - 0b