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-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c12
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c8
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c3
3 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
index f52ad5bb7109..bd2c49475473 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -283,6 +283,18 @@ int ptrace_get_reg(struct task_struct *task, int regno, unsigned long *data)
if (regno == PT_DSCR)
return get_user_dscr(task, data);
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
+ /*
+ * softe copies paca->soft_enabled variable state. Since soft_enabled is
+ * no more used as a flag, lets force usr to alway see the softe value as 1
+ * which means interrupts are not soft disabled.
+ */
+ if (regno == PT_SOFTE) {
+ *data = 1;
+ return 0;
+ }
+#endif
+
if (regno < (sizeof(struct pt_regs) / sizeof(unsigned long))) {
*data = ((unsigned long *)task->thread.regs)[regno];
return 0;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
index 9ffd73296f64..a30c6562ed66 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
@@ -111,12 +111,20 @@ static inline int save_general_regs(struct pt_regs *regs,
{
elf_greg_t64 *gregs = (elf_greg_t64 *)regs;
int i;
+ /* Force usr to alway see softe as 1 (interrupts enabled) */
+ elf_greg_t64 softe = 0x1;
WARN_ON(!FULL_REGS(regs));
for (i = 0; i <= PT_RESULT; i ++) {
if (i == 14 && !FULL_REGS(regs))
i = 32;
+ if ( i == PT_SOFTE) {
+ if(__put_user((unsigned int)softe, &frame->mc_gregs[i]))
+ return -EFAULT;
+ else
+ continue;
+ }
if (__put_user((unsigned int)gregs[i], &frame->mc_gregs[i]))
return -EFAULT;
}
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
index 4b9ca3570344..2705fba544ad 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ static long setup_sigcontext(struct sigcontext __user *sc,
struct pt_regs *regs = tsk->thread.regs;
unsigned long msr = regs->msr;
long err = 0;
+ /* Force usr to alway see softe as 1 (interrupts enabled) */
+ unsigned long softe = 0x1;
BUG_ON(tsk != current);
@@ -169,6 +171,7 @@ static long setup_sigcontext(struct sigcontext __user *sc,
WARN_ON(!FULL_REGS(regs));
err |= __copy_to_user(&sc->gp_regs, regs, GP_REGS_SIZE);
err |= __put_user(msr, &sc->gp_regs[PT_MSR]);
+ err |= __put_user(softe, &sc->gp_regs[PT_SOFTE]);
err |= __put_user(signr, &sc->signal);
err |= __put_user(handler, &sc->handler);
if (set != NULL)