This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled MIPS: kernel: Clear FPU states when setting up kernel threads to the 6.1-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: mips-kernel-clear-fpu-states-when-setting-up-kernel-threads.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From a58a173444a68412bb08849bd81c679395f20ca0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2023 17:36:01 +0100 Subject: MIPS: kernel: Clear FPU states when setting up kernel threads From: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit a58a173444a68412bb08849bd81c679395f20ca0 upstream. io_uring sets up the io worker kernel thread via a syscall out of an user space prrocess. This process might have used FPU and since copy_thread() didn't clear FPU states for kernel threads a BUG() is triggered for using FPU inside kernel. Move code around to always clear FPU state for user and kernel threads. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Reported-by: Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@xxxxxxxxxx> Closes: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1055021 Suggested-by: Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@xxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/mips/kernel/process.c | 25 +++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) --- a/arch/mips/kernel/process.c +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/process.c @@ -121,6 +121,19 @@ int copy_thread(struct task_struct *p, c /* Put the stack after the struct pt_regs. */ childksp = (unsigned long) childregs; p->thread.cp0_status = (read_c0_status() & ~(ST0_CU2|ST0_CU1)) | ST0_KERNEL_CUMASK; + + /* + * New tasks lose permission to use the fpu. This accelerates context + * switching for most programs since they don't use the fpu. + */ + clear_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_USEDFPU); + clear_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_USEDMSA); + clear_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_MSA_CTX_LIVE); + +#ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_MT_FPAFF + clear_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_FPUBOUND); +#endif /* CONFIG_MIPS_MT_FPAFF */ + if (unlikely(args->fn)) { /* kernel thread */ unsigned long status = p->thread.cp0_status; @@ -149,20 +162,8 @@ int copy_thread(struct task_struct *p, c p->thread.reg29 = (unsigned long) childregs; p->thread.reg31 = (unsigned long) ret_from_fork; - /* - * New tasks lose permission to use the fpu. This accelerates context - * switching for most programs since they don't use the fpu. - */ childregs->cp0_status &= ~(ST0_CU2|ST0_CU1); - clear_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_USEDFPU); - clear_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_USEDMSA); - clear_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_MSA_CTX_LIVE); - -#ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_MT_FPAFF - clear_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_FPUBOUND); -#endif /* CONFIG_MIPS_MT_FPAFF */ - #ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_FP_SUPPORT atomic_set(&p->thread.bd_emu_frame, BD_EMUFRAME_NONE); #endif Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from tsbogend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-6.1/mips-kernel-clear-fpu-states-when-setting-up-kernel-threads.patch queue-6.1/mips-loongson64-handle-more-memory-types-passed-from-firmware.patch queue-6.1/mips-loongson64-enable-dma-noncoherent-support.patch queue-6.1/mips-loongson64-reserve-vgabios-memory-on-boot.patch