The patch below does not apply to the 4.4-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
>From 5a69aec945d27e78abac9fd032533d3aaebf7c1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 16:01:14 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] powerpc: Fix VSX enabling/flushing to also test MSR_FP and
MSR_VEC
VSX uses a combination of the old vector registers, the old FP
registers and new "second halves" of the FP registers.
Thus when we need to see the VSX state in the thread struct
(flush_vsx_to_thread()) or when we'll use the VSX in the kernel
(enable_kernel_vsx()) we need to ensure they are all flushed into
the thread struct if either of them is individually enabled.
Unfortunately we only tested if the whole VSX was enabled, not if they
were individually enabled.
Fixes: 72cd7b44bc99 ("powerpc: Uncomment and make enable_kernel_vsx() routine available")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v4.3+
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index ec480966f9bf..1f0fd361e09b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -362,7 +362,8 @@ void enable_kernel_vsx(void)
cpumsr = msr_check_and_set(MSR_FP|MSR_VEC|MSR_VSX);
- if (current->thread.regs && (current->thread.regs->msr & MSR_VSX)) {
+ if (current->thread.regs &&
+ (current->thread.regs->msr & (MSR_VSX|MSR_VEC|MSR_FP))) {
check_if_tm_restore_required(current);
/*
* If a thread has already been reclaimed then the
@@ -386,7 +387,7 @@ void flush_vsx_to_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
{
if (tsk->thread.regs) {
preempt_disable();
- if (tsk->thread.regs->msr & MSR_VSX) {
+ if (tsk->thread.regs->msr & (MSR_VSX|MSR_VEC|MSR_FP)) {
BUG_ON(tsk != current);
giveup_vsx(tsk);
}