This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled powerpc/[booke|4xx]: Don't clobber TCR[WP] when setting TCR[DIE] to the 4.4-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: powerpc-don-t-clobber-tcr-when-setting-tcr.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From foo@baz Tue Apr 10 10:31:53 CEST 2018 From: Ivan Mikhaylov <ivan@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 18:47:05 +0300 Subject: powerpc/[booke|4xx]: Don't clobber TCR[WP] when setting TCR[DIE] From: Ivan Mikhaylov <ivan@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 6e2f03e292ef46eed2b31b0a344a91d514f9cd81 ] Prevent a kernel panic caused by unintentionally clearing TCR watchdog bits. At this point in the kernel boot, the watchdog may have already been enabled by u-boot. The original code's attempt to write to the TCR register results in an inadvertent clearing of the watchdog configuration bits, causing the 476 to reset. Signed-off-by: Ivan Mikhaylov <ivan@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c | 14 +++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c @@ -686,12 +686,20 @@ static int __init get_freq(char *name, i static void start_cpu_decrementer(void) { #if defined(CONFIG_BOOKE) || defined(CONFIG_40x) + unsigned int tcr; + /* Clear any pending timer interrupts */ mtspr(SPRN_TSR, TSR_ENW | TSR_WIS | TSR_DIS | TSR_FIS); - /* Enable decrementer interrupt */ - mtspr(SPRN_TCR, TCR_DIE); -#endif /* defined(CONFIG_BOOKE) || defined(CONFIG_40x) */ + tcr = mfspr(SPRN_TCR); + /* + * The watchdog may have already been enabled by u-boot. So leave + * TRC[WP] (Watchdog Period) alone. + */ + tcr &= TCR_WP_MASK; /* Clear all bits except for TCR[WP] */ + tcr |= TCR_DIE; /* Enable decrementer */ + mtspr(SPRN_TCR, tcr); +#endif } void __init generic_calibrate_decr(void) Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from ivan@xxxxxxxxxx are queue-4.4/powerpc-don-t-clobber-tcr-when-setting-tcr.patch