[PATCH 3.15 47/66] powerpc/perf: Ensure all EBB register state is cleared on fork()

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3.15-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 3df48c981d5a9610e02e9270b1bc4274fb536710 upstream.

In commit 330a1eb "Core EBB support for 64-bit book3s" I messed up
clear_task_ebb(). It clears some but not all of the task's Event Based
Branch (EBB) registers when we duplicate a task struct.

That allows a child task to observe the EBBHR & EBBRR of its parent,
which it should not be able to do.

Fix it by clearing EBBHR & EBBRR.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/switch_to.h |    2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/switch_to.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/switch_to.h
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ static inline void clear_task_ebb(struct
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64
     /* EBB perf events are not inherited, so clear all EBB state. */
+    t->thread.ebbrr = 0;
+    t->thread.ebbhr = 0;
     t->thread.bescr = 0;
     t->thread.mmcr2 = 0;
     t->thread.mmcr0 = 0;


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