linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 136/306] arm64: kernel: Init MDCR

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Date:   Wed, 15 Feb 2017 22:41:40 +0000
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        "Lorenzo Pieralisi" <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>,
        "Will Deacon" <will.deacon@....com>,
        "Marc Zyngier" <marc.zyngier@....com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 136/306] arm64: kernel: Init MDCR_EL2 even in the
 absence of a PMU

3.16.40-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>

commit 850540351bb1a4fa5f192e5ce55b89928cc57f42 upstream.

Commit f436b2ac90a0 ("arm64: kernel: fix architected PMU registers
unconditional access") made sure we wouldn't access unimplemented
PMU registers, but also left MDCR_EL2 uninitialized in that case,
leading to trap bits being potentially left set.

Make sure we always write something in that register.

Fixes: f436b2ac90a0 ("arm64: kernel: fix architected PMU registers unconditional access")
Cc: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
@@ -322,8 +322,9 @@ CPU_LE(	movk	x0, #0x30d0, lsl #16	)	// C
 	b.lt	4f				// Skip if no PMU present
 	mrs	x0, pmcr_el0			// Disable debug access traps
 	ubfx	x0, x0, #11, #5			// to EL2 and allow access to
-	msr	mdcr_el2, x0			// all PMU counters from EL1
 4:
+	csel	x0, xzr, x0, lt			// all PMU counters from EL1
+	msr	mdcr_el2, x0			// (if they exist)
 
 	/* Stage-2 translation */
 	msr	vttbr_el2, xzr