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Message-Id: <1454030348-17736-30-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com>
Date:	Thu, 28 Jan 2016 17:16:07 -0800
From:	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com
Cc:	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.19.y-ckt 029/210] arm64: mdscr_el1: avoid exposing DCC to userspace

3.19.8-ckt14 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

---8<------------------------------------------------------------

From: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>

commit d8d23fa0f27f3b2942a7bbc7378c7735324ed519 upstream.

We don't want to expose the DCC to userspace, particularly as there is
a kernel console driver for it.

This patch resets mdscr_el1 to disable userspace access to the DCC
registers on the cold boot path.

Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
---
 arch/arm64/mm/proc.S | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S b/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S
index 4e778b1..bccdaf5 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S
@@ -201,7 +201,8 @@ ENTRY(__cpu_setup)
 
 	mov	x0, #3 << 20
 	msr	cpacr_el1, x0			// Enable FP/ASIMD
-	msr	mdscr_el1, xzr			// Reset mdscr_el1
+	mov	x0, #1 << 12			// Reset mdscr_el1 and disable
+	msr	mdscr_el1, x0			// access to the DCC from EL0
 	/*
 	 * Memory region attributes for LPAE:
 	 *
-- 
1.9.1

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