linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 095/254] MIPS: lose_fpu(): Disable FPU when MSA enabled

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Message-ID: <lsq.1519831218.593229193@decadent.org.uk>
Date:   Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:20:18 +0000
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Ralf Baechle" <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
        "Paul Burton" <paul.burton@...tec.com>, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
        "James Hogan" <james.hogan@...tec.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 095/254] MIPS: lose_fpu(): Disable FPU when MSA enabled

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

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From: James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>

commit acaf6a97d623af123314c2f8ce4cf7254f6b2fc1 upstream.

The lose_fpu() function only disables the FPU in CP0_Status.CU1 if the
FPU is in use and MSA isn't enabled.

This isn't necessarily a problem because KSTK_STATUS(current), the
version of CP0_Status stored on the kernel stack on entry from user
mode, does always get updated and gets restored when returning to user
mode, but I don't think it was intended, and it is inconsistent with the
case of only the FPU being in use. Sometimes leaving the FPU enabled may
also mask kernel bugs where FPU operations are executed when the FPU
might not be enabled.

So lets disable the FPU in the MSA case too.

Fixes: 33c771ba5c5d ("MIPS: save/disable MSA in lose_fpu")
Signed-off-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
Cc: Paul Burton <paul.burton@...tec.com>
Cc: linux-mips@...ux-mips.org
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/9323/
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 arch/mips/include/asm/fpu.h | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/fpu.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/fpu.h
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ static inline void lose_fpu(int save)
 		}
 		disable_msa();
 		clear_thread_flag(TIF_USEDMSA);
+		__disable_fpu();
 	} else if (is_fpu_owner()) {
 		if (save)
 			_save_fp(current);