linux-kernel - [PATCH] MIPS: kernel: Clear FPU states when setting up kernel threads

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Message-Id: <20231130163601.185270-1-tsbogend@alpha.franken.de>
Date:   Thu, 30 Nov 2023 17:36:01 +0100
From:   Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>
To:     linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     stable@...r.kernel.org, Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@...ian.org>
Subject: [PATCH] MIPS: kernel: Clear FPU states when setting up kernel threads

io_uring sets up the io worker kernel thread via a syscall out of an
user space prrocess. This process might have used FPU and since
copy_thread() didn't clear FPU states for kernel threads a BUG()
is triggered for using FPU inside kernel. Move code around
to always clear FPU state for user and kernel threads.

Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Reported-by: Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@...ian.org>
Closes: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1055021
Signed-off-by: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>
---
 arch/mips/kernel/process.c | 25 +++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/process.c b/arch/mips/kernel/process.c
index 5387ed0a5186..b630604c577f 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/process.c
@@ -121,6 +121,19 @@ int copy_thread(struct task_struct *p, const struct kernel_clone_args *args)
 	/*  Put the stack after the struct pt_regs.  */
 	childksp = (unsigned long) childregs;
 	p->thread.cp0_status = (read_c0_status() & ~(ST0_CU2|ST0_CU1)) | ST0_KERNEL_CUMASK;
+
+	/*
+	 * New tasks lose permission to use the fpu. This accelerates context
+	 * switching for most programs since they don't use the fpu.
+	 */
+	clear_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_USEDFPU);
+	clear_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_USEDMSA);
+	clear_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_MSA_CTX_LIVE);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_MT_FPAFF
+	clear_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_FPUBOUND);
+#endif /* CONFIG_MIPS_MT_FPAFF */
+
 	if (unlikely(args->fn)) {
 		/* kernel thread */
 		unsigned long status = p->thread.cp0_status;
@@ -149,20 +162,8 @@ int copy_thread(struct task_struct *p, const struct kernel_clone_args *args)
 	p->thread.reg29 = (unsigned long) childregs;
 	p->thread.reg31 = (unsigned long) ret_from_fork;
 
-	/*
-	 * New tasks lose permission to use the fpu. This accelerates context
-	 * switching for most programs since they don't use the fpu.
-	 */
 	childregs->cp0_status &= ~(ST0_CU2|ST0_CU1);
 
-	clear_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_USEDFPU);
-	clear_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_USEDMSA);
-	clear_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_MSA_CTX_LIVE);
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_MT_FPAFF
-	clear_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_FPUBOUND);
-#endif /* CONFIG_MIPS_MT_FPAFF */
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_FP_SUPPORT
 	atomic_set(&p->thread.bd_emu_frame, BD_EMUFRAME_NONE);
 #endif
-- 
2.35.3