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powerpc/perf: Ensure all EBB register state is cleared on fork()

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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@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org [v3.11+]
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
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Michael Ellerman 2014-06-10 16:46:21 +10:00 committed by Benjamin Herrenschmidt
parent caf69ba627
commit 3df48c981d
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@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ static inline void clear_task_ebb(struct task_struct *t)
{
#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;