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Commit faf37c44 authored by Michael Neuling's avatar Michael Neuling Committed by Michael Ellerman
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powerpc/64s: Clear PCR on boot



Clear the PCR (Processor Compatibility Register) on boot to ensure we
are not running in a compatibility mode.

We've seen this cause problems when a crash (and kdump) occurs while
running compat mode guests. The kdump kernel then runs with the PCR
set and causes problems. The symptom in the kdump kernel (also seen in
petitboot after fast-reboot) is early userspace programs taking
sigills on newer instructions (seen in libc).

Signed-off-by: default avatarMichael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: default avatarMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
parent c1d2a313
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