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

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From: Ivan Mikhaylov <i...@de.ibm.com>


[ Upstream commit 6e2f03e292ef46eed2b31b0a344a91d514f9cd81 ]

Prevent a kernel panic caused by unintentionally clearing TCR watchdog
bits. At this point in the kernel boot, the watchdog may have already
been enabled by u-boot. The original code's attempt to write to the TCR
register results in an inadvertent clearing of the watchdog
configuration bits, causing the 476 to reset.

Signed-off-by: Ivan Mikhaylov <i...@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <m...@ellerman.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.le...@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gre...@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c |   14 +++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
@@ -719,12 +719,20 @@ static int __init get_freq(char *name, i
 static void start_cpu_decrementer(void)
 {
 #if defined(CONFIG_BOOKE) || defined(CONFIG_40x)
+       unsigned int tcr;
+
        /* Clear any pending timer interrupts */
        mtspr(SPRN_TSR, TSR_ENW | TSR_WIS | TSR_DIS | TSR_FIS);
 
-       /* Enable decrementer interrupt */
-       mtspr(SPRN_TCR, TCR_DIE);
-#endif /* defined(CONFIG_BOOKE) || defined(CONFIG_40x) */
+       tcr = mfspr(SPRN_TCR);
+       /*
+        * The watchdog may have already been enabled by u-boot. So leave
+        * TRC[WP] (Watchdog Period) alone.
+        */
+       tcr &= TCR_WP_MASK;     /* Clear all bits except for TCR[WP] */
+       tcr |= TCR_DIE;         /* Enable decrementer */
+       mtspr(SPRN_TCR, tcr);
+#endif
 }
 
 void __init generic_calibrate_decr(void)


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