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<title>linux-stable.git/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S, branch v4.2</title>
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<title>arm64: reduce ID map to a single page</title>
<updated>2015-06-02T16:44:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ard Biesheuvel</name>
<email>ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org</email>
</author>
<published>2015-06-01T11:40:33+00:00</published>
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Commit ea8c2e112445 ("arm64: Extend the idmap to the whole kernel
image") changed the early page table code so that the entire kernel
Image is covered by the identity map. This allows functions that
need to enable or disable the MMU to reside anywhere in the kernel
Image.

However, this change has the unfortunate side effect that the Image
cannot cross a physical 512 MB alignment boundary anymore, since the
early page table code cannot deal with the Image crossing a /virtual/
512 MB alignment boundary.

So instead, reduce the ID map to a single page, that is populated by
the contents of the .idmap.text section. Only three functions reside
there at the moment: __enable_mmu(), cpu_resume_mmu() and cpu_reset().
If new code is introduced that needs to manipulate the MMU state, it
should be added to this section as well.

Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Tested-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
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Commit ea8c2e112445 ("arm64: Extend the idmap to the whole kernel
image") changed the early page table code so that the entire kernel
Image is covered by the identity map. This allows functions that
need to enable or disable the MMU to reside anywhere in the kernel
Image.

However, this change has the unfortunate side effect that the Image
cannot cross a physical 512 MB alignment boundary anymore, since the
early page table code cannot deal with the Image crossing a /virtual/
512 MB alignment boundary.

So instead, reduce the ID map to a single page, that is populated by
the contents of the .idmap.text section. Only three functions reside
there at the moment: __enable_mmu(), cpu_resume_mmu() and cpu_reset().
If new code is introduced that needs to manipulate the MMU state, it
should be added to this section as well.

Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Tested-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>arm64: use fixmap region for permanent FDT mapping</title>
<updated>2015-06-02T15:31:33+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ard Biesheuvel</name>
<email>ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org</email>
</author>
<published>2015-06-01T11:40:32+00:00</published>
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Currently, the FDT blob needs to be in the same 512 MB region as
the kernel, so that it can be mapped into the kernel virtual memory
space very early on using a minimal set of statically allocated
translation tables.

Now that we have early fixmap support, we can relax this restriction,
by moving the permanent FDT mapping to the fixmap region instead.
This way, the FDT blob may be anywhere in memory.

This also moves the vetting of the FDT to mmu.c, since the early
init code in head.S does not handle mapping of the FDT anymore.
At the same time, fix up some comments in head.S that have gone stale.

Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Tested-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
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Currently, the FDT blob needs to be in the same 512 MB region as
the kernel, so that it can be mapped into the kernel virtual memory
space very early on using a minimal set of statically allocated
translation tables.

Now that we have early fixmap support, we can relax this restriction,
by moving the permanent FDT mapping to the fixmap region instead.
This way, the FDT blob may be anywhere in memory.

This also moves the vetting of the FDT to mmu.c, since the early
init code in head.S does not handle mapping of the FDT anymore.
At the same time, fix up some comments in head.S that have gone stale.

Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Tested-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>arm64: head.S: ensure idmap_t0sz is visible</title>
<updated>2015-03-24T15:13:58+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mark Rutland</name>
<email>mark.rutland@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-03-24T15:10:21+00:00</published>
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We write idmap_t0sz with SCTLR_EL1.{C,M} clear, but we only have the
guarnatee that the kernel Image is clean, not invalid in the caches, and
therefore we might read a stale value once the MMU is enabled.

This patch ensures we invalidate the corresponding cacheline after the
write as we do for all other data written before we set SCTLR_EL1.{C.M},
guaranteeing that the value will be visible later. We rely on the DSBs
in __create_page_tables to complete the maintenance.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
CC: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
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We write idmap_t0sz with SCTLR_EL1.{C,M} clear, but we only have the
guarnatee that the kernel Image is clean, not invalid in the caches, and
therefore we might read a stale value once the MMU is enabled.

This patch ensures we invalidate the corresponding cacheline after the
write as we do for all other data written before we set SCTLR_EL1.{C.M},
guaranteeing that the value will be visible later. We rely on the DSBs
in __create_page_tables to complete the maintenance.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
CC: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>arm64: head.S: ensure visibility of page tables</title>
<updated>2015-03-24T14:36:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mark Rutland</name>
<email>mark.rutland@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-03-24T13:50:27+00:00</published>
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After writing the page tables, we use __inval_cache_range to invalidate
any stale cache entries. Strongly Ordered memory accesses are not
ordered w.r.t. cache maintenance instructions, and hence explicit memory
barriers are required to provide this ordering. However,
__inval_cache_range was written to be used on Normal Cacheable memory
once the MMU and caches are on, and does not have any barriers prior to
the DC instructions.

This patch adds a DMB between the page tables being written and the
corresponding cachelines being invalidated, ensuring that the
invalidation makes the new data visible to subsequent cacheable
accesses. A barrier is not required before the prior invalidate as we do
not access the page table memory area prior to this, and earlier
barriers in preserve_boot_args and set_cpu_boot_mode_flag ensures
ordering w.r.t. any stores performed prior to entering Linux.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Fixes: c218bca74eeafa2f ("arm64: Relax the kernel cache requirements for boot")
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
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After writing the page tables, we use __inval_cache_range to invalidate
any stale cache entries. Strongly Ordered memory accesses are not
ordered w.r.t. cache maintenance instructions, and hence explicit memory
barriers are required to provide this ordering. However,
__inval_cache_range was written to be used on Normal Cacheable memory
once the MMU and caches are on, and does not have any barriers prior to
the DC instructions.

This patch adds a DMB between the page tables being written and the
corresponding cachelines being invalidated, ensuring that the
invalidation makes the new data visible to subsequent cacheable
accesses. A barrier is not required before the prior invalidate as we do
not access the page table memory area prior to this, and earlier
barriers in preserve_boot_args and set_cpu_boot_mode_flag ensures
ordering w.r.t. any stores performed prior to entering Linux.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Fixes: c218bca74eeafa2f ("arm64: Relax the kernel cache requirements for boot")
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>arm64: mm: increase VA range of identity map</title>
<updated>2015-03-23T11:35:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ard Biesheuvel</name>
<email>ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org</email>
</author>
<published>2015-03-19T16:42:27+00:00</published>
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The page size and the number of translation levels, and hence the supported
virtual address range, are build-time configurables on arm64 whose optimal
values are use case dependent. However, in the current implementation, if
the system's RAM is located at a very high offset, the virtual address range
needs to reflect that merely because the identity mapping, which is only used
to enable or disable the MMU, requires the extended virtual range to map the
physical memory at an equal virtual offset.

This patch relaxes that requirement, by increasing the number of translation
levels for the identity mapping only, and only when actually needed, i.e.,
when system RAM's offset is found to be out of reach at runtime.

Tested-by: Laura Abbott &lt;lauraa@codeaurora.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Tested-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;marc.zyngier@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
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The page size and the number of translation levels, and hence the supported
virtual address range, are build-time configurables on arm64 whose optimal
values are use case dependent. However, in the current implementation, if
the system's RAM is located at a very high offset, the virtual address range
needs to reflect that merely because the identity mapping, which is only used
to enable or disable the MMU, requires the extended virtual range to map the
physical memory at an equal virtual offset.

This patch relaxes that requirement, by increasing the number of translation
levels for the identity mapping only, and only when actually needed, i.e.,
when system RAM's offset is found to be out of reach at runtime.

Tested-by: Laura Abbott &lt;lauraa@codeaurora.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Tested-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;marc.zyngier@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>arm64: enforce x1|x2|x3 == 0 upon kernel entry as per boot protocol</title>
<updated>2015-03-19T19:46:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ard Biesheuvel</name>
<email>ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org</email>
</author>
<published>2015-03-17T09:55:12+00:00</published>
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According to the arm64 boot protocol, registers x1 to x3 should be
zero upon kernel entry, and non-zero values are reserved for future
use. This future use is going to be problematic if we never enforce
the current rules, so start enforcing them now, by emitting a warning
if non-zero values are detected.

Acked-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
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According to the arm64 boot protocol, registers x1 to x3 should be
zero upon kernel entry, and non-zero values are reserved for future
use. This future use is going to be problematic if we never enforce
the current rules, so start enforcing them now, by emitting a warning
if non-zero values are detected.

Acked-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>arm64: remove __calc_phys_offset</title>
<updated>2015-03-19T19:46:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ard Biesheuvel</name>
<email>ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org</email>
</author>
<published>2015-03-17T08:14:29+00:00</published>
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This removes the function __calc_phys_offset and all open coded
virtual to physical address translations using the offset kept
in x28.

Instead, just use absolute or PC-relative symbol references as
appropriate when referring to virtual or physical addresses,
respectively.

Tested-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
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This removes the function __calc_phys_offset and all open coded
virtual to physical address translations using the offset kept
in x28.

Instead, just use absolute or PC-relative symbol references as
appropriate when referring to virtual or physical addresses,
respectively.

Tested-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>arm64: merge __enable_mmu and __turn_mmu_on</title>
<updated>2015-03-19T19:46:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ard Biesheuvel</name>
<email>ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org</email>
</author>
<published>2015-03-17T07:59:53+00:00</published>
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Enabling of the MMU is split into two functions, with an align and
a branch in the middle. On arm64, the entire kernel Image is ID mapped
so this is really not necessary, and we can just merge it into a
single function.

Also replaces an open coded adrp/add reference to __enable_mmu pair
with adr_l.

Tested-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
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Enabling of the MMU is split into two functions, with an align and
a branch in the middle. On arm64, the entire kernel Image is ID mapped
so this is really not necessary, and we can just merge it into a
single function.

Also replaces an open coded adrp/add reference to __enable_mmu pair
with adr_l.

Tested-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>arm64: use PC-relative reference for secondary_holding_pen_release</title>
<updated>2015-03-19T19:46:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ard Biesheuvel</name>
<email>ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org</email>
</author>
<published>2015-03-10T14:00:03+00:00</published>
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Replace the confusing virtual/physical address arithmetic with a simple
PC-relative reference.

Tested-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
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Replace the confusing virtual/physical address arithmetic with a simple
PC-relative reference.

Tested-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>arm64: remove __switch_data object from head.S</title>
<updated>2015-03-19T19:46:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ard Biesheuvel</name>
<email>ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org</email>
</author>
<published>2015-03-04T10:51:48+00:00</published>
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This removes the confusing __switch_data object from head.S,
and replaces it with standard PC-relative references to the
various symbols it encapsulates.

Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Tested-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
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This removes the confusing __switch_data object from head.S,
and replaces it with standard PC-relative references to the
various symbols it encapsulates.

Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Tested-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
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