linux-stable.git/arch/arm64/kernel, branch v3.12

arm64: fix possible invalid FPSIMD initialization state

2013-09-27T17:21:37+00:00

If context switching happens during executing fpsimd_flush_thread(),
stale value in FPSIMD registers will be saved into current thread's
fpsimd_state by fpsimd_thread_switch(). That may cause invalid
initialization state for the new process, so disable preemption
when executing fpsimd_flush_thread().

Signed-off-by: Jiang Liu 
Cc: Jiang Liu 
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas

arm64: Widen hwcap to be 64 bit

2013-09-20T08:56:07+00:00

Under arm64 elf_hwcap is a 32 bit quantity, but it is stored in
a 64 bit auxiliary ELF field and glibc reads hwcap as 64 bit.

This patch widens elf_hwcap to be 64 bit.

Signed-off-by: Steve Capper 
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas

arm64: Correctly report LR and SP for compat tasks

2013-09-20T08:56:07+00:00

When a task crashes and we print debugging information, ensure that
compat tasks show the actual AArch32 LR and SP registers rather than the
AArch64 ones.

Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas

Merge tag 'devicetree-for-linus' of git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux

2013-09-10T20:53:52+00:00

Pull device tree core updates from Grant Likely:
 "Generally minor changes.  A bunch of bug fixes, particularly for
  initialization and some refactoring.  Most notable change if feeding
  the entire flattened tree into the random pool at boot.  May not be
  significant, but shouldn't hurt either"

Tim Bird questions whether the boot time cost of the random feeding may
be noticeable.  And "add_device_randomness()" is definitely not some
speed deamon of a function.

* tag 'devicetree-for-linus' of git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux:
  of/platform: add error reporting to of_amba_device_create()
  irq/of: Fix comment typo for irq_of_parse_and_map
  of: Feed entire flattened device tree into the random pool
  of/fdt: Clean up casting in unflattening path
  of/fdt: Remove duplicate memory clearing on FDT unflattening
  gpio: implement gpio-ranges binding document fix
  of: call __of_parse_phandle_with_args from of_parse_phandle
  of: introduce of_parse_phandle_with_fixed_args
  of: move of_parse_phandle()
  of: move documentation of of_parse_phandle_with_args
  of: Fix missing memory initialization on FDT unflattening
  of: consolidate definition of early_init_dt_alloc_memory_arch()
  of: Make of_get_phy_mode() return int i.s.o. const int
  include: dt-binding: input: create a DT header defining key codes.
  of/platform: Staticize of_platform_device_create_pdata()
  of: Specify initrd location using 64-bit
  dt: Typo fix
  OF: make of_property_for_each_{u32|string}() use parameters if OF is not enabled

arm64: mm: permit use of tagged pointers at EL0

2013-09-03T09:18:02+00:00

TCR.TBI0 can be used to cause hardware address translation to ignore the
top byte of userspace virtual addresses. Whilst not especially useful in
standard C programs, this can be used by JITs to `tag' pointers with
various pieces of metadata.

This patch enables this bit for AArch64 Linux, and adds a new file to
Documentation/arm64/ which describes some potential caveats when using
tagged virtual addresses.

Signed-off-by: Will Deacon 
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas

arm64: delay: don't bother reporting bogomips in /proc/cpuinfo

2013-08-30T17:47:07+00:00

We always use a timer-backed delay loop for arm64, so don't bother
reporting a bogomips value which appears to confuse some people.

Signed-off-by: Will Deacon 
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas

of: consolidate definition of early_init_dt_alloc_memory_arch()

2013-08-28T20:18:32+00:00

Most architectures use the same implementation. Collapse the common ones
into a single weak function that can be overridden.

Signed-off-by: Grant Likely

arm64: move elf notes into readonly segment

2013-08-27T16:34:09+00:00

The current vmlinux.lds.S places the notes sections between the
end of rw data and start of bss. This means that _edata doesn't
really point to the end of data. Since notes are read-only, this
patch moves them to the read-only segment so that _edata does
point to the end of initialized rw data.

Signed-off-by: Mark Salter 
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas

arm64: Enable interrupts in the EL0 undef handler

2013-08-22T10:47:37+00:00

do_undefinstr() has to be called with interrupts disabled since it may
read the instruction from the user address space which could lead to a
data abort and subsequent might_sleep() warning in do_page_fault().

Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas

arm64: Expand arm64 image header

2013-08-22T10:45:04+00:00

Expand the arm64 image header to allow for co-existance with
PE/COFF header required by the EFI stub.  The PE/COFF format
requires the "MZ" header to be at offset 0, and the offset
to the PE/COFF header to be at offset 0x3c.  The image
header is expanded to allow 2 instructions at the beginning
to accommodate a benign intruction at offset 0 that includes
the "MZ" header, a magic number, and the offset to the PE/COFF
header.

Signed-off-by: Roy Franz 
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas