linux-stable.git/arch/avr32/kernel/ocd.c, branch master Linux kernel stable tree avr32: remove support for AVR32 architecture 2017-05-01T07:27:15+00:00 Hans-Christian Noren Egtvedt egtvedt@samfundet.no 2017-02-26T11:56:39+00:00 26202873bb51fafdaa51be3e8de7aab9beb49f70 This patch drops support for AVR32 architecture from the Linux kernel. The AVR32 architecture is not keeping up with the development of the kernel, and since it shares so much of the drivers with Atmel ARM SoC, it is starting to hinder these drivers to develop swiftly. Also, all AVR32 AP7 SoC processors are end of lifed from Atmel (now Microchip). Finally, the GCC toolchain is stuck at version 4.2.x, and has not received any patches since the last release from Atmel; 4.2.4-atmel.1.1.3.avr32linux.1. When building kernel v4.10, this toolchain is no longer able to properly link the network stack. Haavard and I have came to the conclusion that we feel keeping AVR32 on life support offers more obstacles for Atmel ARMs, than it gives joy to AVR32 users. I also suspect there are very few AVR32 users left today, if anybody at all. Signed-off-by: Hans-Christian Noren Egtvedt <egtvedt@samfundet.no> Signed-off-by: Håvard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@microchip.com> Acked-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> Acked-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com> 
This patch drops support for AVR32 architecture from the Linux kernel.

The AVR32 architecture is not keeping up with the development of the
kernel, and since it shares so much of the drivers with Atmel ARM SoC,
it is starting to hinder these drivers to develop swiftly.

Also, all AVR32 AP7 SoC processors are end of lifed from Atmel (now
Microchip).

Finally, the GCC toolchain is stuck at version 4.2.x, and has not
received any patches since the last release from Atmel;
4.2.4-atmel.1.1.3.avr32linux.1. When building kernel v4.10, this
toolchain is no longer able to properly link the network stack.

Haavard and I have came to the conclusion that we feel keeping AVR32 on
life support offers more obstacles for Atmel ARMs, than it gives joy to
AVR32 users. I also suspect there are very few AVR32 users left today,
if anybody at all.

Signed-off-by: Hans-Christian Noren Egtvedt <egtvedt@samfundet.no>
Signed-off-by: Håvard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@microchip.com>
Acked-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com>
libfs: allow error return from simple attributes 2008-02-08T17:22:34+00:00 Christoph Hellwig hch@lst.de 2008-02-08T12:20:26+00:00 8b88b0998e35d239e74446cc30f354bdab86df89 Sometimes simple attributes might need to return an error, e.g. for acquiring a mutex interruptibly. In fact we have that situation in spufs already which is the original user of the simple attributes. This patch merged the temporarily forked attributes in spufs back into the main ones and allows to return errors. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: build fix] Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Cc: <stefano.brivio@polimi.it> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 
Sometimes simple attributes might need to return an error, e.g. for
acquiring a mutex interruptibly.  In fact we have that situation in
spufs already which is the original user of the simple attributes.  This
patch merged the temporarily forked attributes in spufs back into the
main ones and allows to return errors.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: build fix]
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: <stefano.brivio@polimi.it>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
[AVR32] Enable debugging only when needed 2008-01-25T07:31:39+00:00 Haavard Skinnemoen hskinnemoen@atmel.com 2007-11-27T12:50:45+00:00 13b54a50525a9685065684e1e11258d27dd27bdf Keep track of processes being debugged (including the kernel itself) and turn the OCD system on and off as appropriate. Since enabling debugging turns off some optimizations in the CPU core, this fixes the issue that enabling KProbes support or simply running a program under gdbserver will reduce system performance significantly until the next reboot. The CPU performance will still be reduced for all processes while a process is being debugged, but this is a lot better than reducing the performance forever. Signed-off-by: Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@atmel.com> 
Keep track of processes being debugged (including the kernel itself)
and turn the OCD system on and off as appropriate. Since enabling
debugging turns off some optimizations in the CPU core, this fixes the
issue that enabling KProbes support or simply running a program under
gdbserver will reduce system performance significantly until the next
reboot.

The CPU performance will still be reduced for all processes while a
process is being debugged, but this is a lot better than reducing the
performance forever.

Signed-off-by: Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@atmel.com>