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<title>powerpc/powernv: Remove OPAL v1 takeover</title>
<updated>2014-06-25T03:10:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Michael Ellerman</name>
<email>mpe@ellerman.id.au</email>
</author>
<published>2014-06-24T07:17:47+00:00</published>
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In commit 27f4488872d9 "Add OPAL takeover from PowerVM" we added support
for "takeover" on OPAL v1 machines.

This was a mode of operation where we would boot under pHyp, and query
for the presence of OPAL. If detected we would then do a special
sequence to take over the machine, and the kernel would end up running
in hypervisor mode.

OPAL v1 was never a supported product, and was never shipped outside
IBM. As far as we know no one is still using it.

Newer versions of OPAL do not use the takeover mechanism. Although the
query for OPAL should be harmless on machines with newer OPAL, we have
seen a machine where it causes a crash in Open Firmware.

The code in early_init_devtree() to copy boot_command_line into cmd_line
was added in commit 817c21ad9a1f "Get kernel command line accross OPAL
takeover", and AFAIK is only used by takeover, so should also be
removed.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
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In commit 27f4488872d9 "Add OPAL takeover from PowerVM" we added support
for "takeover" on OPAL v1 machines.

This was a mode of operation where we would boot under pHyp, and query
for the presence of OPAL. If detected we would then do a special
sequence to take over the machine, and the kernel would end up running
in hypervisor mode.

OPAL v1 was never a supported product, and was never shipped outside
IBM. As far as we know no one is still using it.

Newer versions of OPAL do not use the takeover mechanism. Although the
query for OPAL should be harmless on machines with newer OPAL, we have
seen a machine where it causes a crash in Open Firmware.

The code in early_init_devtree() to copy boot_command_line into cmd_line
was added in commit 817c21ad9a1f "Get kernel command line accross OPAL
takeover", and AFAIK is only used by takeover, so should also be
removed.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
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<title>powerpc: Remove platforms/wsp and associated pieces</title>
<updated>2014-06-11T06:35:38+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Michael Ellerman</name>
<email>mpe@ellerman.id.au</email>
</author>
<published>2014-06-02T01:20:46+00:00</published>
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__attribute__ ((unused))

WSP is the last user of CONFIG_PPC_A2, so we remove that as well.

Although CONFIG_PPC_ICSWX still exists, it's no longer selectable for
any Book3E platform, so we can remove the code in mmu-book3e.h that
depended on it.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
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__attribute__ ((unused))

WSP is the last user of CONFIG_PPC_A2, so we remove that as well.

Although CONFIG_PPC_ICSWX still exists, it's no longer selectable for
any Book3E platform, so we can remove the code in mmu-book3e.h that
depended on it.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'kconfig-diet' from Dave Hansen</title>
<updated>2013-07-04T18:25:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2013-07-04T18:25:51+00:00</published>
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Merge Kconfig menu diet patches from Dave Hansen:
 "I think the "Kernel Hacking" menu has gotten a bit out of hand.  It is
  over 120 lines long on my system with everything enabled and options
  are scattered around it haphazardly.

        http://sr71.net/~dave/linux/kconfig-horror.png

  Let's try to introduce some sanity.  This set takes that 120 lines
  down to 55 and makes it vastly easier to find some things.  It's a
  start.

  This set stands on its own, but there is plenty of room for follow-up
  patches.  The arch-specific debug options still end up getting stuck
  in the top-level "kernel hacking" menu.  OPTIMIZE_INLINING, for
  instance, could obviously go in to the "compiler options" menu, but
  the fact that it is defined in arch/ in a separate Kconfig file keeps
  it on its own for the moment.

  The Signed-off-by's in here look funky.  I changed employers while
  working on this set, so I have signoffs from both email addresses"

* emailed patches from Dave Hansen &lt;dave@sr71.net&gt;:
  hang and lockup detection menu
  kconfig: consolidate printk options
  group locking debugging options
  consolidate compilation option configs
  consolidate runtime testing configs
  order memory debugging Kconfig options
  consolidate per-arch stack overflow debugging options
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Merge Kconfig menu diet patches from Dave Hansen:
 "I think the "Kernel Hacking" menu has gotten a bit out of hand.  It is
  over 120 lines long on my system with everything enabled and options
  are scattered around it haphazardly.

        http://sr71.net/~dave/linux/kconfig-horror.png

  Let's try to introduce some sanity.  This set takes that 120 lines
  down to 55 and makes it vastly easier to find some things.  It's a
  start.

  This set stands on its own, but there is plenty of room for follow-up
  patches.  The arch-specific debug options still end up getting stuck
  in the top-level "kernel hacking" menu.  OPTIMIZE_INLINING, for
  instance, could obviously go in to the "compiler options" menu, but
  the fact that it is defined in arch/ in a separate Kconfig file keeps
  it on its own for the moment.

  The Signed-off-by's in here look funky.  I changed employers while
  working on this set, so I have signoffs from both email addresses"

* emailed patches from Dave Hansen &lt;dave@sr71.net&gt;:
  hang and lockup detection menu
  kconfig: consolidate printk options
  group locking debugging options
  consolidate compilation option configs
  consolidate runtime testing configs
  order memory debugging Kconfig options
  consolidate per-arch stack overflow debugging options
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<entry>
<title>consolidate per-arch stack overflow debugging options</title>
<updated>2013-07-04T18:25:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Dave Hansen</name>
<email>dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-07-01T20:04:42+00:00</published>
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Original posting:

	http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20121214184202.F54094D9@kernel.stglabs.ibm.com

Several architectures have similar stack debugging config options.
They all pretty much do the same thing, some with slightly
differing help text.

This patch changes the architectures to instead enable a Kconfig
boolean, and then use that boolean in the generic Kconfig.debug
to present the actual menu option.  This removes a bunch of
duplication and adds consistency across arches.

Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: James Hogan &lt;james.hogan@imgtec.com&gt;
Acked-by: Chris Metcalf &lt;cmetcalf@tilera.com&gt; [for tile]
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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Original posting:

	http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20121214184202.F54094D9@kernel.stglabs.ibm.com

Several architectures have similar stack debugging config options.
They all pretty much do the same thing, some with slightly
differing help text.

This patch changes the architectures to instead enable a Kconfig
boolean, and then use that boolean in the generic Kconfig.debug
to present the actual menu option.  This removes a bunch of
duplication and adds consistency across arches.

Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: James Hogan &lt;james.hogan@imgtec.com&gt;
Acked-by: Chris Metcalf &lt;cmetcalf@tilera.com&gt; [for tile]
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>powerpc: Add a configuration option for early BootX/OpenFirmware debug</title>
<updated>2013-06-20T06:55:12+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Alistair Popple</name>
<email>alistair@popple.id.au</email>
</author>
<published>2013-04-29T03:42:43+00:00</published>
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Signed-off-by: Alistair Popple &lt;alistair@popple.id.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
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Signed-off-by: Alistair Popple &lt;alistair@popple.id.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>powerpc: Add an in memory udbg console</title>
<updated>2013-05-07T20:36:49+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Alistair Popple</name>
<email>alistair@popple.id.au</email>
</author>
<published>2013-04-29T18:07:47+00:00</published>
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This patch adds a new udbg early debug console which utilises
statically defined input and output buffers stored within the kernel
BSS. It is primarily designed to assist with bring up of new hardware
which may not have a working console but which has a method of
reading/writing kernel memory.

This version incorporates comments made by Ben H (thanks!).

Changes from v1:
	- Add memory barriers.
	- Ensure updating of read/write positions is atomic.

Signed-off-by: Alistair Popple &lt;alistair@popple.id.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
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This patch adds a new udbg early debug console which utilises
statically defined input and output buffers stored within the kernel
BSS. It is primarily designed to assist with bring up of new hardware
which may not have a working console but which has a method of
reading/writing kernel memory.

This version incorporates comments made by Ben H (thanks!).

Changes from v1:
	- Add memory barriers.
	- Ensure updating of read/write positions is atomic.

Signed-off-by: Alistair Popple &lt;alistair@popple.id.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>powerpc: IOMMU fault injection</title>
<updated>2012-07-10T09:18:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Anton Blanchard</name>
<email>anton@samba.org</email>
</author>
<published>2012-06-24T18:26:17+00:00</published>
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Add the ability to inject IOMMU faults. We enable this per device
via a fail_iommu sysfs property, similar to fault injection on other
subsystems.

An example:

...
0003:01:00.1 Ethernet controller: Emulex Corporation OneConnect 10Gb NIC (be3) (rev 02)

To inject one error to this device:

echo 1 &gt; /sys/bus/pci/devices/0003:01:00.1/fail_iommu
echo 1 &gt; /sys/kernel/debug/fail_iommu/probability
echo 1 &gt; /sys/kernel/debug/fail_iommu/times

As feared, the first failure injected on the be3 results in an
unrecoverable error, taking down both functions of the card
permanently:

be2net 0003:01:00.1: Unrecoverable error in the card

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard &lt;anton@samba.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
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Add the ability to inject IOMMU faults. We enable this per device
via a fail_iommu sysfs property, similar to fault injection on other
subsystems.

An example:

...
0003:01:00.1 Ethernet controller: Emulex Corporation OneConnect 10Gb NIC (be3) (rev 02)

To inject one error to this device:

echo 1 &gt; /sys/bus/pci/devices/0003:01:00.1/fail_iommu
echo 1 &gt; /sys/kernel/debug/fail_iommu/probability
echo 1 &gt; /sys/kernel/debug/fail_iommu/times

As feared, the first failure injected on the be3 results in an
unrecoverable error, taking down both functions of the card
permanently:

be2net 0003:01:00.1: Unrecoverable error in the card

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard &lt;anton@samba.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>irqdomain: Remove powerpc dependency from debugfs file</title>
<updated>2012-03-29T20:31:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Grant Likely</name>
<email>grant.likely@secretlab.ca</email>
</author>
<published>2012-03-29T20:10:30+00:00</published>
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The debugfs code is really generic for all platforms.  This patch removes the
powerpc-specific directory reference and makes it available to all
architectures.

Signed-off-by: Grant Likely &lt;grant.likely@secretlab.ca&gt;
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The debugfs code is really generic for all platforms.  This patch removes the
powerpc-specific directory reference and makes it available to all
architectures.

Signed-off-by: Grant Likely &lt;grant.likely@secretlab.ca&gt;
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<entry>
<title>powerpc: remove CONFIG_PPC_ISERIES from the architecture Kconfig files</title>
<updated>2012-02-27T00:33:58+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stephen Rothwell</name>
<email>sfr@canb.auug.org.au</email>
</author>
<published>2012-02-22T14:10:12+00:00</published>
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After this, we can remove the legacy iSeries code more easily.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell &lt;sfr@canb.auug.org.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
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After this, we can remove the legacy iSeries code more easily.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell &lt;sfr@canb.auug.org.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>powerpc: Implement CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM</title>
<updated>2011-11-28T00:42:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com</name>
<email>sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-08-30T09:19:17+00:00</published>
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As described in the help text in the patch, this token restricts general
access to /dev/mem as a way of increasing the security. Specifically, access
to exclusive IOMEM and kernel RAM is denied unless CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM is
set to 'n'.

Implement the 'devmem_is_allowed()' interface for Powerpc. It will be
called from range_is_allowed() when userpsace attempts to access /dev/mem.

This patch is based on an earlier patch from Steve Best and with input from
Paul Mackerras and Scott Wood.

[BenH] Fixed a typo or two and removed the generic change which should
       be submitted as a separate patch

Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu &lt;sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
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As described in the help text in the patch, this token restricts general
access to /dev/mem as a way of increasing the security. Specifically, access
to exclusive IOMEM and kernel RAM is denied unless CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM is
set to 'n'.

Implement the 'devmem_is_allowed()' interface for Powerpc. It will be
called from range_is_allowed() when userpsace attempts to access /dev/mem.

This patch is based on an earlier patch from Steve Best and with input from
Paul Mackerras and Scott Wood.

[BenH] Fixed a typo or two and removed the generic change which should
       be submitted as a separate patch

Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu &lt;sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
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