linux-stable.git/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S, branch linux-3.4.y

powerpc/maple: Enable scom access functions on Maple

2011-06-29T07:48:20+00:00

Enable functions used to access SCOM if PPC_MAPLE is defined: they are
used by cpufreq driver to control hardware.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov 
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt

powerpc/kexec: Fix memory corruption from unallocated slaves

2011-05-19T04:30:43+00:00

Commit 1fc711f7ffb01089efc58042cfdbac8573d1b59a (powerpc/kexec: Fix race
in kexec shutdown) moved the write to signal the cpu had exited the kernel
from before the transition to real mode in kexec_smp_wait to kexec_wait.

Unfornately it missed that kexec_wait is used both by cpus leaving the
kernel and by secondary slave cpus that were not allocated a paca for
what ever reason -- they could be beyond nr_cpus or not described in
the current device tree for whatever reason (for example, kexec-load
was not refreshed after a cpu hotplug operation).  Cpus coming through
that path they will write to paca[NR_CPUS] which is beyond the space
allocated for the paca data and overwrite memory not allocated to pacas
but very likely still real mode accessable).

Move the write back to kexec_smp_wait, which is used only by cpus that
found their paca, but after the transition to real mode.

Signed-off-by: Milton Miller 
Cc:  # (1fc711f was backported to 2.6.32)
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt

powerpc: Remove second definition of STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD

2010-11-29T04:48:23+00:00

Since STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD is defined in asm/ptrace.h and that
is ASSEMBER safe, we can just include that instead of going via
asm-offsets.h.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell 
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt

powerpc: Unconditionally enabled irq stacks

2010-06-15T05:02:37+00:00

Irq stacks provide an essential protection from stack overflows through
external interrupts, at the cost of two additionals stacks per CPU.

Enable them unconditionally to simplify the kernel build and prevent
people from accidentally disabling them.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig 
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt

powerpc/kexec: Fix race in kexec shutdown

2010-05-21T07:31:11+00:00

In kexec_prepare_cpus, the primary CPU IPIs the secondary CPUs to
kexec_smp_down().  kexec_smp_down() calls kexec_smp_wait() which sets
the hw_cpu_id() to -1.  The primary does this while leaving IRQs on
which means the primary can take a timer interrupt which can lead to
the IPIing one of the secondary CPUs (say, for a scheduler re-balance)
but since the secondary CPU now has a hw_cpu_id = -1, we IPI CPU
-1... Kaboom!

We are hitting this case regularly on POWER7 machines.

There is also a second race, where the primary will tear down the MMU
mappings before knowing the secondaries have entered real mode.

Also, the secondaries are clearing out any pending IPIs before
guaranteeing that no more will be received.

This changes kexec_prepare_cpus() so that we turn off IRQs in the
primary CPU much earlier.  It adds a paca flag to say that the
secondaries have entered the kexec_smp_down() IPI and turned off IRQs,
rather than overloading hw_cpu_id with -1.  This new paca flag is
again used to in indicate when the secondaries has entered real mode.

It also ensures that all CPUs have their IRQs off before we clear out
any pending IPI requests (in kexec_cpu_down()) to ensure there are no
trailing IPIs left unacknowledged.

Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling 
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt

powerpc: Move VMX and VSX asm code to vector.S

2009-06-09T06:46:25+00:00

Currently, load_up_altivec and give_up_altivec are duplicated
in 32-bit and 64-bit. This creates a common implementation that
is moved away from head_32.S, head_64.S and misc_64.S and into
vector.S, using the same macros we already use for our common
implementation of load_up_fpu.

I also moved the VSX code over to vector.S though in that case
I didn't make it build on 32-bit (yet).

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt

powerpc: Disable VSX or current process in giveup_fpu/altivec

2009-04-07T05:18:59+00:00

When we call giveup_fpu, we need to need to turn off VSX for the
current process.  If we don't, on return to userspace it may execute a
VSX instruction before the next FP instruction, and not have its
register state refreshed correctly from the thread_struct.  Ditto for
altivec.

This caused a bug where an unaligned lfs or stfs results in
fix_alignment calling giveup_fpu so it can use the FPRs (in order to
do a single <-> double conversion), and then returning to userspace
with FP off but VSX on.  Then if a VSX instruction is executed, before
another FP instruction, it will proceed without another exception and
hence have the incorrect register state for VSX registers 0-31.

   lfs unaligned   <- alignment exception turns FP off but leaves VSX on

   VSX instruction <- no exception since VSX on, hence we get the
                      wrong VSX register values for VSX registers 0-31,
                      which overlap the FPRs.

Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling 
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras

powerpc: Kexec exit should not use magic numbers

2008-10-31T05:11:44+00:00

Commit 54622f10a6aabb8bb2bdacf3dd070046f03dc246 ("powerpc: Support for
relocatable kdump kernel") added a magic flag value in a register to
tell purgatory that it should be a panic kernel.  This part is wrong
and is reverted by this commit.

The kernel gets a list of memory blocks and a entry point from user space.
Its job is to copy the blocks into place and then branch to the designated
entry point (after turning "off" the mmu).

The user space tool inserts a trampoline, called purgatory, that runs
before the user supplied code.   Its job is to establish the entry
environment for the new kernel or other application based on the contents
of memory.  The purgatory code is compiled and embedded in the tool,
where it is later patched using the elf symbol table using elf symbols.

Since the tool knows it is creating a purgatory that will run after a
kernel crash, it should just patch purgatory (or the kernel directly)
if something needs to happen.

Signed-off-by: Milton Miller 
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras

powerpc: Support for relocatable kdump kernel

2008-10-22T04:01:22+00:00

This adds relocatable kernel support for kdump. With this one can
use the same regular kernel to capture the kdump. A signature (0xfeed1234)
is passed in r6 from panic code to the next kernel through kexec_sequence
and purgatory code. The signature is used to differentiate between
kdump kernel and non-kdump kernels.

The purgatory code compares the signature and sets the __kdump_flag in
head_64.S.  During the boot up, kernel code checks __kdump_flag and if it
is set, the kernel will behave as relocatable kdump kernel. This kernel
will boot at the address where it was loaded by kexec-tools ie. at the
address reserved through crashkernel boot parameter.

CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP depends on CONFIG_RELOCATABLE option to build kdump
kernel as relocatable. So the same kernel can be used as production and
kdump kernel.

This patch incorporates the changes suggested by Paul Mackerras to avoid
GOT use and to avoid two copies of the code.

Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras 
Signed-off-by: Mohan Kumar M 
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman 
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt

powerpc: Fix error path in kernel_thread function

2008-10-10T04:55:18+00:00

The powerpc 32-bit and 64-bit kernel_thread functions don't properly
propagate errors being returned by the clone syscall.  (In the case of
error, the syscall exit code returns a positive errno in r3 and sets
the CR0[SO] bit.)

This patch fixes that by negating r3 if CR0[SO] is set after the syscall.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf 
Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer 
Acked-by: Paul Mackerras 
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt