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<title>parisc: Avoid calling SMP cache flush functions on cache-less machines</title>
<updated>2022-03-16T21:52:12+00:00</updated>
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<name>Helge Deller</name>
<email>deller@gmx.de</email>
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<published>2022-03-12T20:03:33+00:00</published>
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At least the qemu virtual machine does not provide D- and I-caches,
so skip triggering SMP irqs to flush caches on such machines.

Further optimize the caching code by using static branches and making
some functions static.

Signed-off-by: Helge Deller &lt;deller@gmx.de&gt;
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At least the qemu virtual machine does not provide D- and I-caches,
so skip triggering SMP irqs to flush caches on such machines.

Further optimize the caching code by using static branches and making
some functions static.

Signed-off-by: Helge Deller &lt;deller@gmx.de&gt;
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<title>parisc: Refactor alternative code to accept multiple conditions</title>
<updated>2020-04-05T20:50:40+00:00</updated>
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<name>Helge Deller</name>
<email>deller@gmx.de</email>
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<published>2020-02-18T21:04:18+00:00</published>
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Allow the alternative loop to accept multiple conditions when replacing
existing code, e.g.
	ALTERNATIVE(ALT_COND_NO_SMP | ALT_COND_RUN_ON_QEMU, INSN_NOP)

Signed-off-by: Helge Deller &lt;deller@gmx.de&gt;
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Allow the alternative loop to accept multiple conditions when replacing
existing code, e.g.
	ALTERNATIVE(ALT_COND_NO_SMP | ALT_COND_RUN_ON_QEMU, INSN_NOP)

Signed-off-by: Helge Deller &lt;deller@gmx.de&gt;
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<title>parisc: Add ALTERNATIVE_CODE() and ALT_COND_RUN_ON_QEMU</title>
<updated>2019-08-12T17:17:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Helge Deller</name>
<email>deller@gmx.de</email>
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<published>2019-08-12T17:11:06+00:00</published>
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The macro ALTERNATIVE_CODE() allows assembly code to patch in a series
of new assembler statements given at a specific start address.
The ALT_COND_RUN_ON_QEMU condition is true if the kernel is started in a
qemu emulation.

Signed-off-by: Helge Deller &lt;deller@gmx.de&gt;
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The macro ALTERNATIVE_CODE() allows assembly code to patch in a series
of new assembler statements given at a specific start address.
The ALT_COND_RUN_ON_QEMU condition is true if the kernel is started in a
qemu emulation.

Signed-off-by: Helge Deller &lt;deller@gmx.de&gt;
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<title>parisc: Fix crash due alternative coding for NP iopdir_fdc bit</title>
<updated>2019-06-06T12:25:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Helge Deller</name>
<email>deller@gmx.de</email>
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<published>2019-05-27T19:20:00+00:00</published>
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According to the found documentation, data cache flushes and sync
instructions are needed on the PCX-U+ (PA8200, e.g. C200/C240)
platforms, while PCX-W (PA8500, e.g. C360) platforms aparently don't
need those flushes when changing the IO PDIR data structures.

We have no documentation for PCX-W+ (PA8600) and PCX-W2 (PA8700) CPUs,
but Carlo Pisani reported that his C3600 machine (PA8600, PCX-W+) fails
when the fdc instructions were removed. His firmware didn't set the NIOP
bit, so one may assume it's a firmware bug since other C3750 machines
had the bit set.

Even if documentation (as mentioned above) states that PCX-W (PA8500,
e.g.  J5000) does not need fdc flushes, Sven could show that an Adaptec
29320A PCI-X SCSI controller reliably failed on a dd command during the
first five minutes in his J5000 when fdc flushes were missing.

Going forward, we will now NOT replace the fdc and sync assembler
instructions by NOPS if:
a) the NP iopdir_fdc bit was set by firmware, or
b) we find a CPU up to and including a PCX-W+ (PA8600).

This fixes the HPMC crashes on a C240 and C36XX machines. For other
machines we rely on the firmware to set the bit when needed.

In case one finds HPMC issues, people could try to boot their machines
with the "no-alternatives" kernel option to turn off any alternative
patching.

Reported-by: Sven Schnelle &lt;svens@stackframe.org&gt;
Reported-by: Carlo Pisani &lt;carlojpisani@gmail.com&gt;
Tested-by: Sven Schnelle &lt;svens@stackframe.org&gt;
Fixes: 3847dab77421 ("parisc: Add alternative coding infrastructure")
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller &lt;deller@gmx.de&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 5.0+
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According to the found documentation, data cache flushes and sync
instructions are needed on the PCX-U+ (PA8200, e.g. C200/C240)
platforms, while PCX-W (PA8500, e.g. C360) platforms aparently don't
need those flushes when changing the IO PDIR data structures.

We have no documentation for PCX-W+ (PA8600) and PCX-W2 (PA8700) CPUs,
but Carlo Pisani reported that his C3600 machine (PA8600, PCX-W+) fails
when the fdc instructions were removed. His firmware didn't set the NIOP
bit, so one may assume it's a firmware bug since other C3750 machines
had the bit set.

Even if documentation (as mentioned above) states that PCX-W (PA8500,
e.g.  J5000) does not need fdc flushes, Sven could show that an Adaptec
29320A PCI-X SCSI controller reliably failed on a dd command during the
first five minutes in his J5000 when fdc flushes were missing.

Going forward, we will now NOT replace the fdc and sync assembler
instructions by NOPS if:
a) the NP iopdir_fdc bit was set by firmware, or
b) we find a CPU up to and including a PCX-W+ (PA8600).

This fixes the HPMC crashes on a C240 and C36XX machines. For other
machines we rely on the firmware to set the bit when needed.

In case one finds HPMC issues, people could try to boot their machines
with the "no-alternatives" kernel option to turn off any alternative
patching.

Reported-by: Sven Schnelle &lt;svens@stackframe.org&gt;
Reported-by: Carlo Pisani &lt;carlojpisani@gmail.com&gt;
Tested-by: Sven Schnelle &lt;svens@stackframe.org&gt;
Fixes: 3847dab77421 ("parisc: Add alternative coding infrastructure")
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller &lt;deller@gmx.de&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 5.0+
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<entry>
<title>parisc: Split out alternative live patching code</title>
<updated>2018-12-10T06:47:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Helge Deller</name>
<email>deller@gmx.de</email>
</author>
<published>2018-11-10T15:14:59+00:00</published>
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Move the alternative implemenation coding to alternative.c and add code to
patch modules while loading.

Signed-off-by: Helge Deller &lt;deller@gmx.de&gt;
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Move the alternative implemenation coding to alternative.c and add code to
patch modules while loading.

Signed-off-by: Helge Deller &lt;deller@gmx.de&gt;
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