[PATCH] [POWERPC] 4xx: Clear new TLB cache attribute bits in Data Storage vector

Josh Boyer jwboyer at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Wed Jun 18 08:36:08 EST 2008


On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:34:39 -0400
Josh Boyer <jwboyer at linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> A recent commit added support for the new 440x6 and 464 cores that have the
> added WL1, IL1I, IL1D, IL2I, and ILD2 bits for the caching attributes in the
> TLBs.  The new bits were cleared in the finish_tlb_load function, however a
> similar bit of code was missed in the DataStorage interrupt vector.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer at linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Paul,  this needs to go into 2.6.26.  Do you have anything else queued
up at the moment, or should I put this in my tree and ask Linus to pull
it in?

Sorry for the late fix.  It was just noticed today.

josh

> ---
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S |    7 ++++++-
>  1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S
> index c2b9dc4..22b5d2c 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S
> @@ -368,7 +368,12 @@ interrupt_base:
>  
>  	rlwimi	r11,r13,0,26,31		/* Insert static perms */
>  
> -	rlwinm	r11,r11,0,20,15		/* Clear U0-U3 */
> +	/*
> +	 * Clear U0-U3 and WL1 IL1I IL1D IL2I IL2D bits which are added
> +	 * on newer 440 cores like the 440x6 used on AMCC 460EX/460GT (see
> +	 * include/asm-powerpc/pgtable-ppc32.h for details).
> +	 */
> +	rlwinm	r11,r11,0,20,10
>  
>  	/* find the TLB index that caused the fault.  It has to be here. */
>  	tlbsx	r10, 0, r10



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