[PATCH 04/10] 8xx: Always pin kernel instruction TLB
Benjamin Herrenschmidt
benh at kernel.crashing.org
Wed Dec 9 15:19:59 EST 2009
On Fri, 2009-11-20 at 11:21 +0100, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
> Various kernel asm modifies SRR0/SRR1 just before executing
> a rfi. If such code crosses a page boundary you risk a TLB miss
> which will clobber SRR0/SRR1. Avoid this by always pinning
> kernel instruction TLB space.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joakim Tjernlund <Joakim.Tjernlund at transmode.se>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S | 2 +-
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
> index a9f1ace..e70503d 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
> @@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ start_here:
> */
> initial_mmu:
> tlbia /* Invalidate all TLB entries */
> -#ifdef CONFIG_PIN_TLB
> +#if 1 /* CONFIG_PIN_TLB */
> lis r8, MI_RSV4I at h
> ori r8, r8, 0x1c00
> #else
Not nice. Either remove the config option or make sure all those code
sequences are appropriately aligned so it doesn't happen. I recommend
the later :-)
I'll apply the other patches.
Cheers,
Ben.
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