[PATCH 04/10] 8xx: Always pin kernel instruction TLB
Joakim Tjernlund
Joakim.Tjernlund at transmode.se
Sat Nov 14 21:42:22 EST 2009
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 bca22fa..0c2bf00 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ 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
--
1.6.4.4
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