[PATCH] [44x][KEXEC] Fix/Initialize PID to kernel PID before the TLB search

Suzuki K. Poulose suzuki at in.ibm.com
Mon Apr 16 17:48:21 EST 2012


Initialize the PID register with kernel pid (0) before we start
setting the TLB mapping for KEXEC. Also set the MMUCR[TID] to kernel
PID.

This was spotted while testing the kexec on ISS for 47x. ISS  doesn't
return a successful tlbsx for a kernel address with PID set to a user PID.
Though the hardware/qemu/simics work fine.

This patch is harmless and initializes the PID to 0 (kernel PID) which
is usually the case during a normal kernel boot. This would fix the kexec
on ISS for 440. I have tested this patch on sequoia board.

Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki at in.ibm.com>
Cc:	Josh Boyer <jwboyer at us.ibm.com>
---

 arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S |    8 ++++++--
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S
index 7cd07b4..d7e05d2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S
@@ -761,8 +761,12 @@ relocate_new_kernel:
 	mr	r30, r4
 	mr	r31, r5
 
-	/* Load our MSR_IS and TID to MMUCR for TLB search */
-	mfspr	r3,SPRN_PID
+	/* 
+	 * Load the PID with kernel PID (0).
+	 * Also load our MSR_IS and TID to MMUCR for TLB search.
+	 */
+	li	r3, 0
+	mtspr	SPRN_PID, r3
 	mfmsr	r4
 	andi.	r4,r4,MSR_IS at l
 	beq	wmmucr



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