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2011-07-22Merge branch 'devel-stable' into for-nextRussell King
Conflicts: arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
2011-07-19ARM: btc: avoid invalidating the branch target cache on kernel TLB maintanenceRussell King
Kernel space needs very little in the way of BTC maintanence as most mappings which are created and destroyed are non-executable, and so could never enter the instruction stream. The case which does warrant BTC maintanence is when a module is loaded. This creates a new executable mapping, but at that point the pages have not been initialized with code and data, so at that point they contain unpredictable information. Invalidating the BTC at this stage serves little useful purpose. Before we execute module code, we call flush_icache_range(), which deals with the BTC maintanence requirements. This ensures that we have a BTC maintanence operation before we execute code via the newly created mapping. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2011-07-07ARM: mm: tlb-v7: Use the new processor struct macrosDave Martin
Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <dave.martin@linaro.org>
2010-10-04ARM: Allow SMP kernels to boot on UP systemsRussell King
UP systems do not implement all the instructions that SMP systems have, so in order to boot a SMP kernel on a UP system, we need to rewrite parts of the kernel. Do this using an 'alternatives' scheme, where the kernel code and data is modified prior to initialization to replace the SMP instructions, thereby rendering the problematical code ineffectual. We use the linker to generate a list of 32-bit word locations and their replacement values, and run through these replacements when we detect a UP system. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2010-05-08ARM: 6112/1: Use the Inner Shareable I-cache and BTB ops on ARMv7 SMPCatalin Marinas
The standard I-cache Invalidate All (ICIALLU) and Branch Predication Invalidate All (BPIALL) operations are not automatically broadcast to the other CPUs in an ARMv7 MP system. The patch adds the Inner Shareable variants, ICIALLUIS and BPIALLIS, if ARMv7 and SMP. Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2010-01-05ARM: 5858/1: Remove unused vma_vm_flags macro from v7wbi_flush_user_tlb_rangeBahadir Balban
Signed-off-by: Bahadir Balban <bbalban@b-labs.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2009-05-30Check whether the TLB operations need broadcasting on SMP systemsCatalin Marinas
ARMv7 SMP hardware can handle the TLB maintenance operations broadcasting in hardware so that the software can avoid the costly IPIs. This patch adds the necessary checks (the MMFR3 CPUID register) to avoid the broadcasting if already supported by the hardware. (this patch is based on the work done by Tony Thompson @ ARM) Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
2009-04-27arm: Use __INIT macro instead of .text.init.Tim Abbott
arm is placing some code in the .text.init section, but it does not reference that section in its linker scripts. This change moves this code from the .text.init section to the .init.text section, which is presumably where it belongs. Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@mit.edu> Acked-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-09-01[ARM] 5227/1: Add the ENDPROC declarations to the .S filesCatalin Marinas
This declaration specifies the "function" type and size for various assembly functions, mainly needed for generating the correct branch instructions in Thumb-2. Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2007-05-30[ARM] 4394/1: ARMv7: Add the TLB range operationsCatalin Marinas
We are currently using the ARMv6 operations but need to duplicate some of the code because of the introduction of the new CPU barrier instructions in ARMv7. Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>