1. 20 Nov, 2014 9 commits
  2. 18 Nov, 2014 1 commit
    • Yann Droneaud's avatar
      arm64/mm: Remove hack in mmap randomize layout · d6c763af
      Yann Droneaud authored
      Since commit 8a0a9bd4 ('random: make get_random_int() more
      random'), get_random_int() returns a random value for each call,
      so comment and hack introduced in mmap_rnd() as part of commit
      1d18c47c ('arm64: MMU fault handling and page table management')
      are incorrects.
      
      Commit 1d18c47c seems to use the same hack introduced by
      commit a5adc91a ('powerpc: Ensure random space between stack
      and mmaps'), latter copied in commit 5a0efea0 ('sparc64: Sharpen
      address space randomization calculations.').
      
      But both architectures were cleaned up as part of commit
      fa8cbaaf ('powerpc+sparc64/mm: Remove hack in mmap randomize
      layout') as hack is no more needed since commit 8a0a9bd4.
      
      So the present patch removes the comment and the hack around
      get_random_int() on AArch64's mmap_rnd().
      
      Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
      Cc: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
      Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
      Acked-by: default avatarWill Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
      Acked-by: default avatarDan McGee <dpmcgee@gmail.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarYann Droneaud <ydroneaud@opteya.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarWill Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
      d6c763af
  3. 17 Nov, 2014 2 commits
    • Catalin Marinas's avatar
      arm64: Add COMPAT_HWCAP_LPAE · 7d57511d
      Catalin Marinas authored
      Commit a469abd0 (ARM: elf: add new hwcap for identifying atomic
      ldrd/strd instructions) introduces HWCAP_ELF for 32-bit ARM
      applications. As LPAE is always present on arm64, report the
      corresponding compat HWCAP to user space.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarCatalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
      Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.11+
      Signed-off-by: default avatarWill Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
      7d57511d
    • Will Deacon's avatar
      mmu_gather: move minimal range calculations into generic code · fb7332a9
      Will Deacon authored
      On architectures with hardware broadcasting of TLB invalidation messages
      , it makes sense to reduce the range of the mmu_gather structure when
      unmapping page ranges based on the dirty address information passed to
      tlb_remove_tlb_entry.
      
      arm64 already does this by directly manipulating the start/end fields
      of the gather structure, but this confuses the generic code which
      does not expect these fields to change and can end up calculating
      invalid, negative ranges when forcing a flush in zap_pte_range.
      
      This patch moves the minimal range calculation out of the arm64 code
      and into the generic implementation, simplifying zap_pte_range in the
      process (which no longer needs to care about start/end, since they will
      point to the appropriate ranges already). With the range being tracked
      by core code, the need_flush flag is dropped in favour of checking that
      the end of the range has actually been set.
      
      Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
      Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
      Cc: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
      Cc: Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu>
      Acked-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarWill Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
      fb7332a9
  4. 14 Nov, 2014 3 commits
    • Will Deacon's avatar
      arm64: entry: use ldp/stp instead of push/pop when saving/restoring regs · 63648dd2
      Will Deacon authored
      The push/pop instructions can be suboptimal when saving/restoring large
      amounts of data to/from the stack, for example on entry/exit from the
      kernel. This is because:
      
        (1) They act on descending addresses (i.e. the newly decremented sp),
            which may defeat some hardware prefetchers
      
        (2) They introduce an implicit dependency between each instruction, as
            the sp has to be updated in order to resolve the address of the
            next access.
      
      This patch removes the push/pop instructions from our kernel entry/exit
      macros in favour of ldp/stp plus offset.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarWill Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
      63648dd2
    • Will Deacon's avatar
      arm64: entry: avoid writing lr explicitly for constructing return paths · d54e81f9
      Will Deacon authored
      Using an explicit adr instruction to set the link register to point at
      ret_fast_syscall/ret_to_user can defeat branch and return stack predictors.
      
      Instead, use the standard calling instructions (bl, blr) and have an
      unconditional branch as the following instruction.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarWill Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
      d54e81f9
    • Mark Rutland's avatar
      arm64: Fix up /proc/cpuinfo · 44b82b77
      Mark Rutland authored
      Commit d7a49086 (arm64: cpuinfo: print info for all CPUs)
      attempted to clean up /proc/cpuinfo, but due to concerns regarding
      further changes was reverted in commit 5e39977e (Revert "arm64:
      cpuinfo: print info for all CPUs").
      
      There are two major issues with the arm64 /proc/cpuinfo format
      currently:
      
      * The "Features" line describes (only) the 64-bit hwcaps, which is
        problematic for some 32-bit applications which attempt to parse it. As
        the same names are used for analogous ISA features (e.g. aes) despite
        these generally being architecturally unrelated, it is not possible to
        simply append the 64-bit and 32-bit hwcaps in a manner that might not
        be misleading to some applications.
      
        Various potential solutions have appeared in vendor kernels. Typically
        the format of the Features line varies depending on whether the task
        is 32-bit.
      
      * Information is only printed regarding a single CPU. This does not
        match the ARM format, and does not provide sufficient information in
        big.LITTLE systems where CPUs are heterogeneous. The CPU information
        printed is queried from the current CPU's registers, which is racy
        w.r.t. cross-cpu migration.
      
      This patch attempts to solve these issues. The following changes are
      made:
      
      * When a task with a LINUX32 personality attempts to read /proc/cpuinfo,
        the "Features" line contains the decoded 32-bit hwcaps, as with the
        arm port. Otherwise, the decoded 64-bit hwcaps are shown. This aligns
        with the behaviour of COMPAT_UTS_MACHINE and COMPAT_ELF_PLATFORM. In
        the absense of compat support, the Features line is empty.
      
        The set of hwcaps injected into a task's auxval are unaffected.
      
      * Properties are printed per-cpu, as with the ARM port. The per-cpu
        information is queried from pre-recorded cpu information (as used by
        the sanity checks).
      
      * As with the previous attempt at fixing up /proc/cpuinfo, the hardware
        field is removed. The only users so far are 32-bit applications tied
        to particular boards, so no portable applications should be affected,
        and this should prevent future tying to particular boards.
      
      The following differences remain:
      
      * No model_name is printed, as this cannot be queried from the hardware
        and cannot be provided in a stable fashion. Use of the CPU
        {implementor,variant,part,revision} fields is sufficient to identify a
        CPU and is portable across arm and arm64.
      
      * The following system-wide properties are not provided, as they are not
        possible to provide generally. Programs relying on these are already
        tied to particular (32-bit only) boards:
        - Hardware
        - Revision
        - Serial
      
      No software has yet been identified for which these remaining
      differences are problematic.
      
      Cc: Greg Hackmann <ghackmann@google.com>
      Cc: Ian Campbell <ijc@hellion.org.uk>
      Cc: Serban Constantinescu <serban.constantinescu@arm.com>
      Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
      Cc: cross-distro@lists.linaro.org
      Cc: linux-api@vger.kernel.org
      Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
      Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
      Acked-by: default avatarCatalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarMark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarWill Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
      44b82b77
  5. 07 Nov, 2014 2 commits
  6. 06 Nov, 2014 7 commits
  7. 05 Nov, 2014 11 commits
  8. 26 Oct, 2014 4 commits
    • Linus Torvalds's avatar
      Linux 3.18-rc2 · cac7f242
      Linus Torvalds authored
      cac7f242
    • Linus Torvalds's avatar
      Merge tag 'armsoc-for-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm/arm-soc · 88e23761
      Linus Torvalds authored
      Pull ARM SoC fixes from Olof Johansson:
       "Another week, another small batch of fixes.
      
        Most of these make zynq, socfpga and sunxi platforms work a bit
        better:
      
         - due to new requirements for regulators, DWMMC on socfpga broke past
           v3.17
         - SMP spinup fix for socfpga
         - a few DT fixes for zynq
         - another option (FIXED_REGULATOR) for sunxi is needed that used to
           be selected by other options but no longer is.
         - a couple of small DT fixes for at91
         - ...and a couple for i.MX"
      
      * tag 'armsoc-for-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm/arm-soc:
        ARM: dts: imx28-evk: Let i2c0 run at 100kHz
        ARM: i.MX6: Fix "emi" clock name typo
        ARM: multi_v7_defconfig: enable CONFIG_MMC_DW_ROCKCHIP
        ARM: sunxi_defconfig: enable CONFIG_REGULATOR_FIXED_VOLTAGE
        ARM: dts: socfpga: Add a 3.3V fixed regulator node
        ARM: dts: socfpga: Fix SD card detect
        ARM: dts: socfpga: rename gpio nodes
        ARM: at91/dt: sam9263: fix PLLB frequencies
        power: reset: at91-reset: fix power down register
        MAINTAINERS: add atmel ssc driver maintainer entry
        arm: socfpga: fix fetching cpu1start_addr for SMP
        ARM: zynq: DT: trivial: Fix mc node
        ARM: zynq: DT: Add cadence watchdog node
        ARM: zynq: DT: Add missing reference for memory-controller
        ARM: zynq: DT: Add missing reference for ADC
        ARM: zynq: DT: Add missing address for L2 pl310
        ARM: zynq: DT: Remove 222 MHz OPP
        ARM: zynq: DT: Fix GEM register area size
      88e23761
    • Linus Torvalds's avatar
      Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs · d1e14f1d
      Linus Torvalds authored
      Pull vfs updates from Al Viro:
       "overlayfs merge + leak fix for d_splice_alias() failure exits"
      
      * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
        overlayfs: embed middle into overlay_readdir_data
        overlayfs: embed root into overlay_readdir_data
        overlayfs: make ovl_cache_entry->name an array instead of pointer
        overlayfs: don't hold ->i_mutex over opening the real directory
        fix inode leaks on d_splice_alias() failure exits
        fs: limit filesystem stacking depth
        overlay: overlay filesystem documentation
        overlayfs: implement show_options
        overlayfs: add statfs support
        overlay filesystem
        shmem: support RENAME_WHITEOUT
        ext4: support RENAME_WHITEOUT
        vfs: add RENAME_WHITEOUT
        vfs: add whiteout support
        vfs: export check_sticky()
        vfs: introduce clone_private_mount()
        vfs: export __inode_permission() to modules
        vfs: export do_splice_direct() to modules
        vfs: add i_op->dentry_open()
      d1e14f1d
    • Olof Johansson's avatar
      Merge tag 'imx-fixes-3.18' of... · efc176a8
      Olof Johansson authored
      Merge tag 'imx-fixes-3.18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shawnguo/linux into fixes
      
      Merge "ARM: imx: fixes for 3.18" from Shawn Guo:
      
      The i.MX fixes for 3.18:
       - Revert one patch which increases I2C bus frequency on imx28-evk
       - Fix a typo on imx6q EIM clock name
      
      * tag 'imx-fixes-3.18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shawnguo/linux:
        ARM: dts: imx28-evk: Let i2c0 run at 100kHz
        ARM: i.MX6: Fix "emi" clock name typo
      Signed-off-by: default avatarOlof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>
      efc176a8
  9. 25 Oct, 2014 1 commit