linux-toradex.git/Documentation/powerpc, branch v4.9.7

Merge tag 'powerpc-4.9-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux

2016-10-08T03:19:31+00:00

Pull powerpc updates from Michael Ellerman:
 "Highlights:
   - Major rework of Book3S 64-bit exception vectors (Nicholas Piggin)
   - Use gas sections for arranging exception vectors et. al.
   - Large set of TM cleanups and selftests (Cyril Bur)
   - Enable transactional memory (TM) lazily for userspace (Cyril Bur)
   - Support for XZ compression in the zImage wrapper (Oliver
     O'Halloran)
   - Add support for bpf constant blinding (Naveen N. Rao)
   - Beginnings of upstream support for PA Semi Nemo motherboards
     (Darren Stevens)

  Fixes:
   - Ensure .mem(init|exit).text are within _stext/_etext (Michael
     Ellerman)
   - xmon: Don't use ld on 32-bit (Michael Ellerman)
   - vdso64: Use double word compare on pointers (Anton Blanchard)
   - powerpc/nvram: Fix an incorrect partition merge (Pan Xinhui)
   - powerpc: Fix usage of _PAGE_RO in hugepage (Christophe Leroy)
   - powerpc/mm: Update FORCE_MAX_ZONEORDER range to allow hugetlb w/4K
     (Aneesh Kumar K.V)
   - Fix memory leak in queue_hotplug_event() error path (Andrew
     Donnellan)
   - Replay hypervisor maintenance interrupt first (Nicholas Piggin)

  Various performance optimisations (Anton Blanchard):
   - Align hot loops of memset() and backwards_memcpy()
   - During context switch, check before setting mm_cpumask
   - Remove static branch prediction in atomic{, 64}_add_unless
   - Only disable HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS on POWER7 little
     endian
   - Set default CPU type to POWER8 for little endian builds

  Cleanups & features:
   - Sparse fixes/cleanups (Daniel Axtens)
   - Preserve CFAR value on SLB miss caused by access to bogus address
     (Paul Mackerras)
   - Radix MMU fixups for POWER9 (Aneesh Kumar K.V)
   - Support for setting used_(vsr|vr|spe) in sigreturn path (for CRIU)
     (Simon Guo)
   - Optimise syscall entry for virtual, relocatable case (Nicholas
     Piggin)
   - Optimise MSR handling in exception handling (Nicholas Piggin)
   - Support for kexec with Radix MMU (Benjamin Herrenschmidt)
   - powernv EEH fixes (Russell Currey)
   - Suprise PCI hotplug support for powernv (Gavin Shan)
   - Endian/sparse fixes for powernv PCI (Gavin Shan)
   - Defconfig updates (Anton Blanchard)
   - KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Migrate pinned pages out of CMA (Balbir Singh)
   - cxl: Flush PSL cache before resetting the adapter (Frederic Barrat)
   - cxl: replace loop with for_each_child_of_node(), remove unneeded
     of_node_put() (Andrew Donnellan)
   - Fix HV facility unavailable to use correct handler (Nicholas
     Piggin)
   - Remove unnecessary syscall trampoline (Nicholas Piggin)
   - fadump: Fix build break when CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE=n (Michael
     Ellerman)
   - Quieten EEH message when no adapters are found (Anton Blanchard)
   - powernv: Add PHB register dump debugfs handle (Russell Currey)
   - Use kprobe blacklist for exception handlers & asm functions
     (Nicholas Piggin)
   - Document the syscall ABI (Nicholas Piggin)
   - MAINTAINERS: Update cxl maintainers (Michael Neuling)
   - powerpc: Remove all usages of NO_IRQ (Michael Ellerman)

  Minor cleanups:
   - Andrew Donnellan, Christophe Leroy, Colin Ian King, Cyril Bur,
     Frederic Barrat, Pan Xinhui, PrasannaKumar Muralidharan, Rui Teng,
     Simon Guo"

* tag 'powerpc-4.9-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux: (156 commits)
  powerpc/bpf: Add support for bpf constant blinding
  powerpc/bpf: Implement support for tail calls
  powerpc/bpf: Introduce accessors for using the tmp local stack space
  powerpc/fadump: Fix build break when CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE=n
  powerpc: tm: Enable transactional memory (TM) lazily for userspace
  powerpc/tm: Add TM Unavailable Exception
  powerpc: Remove do_load_up_transact_{fpu,altivec}
  powerpc: tm: Rename transct_(*) to ck(\1)_state
  powerpc: tm: Always use fp_state and vr_state to store live registers
  selftests/powerpc: Add checks for transactional VSXs in signal contexts
  selftests/powerpc: Add checks for transactional VMXs in signal contexts
  selftests/powerpc: Add checks for transactional FPUs in signal contexts
  selftests/powerpc: Add checks for transactional GPRs in signal contexts
  selftests/powerpc: Check that signals always get delivered
  selftests/powerpc: Add TM tcheck helpers in C
  selftests/powerpc: Allow tests to extend their kill timeout
  selftests/powerpc: Introduce GPR asm helper header file
  selftests/powerpc: Move VMX stack frame macros to header file
  selftests/powerpc: Rework FPU stack placement macros and move to header file
  selftests/powerpc: Check for VSX preservation across userspace preemption
  ...

Merge tag 'scsi-misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi

2016-10-07T16:28:53+00:00

Pull SCSI updates from James Bottomley:
 "This update includes the usual round of major driver updates (hpsa,
  be2iscsi, hisi_sas, zfcp, cxlflash). There's a new incarnation of hpsa
  called smartpqi for which a driver is added, there's some cleanup work
  of the ibm vscsi target and updates to libfc, plus a whole host of
  minor fixes and updates and finally the removal of several ISA drivers
  which seem not to have been used for years"

* tag 'scsi-misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi: (173 commits)
  scsi: mvsas: Mark symbols static where possible
  scsi: pm8001: Mark symbols static where possible
  scsi: arcmsr: Simplify user_len checking
  scsi: fcoe: fix off by one in eth2fc_speed()
  scsi: dtc: remove from tree
  scsi: t128: remove from tree
  scsi: pas16: remove from tree
  scsi: u14-34f: remove from tree
  scsi: ultrastor: remove from tree
  scsi: in2000: remove from tree
  scsi: wd7000: remove from tree
  scsi: scsi_dh_alua: Fix memory leak in alua_rtpg()
  scsi: lpfc: Mark symbols static where possible
  scsi: hpsa: correct call to hpsa_do_reset
  scsi: ufs: Get a TM service response from the correct offset
  scsi: ibmvfc: Fix I/O hang when port is not mapped
  scsi: megaraid_sas: clean function declarations in megaraid_sas_base.c up
  scsi: ipr: Remove redundant messages at adapter init time
  scsi: ipr: Don't log unnecessary 9084 error details
  scsi: smartpqi: raid bypass lba calculation fix
  ...

powerpc/64: Document the syscall ABI

2016-09-20T04:36:14+00:00

Add some documentation for the 64-bit syscall ABI, which doesn't seem
to be documented elsewhere.

This attempts to document existing practice. The only small discrepancy
is glibc clobbers not quite matching the kernel (e.g., xer, some
vsyscalls trash cr1 whereas glibc only clobbers cr0). These will be
resolved after this document is merged.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin 
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman

powerpc: signals: Discard transaction state from signal frames

2016-08-29T02:48:40+00:00

Userspace can begin and suspend a transaction within the signal
handler which means they might enter sys_rt_sigreturn() with the
processor in suspended state.

sys_rt_sigreturn() wants to restore process context (which may have
been in a transaction before signal delivery). To do this it must
restore TM SPRS. To achieve this, any transaction initiated within the
signal frame must be discarded in order to be able to restore TM SPRs
as TM SPRs can only be manipulated non-transactionally..
>From the PowerPC ISA:
  TM Bad Thing Exception [Category: Transactional Memory]
   An attempt is made to execute a mtspr targeting a TM register in
   other than Non-transactional state.

Not doing so results in a TM Bad Thing:
[12045.221359] Kernel BUG at c000000000050a40 [verbose debug info unavailable]
[12045.221470] Unexpected TM Bad Thing exception at c000000000050a40 (msr 0x201033)
[12045.221540] Oops: Unrecoverable exception, sig: 6 [#1]
[12045.221586] SMP NR_CPUS=2048 NUMA PowerNV
[12045.221634] Modules linked in: xt_CHECKSUM iptable_mangle ipt_MASQUERADE
 nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4 iptable_nat nf_nat_ipv4 nf_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4
 xt_conntrack nf_conntrack ipt_REJECT nf_reject_ipv4 xt_tcpudp bridge stp llc ebtable_filter
 ebtables ip6table_filter ip6_tables iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables kvm_hv kvm
 uio_pdrv_genirq ipmi_powernv uio powernv_rng ipmi_msghandler autofs4 ses enclosure
 scsi_transport_sas bnx2x ipr mdio libcrc32c
[12045.222167] CPU: 68 PID: 6178 Comm: sigreturnpanic Not tainted 4.7.0 #34
[12045.222224] task: c0000000fce38600 ti: c0000000fceb4000 task.ti: c0000000fceb4000
[12045.222293] NIP: c000000000050a40 LR: c0000000000163bc CTR: 0000000000000000
[12045.222361] REGS: c0000000fceb7ac0 TRAP: 0700   Not tainted (4.7.0)
[12045.222418] MSR: 9000000300201033  CR: 28444280  XER: 20000000
[12045.222625] CFAR: c0000000000163b8 SOFTE: 0 PACATMSCRATCH: 900000014280f033
GPR00: 01100000b8000001 c0000000fceb7d40 c00000000139c100 c0000000fce390d0
GPR04: 900000034280f033 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
GPR08: 0000000000000000 b000000000001033 0000000000000001 0000000000000000
GPR12: 0000000000000000 c000000002926400 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
GPR16: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
GPR20: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
GPR24: 0000000000000000 00003ffff98cadd0 00003ffff98cb470 0000000000000000
GPR28: 900000034280f033 c0000000fceb7ea0 0000000000000001 c0000000fce390d0
[12045.223535] NIP [c000000000050a40] tm_restore_sprs+0xc/0x1c
[12045.223584] LR [c0000000000163bc] tm_recheckpoint+0x5c/0xa0
[12045.223630] Call Trace:
[12045.223655] [c0000000fceb7d80] [c000000000026e74] sys_rt_sigreturn+0x494/0x6c0
[12045.223738] [c0000000fceb7e30] [c0000000000092e0] system_call+0x38/0x108
[12045.223806] Instruction dump:
[12045.223841] 7c800164 4e800020 7c0022a6 f80304a8 7c0222a6 f80304b0 7c0122a6 f80304b8
[12045.223955] 4e800020 e80304a8 7c0023a6 e80304b0 <7c0223a6> e80304b8 7c0123a6 4e800020
[12045.224074] ---[ end trace cb8002ee240bae76 ]---

It isn't clear exactly if there is really a use case for userspace
returning with a suspended transaction, however, doing so doesn't (on
its own) constitute a bad frame. As such, this patch simply discards
the transactional state of the context calling the sigreturn and
continues.

Reported-by: Laurent Dufour 
Signed-off-by: Cyril Bur 
Tested-by: Laurent Dufour 
Reviewed-by: Laurent Dufour 
Acked-by: Simon Guo 
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt

scsi: cxlflash: Update documentation

2016-08-24T02:24:26+00:00

Update the block library link in the API documentation.

Signed-off-by: Matthew R. Ochs 
Acked-by: Manoj N. Kumar 
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen

scsi: cxlflash: Transition to application close model

2016-08-24T02:23:41+00:00

Caching the adapter file descriptor and performing a close on behalf of
an application is a poor design. This is due to the fact that once a
file descriptor in installed, it is free to be altered without the
knowledge of the cxlflash driver. This can lead to inconsistencies
between the application and kernel. Furthermore, the nature of the
former design is more exploitable and thus should be abandoned.

To support applications performing a close on the adapter file that is
associated with a context, a new flag is introduced to the user API to
indicate to applications that they are responsible for the close
following the cleanup (detach) of a context. The documentation is also
updated to reflect this change in behavior.

Inspired-by: Al Viro 
Signed-off-by: Matthew R. Ochs 
Acked-by: Manoj N. Kumar 
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen

powerpc/eeh: rename EEH from "extended" to "enhanced" error handling

2016-04-11T10:30:42+00:00

IBM online documentation for EEH uses "extended error handling" and
"enhanced error handling" to refer to the same thing, in different
places.  The only place mentioning it as "enhanced error handling" in the
kernel is the MAINTAINERS file, and it's "extended" in some documentation.

IBM originally defined EEH as "enhanced error handling", so standardise
all mentions of EEH to use that term.

Signed-off-by: Russell Currey 
Acked-by: Gavin Shan 
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman

cxl: Support to flash a new image on the adapter from a guest

2016-03-09T12:39:56+00:00

The new flash.c file contains the logic to flash a new image on the
adapter, through a hcall. It is an iterative process, with chunks of
data of 1M at a time. There are also 2 phases: write and verify. The
flash operation itself is driven from a user-land tool.
Once flashing is successful, an rtas call is made to update the device
tree with the new properties values for the adapter and the AFU(s)

Add a new char device for the adapter, so that the flash tool can
access the card, even if there is no valid AFU on it.

Co-authored-by: Frederic Barrat 
Signed-off-by: Frederic Barrat 
Signed-off-by: Christophe Lombard 
Reviewed-by: Manoj Kumar 
Acked-by: Ian Munsie 
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman

Merge tag 'scsi-misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi

2015-09-02T19:22:54+00:00

Pull first round of SCSI updates from James Bottomley:
 "This includes one new driver: cxlflash plus the usual grab bag of
  updates for the major drivers: qla2xxx, ipr, storvsc, pm80xx, hptiop,
  plus a few assorted fixes.

  There's another tranch coming, but I want to incubate it another few
  days in the checkers, plus it includes a mpt2sas separated lifetime
  fix, which Avago won't get done testing until Friday"

* tag 'scsi-misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi: (85 commits)
  aic94xx: set an error code on failure
  storvsc: Set the error code correctly in failure conditions
  storvsc: Allow write_same when host is windows 10
  storvsc: use storage protocol version to determine storage capabilities
  storvsc: use correct defaults for values determined by protocol negotiation
  storvsc: Untangle the storage protocol negotiation from the vmbus protocol negotiation.
  storvsc: Use a single value to track protocol versions
  storvsc: Rather than look for sets of specific protocol versions, make decisions based on ranges.
  cxlflash: Remove unused variable from queuecommand
  cxlflash: shift wrapping bug in afu_link_reset()
  cxlflash: off by one bug in cxlflash_show_port_status()
  cxlflash: Virtual LUN support
  cxlflash: Superpipe support
  cxlflash: Base error recovery support
  qla2xxx: Update driver version to 8.07.00.26-k
  qla2xxx: Add pci device id 0x2261.
  qla2xxx: Fix missing device login retries.
  qla2xxx: do not clear slot in outstanding cmd array
  qla2xxx: Remove decrement of sp reference count in abort handler.
  qla2xxx: Add support to show MPI and PEP FW version for ISP27xx.
  ...

cxlflash: Virtual LUN support

2015-08-27T01:05:39+00:00

Add support for physical LUN segmentation (virtual LUNs) to device
driver supporting the IBM CXL Flash adapter. This patch allows user
space applications to virtually segment a physical LUN into N virtual
LUNs, taking advantage of the translation features provided by this
adapter.

Signed-off-by: Matthew R. Ochs 
Signed-off-by: Manoj N. Kumar 
Reviewed-by: Michael Neuling 
Reviewed-by: Wen Xiong 
Signed-off-by: James Bottomley