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<title>ARM: 7559/1: smp: switch away from the idmap before updating init_mm.mm_count</title>
<updated>2012-10-31T16:51:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Will Deacon</name>
<email>will.deacon@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2012-10-19T16:53:01+00:00</published>
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commit 5f40b909728ad784eb43aa309d3c4e9bdf050781 upstream.

When booting a secondary CPU, the primary CPU hands two sets of page
tables via the secondary_data struct:

	(1) swapper_pg_dir: a normal, cacheable, shared (if SMP) mapping
	    of the kernel image (i.e. the tables used by init_mm).

	(2) idmap_pgd: an uncached mapping of the .idmap.text ELF
	    section.

The idmap is generally used when enabling and disabling the MMU, which
includes early CPU boot. In this case, the secondary CPU switches to
swapper as soon as it enters C code:

	struct mm_struct *mm = &amp;init_mm;
	unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id();

	/*
	 * All kernel threads share the same mm context; grab a
	 * reference and switch to it.
	 */
	atomic_inc(&amp;mm-&gt;mm_count);
	current-&gt;active_mm = mm;
	cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, mm_cpumask(mm));
	cpu_switch_mm(mm-&gt;pgd, mm);

This causes a problem on ARMv7, where the identity mapping is treated as
strongly-ordered leading to architecturally UNPREDICTABLE behaviour of
exclusive accesses, such as those used by atomic_inc.

This patch re-orders the secondary_start_kernel function so that we
switch to swapper before performing any exclusive accesses.

Reported-by: Gilles Chanteperdrix &lt;gilles.chanteperdrix@xenomai.org&gt;
Cc: David McKay &lt;david.mckay@st.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Russell King &lt;rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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commit 5f40b909728ad784eb43aa309d3c4e9bdf050781 upstream.

When booting a secondary CPU, the primary CPU hands two sets of page
tables via the secondary_data struct:

	(1) swapper_pg_dir: a normal, cacheable, shared (if SMP) mapping
	    of the kernel image (i.e. the tables used by init_mm).

	(2) idmap_pgd: an uncached mapping of the .idmap.text ELF
	    section.

The idmap is generally used when enabling and disabling the MMU, which
includes early CPU boot. In this case, the secondary CPU switches to
swapper as soon as it enters C code:

	struct mm_struct *mm = &amp;init_mm;
	unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id();

	/*
	 * All kernel threads share the same mm context; grab a
	 * reference and switch to it.
	 */
	atomic_inc(&amp;mm-&gt;mm_count);
	current-&gt;active_mm = mm;
	cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, mm_cpumask(mm));
	cpu_switch_mm(mm-&gt;pgd, mm);

This causes a problem on ARMv7, where the identity mapping is treated as
strongly-ordered leading to architecturally UNPREDICTABLE behaviour of
exclusive accesses, such as those used by atomic_inc.

This patch re-orders the secondary_start_kernel function so that we
switch to swapper before performing any exclusive accesses.

Reported-by: Gilles Chanteperdrix &lt;gilles.chanteperdrix@xenomai.org&gt;
Cc: David McKay &lt;david.mckay@st.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Russell King &lt;rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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<entry>
<title>ARM: fix rcu stalls on SMP platforms</title>
<updated>2012-07-16T15:47:36+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Russell King</name>
<email>rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2012-01-19T15:20:58+00:00</published>
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commit 7deabca0acfe02b8e18f59a4c95676012f49a304 upstream.

We can stall RCU processing on SMP platforms if a CPU sits in its idle
loop for a long time.  This happens because we don't call irq_enter()
and irq_exit() around generic_smp_call_function_interrupt() and
friends.  Add the necessary calls, and remove the one from within
ipi_timer(), so that they're all in a common place.

Signed-off-by: Russell King &lt;rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk&gt;
[add irq_enter()/irq_exit() in do_local_timer]
Signed-off-by: UCHINO Satoshi &lt;satoshi.uchino@toshiba.co.jp&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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commit 7deabca0acfe02b8e18f59a4c95676012f49a304 upstream.

We can stall RCU processing on SMP platforms if a CPU sits in its idle
loop for a long time.  This happens because we don't call irq_enter()
and irq_exit() around generic_smp_call_function_interrupt() and
friends.  Add the necessary calls, and remove the one from within
ipi_timer(), so that they're all in a common place.

Signed-off-by: Russell King &lt;rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk&gt;
[add irq_enter()/irq_exit() in do_local_timer]
Signed-off-by: UCHINO Satoshi &lt;satoshi.uchino@toshiba.co.jp&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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<entry>
<title>ARM: 7414/1: SMP: prevent use of the console when using idmap_pgd</title>
<updated>2012-05-21T16:39:58+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Colin Cross</name>
<email>ccross@android.com</email>
</author>
<published>2012-05-05T19:58:13+00:00</published>
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commit fde165b2a29673aabf18ceff14dea1f1cfb0daad upstream.

Commit 4e8ee7de227e3ab9a72040b448ad728c5428a042 (ARM: SMP: use
idmap_pgd for mapping MMU enable during secondary booting)
switched secondary boot to use idmap_pgd, which is initialized
during early_initcall, instead of a page table initialized during
__cpu_up.  This causes idmap_pgd to contain the static mappings
but be missing all dynamic mappings.

If a console is registered that creates a dynamic mapping, the
printk in secondary_start_kernel will trigger a data abort on
the missing mapping before the exception handlers have been
initialized, leading to a hang.  Initial boot is not affected
because no consoles have been registered, and resume is usually
not affected because the offending console is suspended.
Onlining a cpu with hotplug triggers the problem.

A workaround is to the printk in secondary_start_kernel until
after the page tables have been switched back to init_mm.

Signed-off-by: Colin Cross &lt;ccross@android.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Russell King &lt;rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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commit fde165b2a29673aabf18ceff14dea1f1cfb0daad upstream.

Commit 4e8ee7de227e3ab9a72040b448ad728c5428a042 (ARM: SMP: use
idmap_pgd for mapping MMU enable during secondary booting)
switched secondary boot to use idmap_pgd, which is initialized
during early_initcall, instead of a page table initialized during
__cpu_up.  This causes idmap_pgd to contain the static mappings
but be missing all dynamic mappings.

If a console is registered that creates a dynamic mapping, the
printk in secondary_start_kernel will trigger a data abort on
the missing mapping before the exception handlers have been
initialized, leading to a hang.  Initial boot is not affected
because no consoles have been registered, and resume is usually
not affected because the offending console is suspended.
Onlining a cpu with hotplug triggers the problem.

A workaround is to the printk in secondary_start_kernel until
after the page tables have been switched back to init_mm.

Signed-off-by: Colin Cross &lt;ccross@android.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Russell King &lt;rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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<entry>
<title>ARM: SMP: wait for CPU to be marked active</title>
<updated>2011-06-21T10:09:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Russell King</name>
<email>rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2011-06-20T15:46:01+00:00</published>
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When we bring a CPU online, we should wait for it to become active
before entering the idle thread, so we know that the scheduler and
thread migration is going to work.

Signed-off-by: Russell King &lt;rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk&gt;
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When we bring a CPU online, we should wait for it to become active
before entering the idle thread, so we know that the scheduler and
thread migration is going to work.

Signed-off-by: Russell King &lt;rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>ARM: 6942/1: mm: make TTBR1 always point to swapper_pg_dir on ARMv6/7</title>
<updated>2011-05-26T11:14:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Catalin Marinas</name>
<email>catalin.marinas@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-05-26T10:22:44+00:00</published>
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This patch makes TTBR1 point to swapper_pg_dir so that global, kernel
mappings can be used exclusively on v6 and v7 cores where they are
needed.

Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Russell King &lt;rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk&gt;
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This patch makes TTBR1 point to swapper_pg_dir so that global, kernel
mappings can be used exclusively on v6 and v7 cores where they are
needed.

Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Russell King &lt;rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge branches 'consolidate-clksrc', 'consolidate-flash', 'consolidate-generic', 'consolidate-smp', 'consolidate-stmp' and 'consolidate-zones' into consolidate</title>
<updated>2011-05-23T17:05:10+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Russell King</name>
<email>rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2011-05-23T17:05:10+00:00</published>
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<entry>
<title>ARM: consolidate SMP cross call implementation</title>
<updated>2011-05-23T15:53:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Russell King</name>
<email>rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2011-04-03T12:01:30+00:00</published>
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Rather than having each platform class provide a mach/smp.h header for
smp_cross_call(), arrange for them to register the function with the
core ARM SMP code instead.

Signed-off-by: Russell King &lt;rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk&gt;
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Rather than having each platform class provide a mach/smp.h header for
smp_cross_call(), arrange for them to register the function with the
core ARM SMP code instead.

Signed-off-by: Russell King &lt;rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge commit 'v2.6.39-rc7' into sched/core</title>
<updated>2011-05-12T07:36:18+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ingo Molnar</name>
<email>mingo@elte.hu</email>
</author>
<published>2011-05-12T07:36:18+00:00</published>
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<entry>
<title>ARM: 6887/1: Mark broadcast_timer_setup() __cpuinit</title>
<updated>2011-04-27T21:02:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stephen Boyd</name>
<email>sboyd@codeaurora.org</email>
</author>
<published>2011-04-27T00:34:27+00:00</published>
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This function is only called by percpu_timer_setup() which is
also __cpuinit marked. Thus it's safe to mark this function as
__cpuinit as well.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd &lt;sboyd@codeaurora.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Russell King &lt;rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk&gt;
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This function is only called by percpu_timer_setup() which is
also __cpuinit marked. Thus it's safe to mark this function as
__cpuinit as well.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd &lt;sboyd@codeaurora.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Russell King &lt;rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>sched: Provide scheduler_ipi() callback in response to smp_send_reschedule()</title>
<updated>2011-04-14T06:52:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl</email>
</author>
<published>2011-04-05T15:23:39+00:00</published>
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For future rework of try_to_wake_up() we'd like to push part of that
function onto the CPU the task is actually going to run on.

In order to do so we need a generic callback from the existing scheduler IPI.

This patch introduces such a generic callback: scheduler_ipi() and
implements it as a NOP.

BenH notes: PowerPC might use this IPI on offline CPUs under rare conditions!

Acked-by: Russell King &lt;rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk&gt;
Acked-by: Martin Schwidefsky &lt;schwidefsky@de.ibm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Chris Metcalf &lt;cmetcalf@tilera.com&gt;
Acked-by: Jesper Nilsson &lt;jesper.nilsson@axis.com&gt;
Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle &lt;ralf@linux-mips.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Frank Rowand &lt;frank.rowand@am.sony.com&gt;
Cc: Mike Galbraith &lt;efault@gmx.de&gt;
Cc: Nick Piggin &lt;npiggin@kernel.dk&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20110405152728.744338123@chello.nl
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For future rework of try_to_wake_up() we'd like to push part of that
function onto the CPU the task is actually going to run on.

In order to do so we need a generic callback from the existing scheduler IPI.

This patch introduces such a generic callback: scheduler_ipi() and
implements it as a NOP.

BenH notes: PowerPC might use this IPI on offline CPUs under rare conditions!

Acked-by: Russell King &lt;rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk&gt;
Acked-by: Martin Schwidefsky &lt;schwidefsky@de.ibm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Chris Metcalf &lt;cmetcalf@tilera.com&gt;
Acked-by: Jesper Nilsson &lt;jesper.nilsson@axis.com&gt;
Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle &lt;ralf@linux-mips.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Frank Rowand &lt;frank.rowand@am.sony.com&gt;
Cc: Mike Galbraith &lt;efault@gmx.de&gt;
Cc: Nick Piggin &lt;npiggin@kernel.dk&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20110405152728.744338123@chello.nl
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