linux-toradex.git/arch/powerpc, branch v3.6.1

powerpc: Don't use __put_user() in patch_instruction

2012-09-05T06:05:23+00:00

patch_instruction() can be called very early on ppc32, when the kernel
isn't yet running at it's linked address. That can cause the !
is_kernel_addr() test in __put_user() to trip and call might_sleep()
which is very bad at that point during boot.

Use a lower level function instead for now, at least until we get to
rework ppc32 boot process to do the code patching later, like ppc64
does.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt

powerpc: Make sure IPI handlers see data written by IPI senders

2012-09-05T06:05:22+00:00

We have been observing hangs, both of KVM guest vcpu tasks and more
generally, where a process that is woken doesn't properly wake up and
continue to run, but instead sticks in TASK_WAKING state.  This
happens because the update of rq->wake_list in ttwu_queue_remote()
is not ordered with the update of ipi_message in
smp_muxed_ipi_message_pass(), and the reading of rq->wake_list in
scheduler_ipi() is not ordered with the reading of ipi_message in
smp_ipi_demux().  Thus it is possible for the IPI receiver not to see
the updated rq->wake_list and therefore conclude that there is nothing
for it to do.

In order to make sure that anything done before smp_send_reschedule()
is ordered before anything done in the resulting call to scheduler_ipi(),
this adds barriers in smp_muxed_message_pass() and smp_ipi_demux().
The barrier in smp_muxed_message_pass() is a full barrier to ensure that
there is a full ordering between the smp_send_reschedule() caller and
scheduler_ipi().  In smp_ipi_demux(), we use xchg() rather than
xchg_local() because xchg() includes release and acquire barriers.
Using xchg() rather than xchg_local() makes sense given that
ipi_message is not just accessed locally.

This moves the barrier between setting the message and calling the
cause_ipi() function into the individual cause_ipi implementations.
Most of them -- those that used outb, out_8 or similar -- already had
a full barrier because out_8 etc. include a sync before the MMIO
store.  This adds an explicit barrier in the two remaining cases.

These changes made no measurable difference to the speed of IPIs as
measured using a simple ping-pong latency test across two CPUs on
different cores of a POWER7 machine.

The analysis of the reason why processes were not waking up properly
is due to Milton Miller.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v3.0+
Reported-by: Milton Miller 
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras 
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt

powerpc: Restore correct DSCR in context switch

2012-09-05T06:05:22+00:00

During a context switch we always restore the per thread DSCR value.
If we aren't doing explicit DSCR management
(ie thread.dscr_inherit == 0) and the default DSCR changed while
the process has been sleeping we end up with the wrong value.

Check thread.dscr_inherit and select the default DSCR or per thread
DSCR as required.

This was found with the following test case, when running with
more threads than CPUs (ie forcing context switching):

http://ozlabs.org/~anton/junkcode/dscr_default_test.c

With the four patches applied I can run a combination of all
test cases successfully at the same time:

http://ozlabs.org/~anton/junkcode/dscr_default_test.c
http://ozlabs.org/~anton/junkcode/dscr_explicit_test.c
http://ozlabs.org/~anton/junkcode/dscr_inherit_test.c

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard 
Cc:  # 3.0+
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt

powerpc: Fix DSCR inheritance in copy_thread()

2012-09-05T06:05:21+00:00

If the default DSCR is non zero we set thread.dscr_inherit in
copy_thread() meaning the new thread and all its children will ignore
future updates to the default DSCR. This is not intended and is
a change in behaviour that a number of our users have hit.

We just need to inherit thread.dscr and thread.dscr_inherit from
the parent which ends up being much simpler.

This was found with the following test case:

http://ozlabs.org/~anton/junkcode/dscr_default_test.c

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard 
Cc:  # 3.0+
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt

powerpc: Keep thread.dscr and thread.dscr_inherit in sync

2012-09-05T06:05:21+00:00

When we update the DSCR either via emulation of mtspr(DSCR) or via
a change to dscr_default in sysfs we don't update thread.dscr.
We will eventually update it at context switch time but there is
a period where thread.dscr is incorrect.

If we fork at this point we will copy the old value of thread.dscr
into the child. To avoid this, always keep thread.dscr in sync with
reality.

This issue was found with the following testcase:

http://ozlabs.org/~anton/junkcode/dscr_inherit_test.c

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard 
Cc:  # 3.0+
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt

powerpc: Update DSCR on all CPUs when writing sysfs dscr_default

2012-09-05T06:05:20+00:00

Writing to dscr_default in sysfs doesn't actually change the DSCR -
we rely on a context switch on each CPU to do the work. There is no
guarantee we will get a context switch in a reasonable amount of time
so fire off an IPI to force an immediate change.

This issue was found with the following test case:

http://ozlabs.org/~anton/junkcode/dscr_explicit_test.c

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard 
Cc:  # 3.0+
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt

powerpc/powernv: Always go into nap mode when CPU is offline

2012-09-05T06:05:20+00:00

The CPU hotplug code for the powernv platform currently only puts
offline CPUs into nap mode if the powersave_nap variable is set.
However, HV-style KVM on this platform requires secondary CPU threads
to be offline and in nap mode.  Since we know nap mode works just
fine on all POWER7 machines, and the only machines that support the
powernv platform are POWER7 machines, this changes the code to
always put offline CPUs into nap mode, regardless of powersave_nap.
Powersave_nap still controls whether or not CPUs go into nap mode
when idle, as before.

Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras 
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt

powerpc: Give hypervisor decrementer interrupts their own handler

2012-09-05T06:05:19+00:00

At the moment the handler for hypervisor decrementer interrupts is
the same as for decrementer interrupts, i.e. timer_interrupt().
This is bogus; if we ever do get a hypervisor decrementer interrupt
it won't have anything to do with the next timer event.  In fact
the only time we get hypervisor decrementer interrupts is when one
is left pending on exit from a KVM guest.

When we get a hypervisor decrementer interrupt we don't need to do
anything special to clear it, since they are edge-triggered on the
transition of HDEC from 0 to -1.  Thus this adds an empty handler
function for them.  We don't need to have them masked when interrupts
are soft-disabled, so we use STD_EXCEPTION_HV instead of
MASKABLE_EXCEPTION_HV.

Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras 
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt

powerpc/vphn: Fix arch_update_cpu_topology() return value

2012-09-05T06:05:19+00:00

arch_update_cpu_topology() should only return 1 when the topology has
actually changed, and should return 0 otherwise.

This patch fixes a potential bug where rebuild_sched_domains() would
reinitialize the sched domains even when the topology hasn't changed.

Signed-off-by: Jesse Larrew 
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt

Merge branch 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc

2012-08-26T00:30:18+00:00

Pull powerpc fixes from Benjamin Herrenschmidt:
 "I meant to sent that earlier but got swamped with other things, so
  here are some powerpc fixes for 3.6.  A few regression fixes and some
  bug fixes that I deemed should still make it.

  There's a FSL update from Kumar with a bunch of defconfig updates
  along with a few embedded fixes.

  I also reverted my g5_defconfig update that I merged earlier as it was
  completely busted, not too sure what happened there, I'll do a new one
  later."

* 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc:
  Revert "powerpc: Update g5_defconfig"
  powerpc/perf: Use pmc_overflow() to detect rolled back events
  powerpc: Fix VMX in interrupt check in POWER7 copy loops
  powerpc: POWER7 copy_to_user/copy_from_user patch applied twice
  powerpc: Fix personality handling in ppc64_personality()
  powerpc/dma-iommu: Fix IOMMU window check
  powerpc: Remove unnecessary ifdefs
  powerpc/kgdb: Restore current_thread_info properly
  powerpc/kgdb: Bail out of KGDB when we've been triggered
  powerpc/kgdb: Do not set kgdb_single_step on ppc
  powerpc/mpic_msgr: Add missing includes
  powerpc: Fix null pointer deref in perf hardware breakpoints
  powerpc: Fixup whitespace in xmon
  powerpc: Fix xmon dl command for new printk implementation
  powerpc/fsl: fix "Failed to mount /dev: No such device" errors
  powerpc/fsl: update defconfigs
  booke/wdt: some ioctls do not return values properly
  powerpc/p4080ds: dts - add usb controller version info and port0
  powerpc/85xx: mpc85xx_defconfig - add VIA PATA support for MPC85xxCDS
  powerpc/fsl-pci: Only scan PCI bus if configured as a host