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<title>linux-toradex.git/include/asm-sparc64, branch v2.6.16.54</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<title>[MATH-EMU]: Fix underflow exception reporting.</title>
<updated>2007-08-30T04:14:37+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David S. Miller</name>
<email>davem@davemloft.net</email>
</author>
<published>2007-08-30T04:14:37+00:00</published>
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The underflow exception cases were wrong.

This is one weird area of ieee1754 handling in that the underflow
behavior changes based upon whether underflow is enabled in the trap
enable mask of the FPU control register.  As a specific case the Sparc
V9 manual gives us the following description:

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If UFM = 0:     Underflow occurs if a nonzero result is tiny and a
                loss of accuracy occurs.  Tininess may be detected
                before or after rounding.  Loss of accuracy may be
                either a denormalization loss or an inexact result.

If UFM = 1:     Underflow occurs if a nonzero result is tiny.
                Tininess may be detected before or after rounding.
--------------------

What this amounts to in the packing case is if we go subnormal,
we set underflow if any of the following are true:

1) rounding sets inexact
2) we ended up rounding back up to normal (this is the case where
   we set the exponent to 1 and set the fraction to zero), this
   should set inexact too
3) underflow is set in FPU control register trap-enable mask

The initially discovered example was "DBL_MIN / 16.0" which
incorrectly generated an underflow.  It should not, unless underflow
is set in the trap-enable mask of the FPU csr.

Another example, "0x0.0000000000001p-1022 / 16.0", should signal both
inexact and underflow.  The cpu implementations and ieee1754
literature is very clear about this.  This is case #2 above.

However, if underflow is set in the trap enable mask, only underflow
should be set and reported as a trap.  That is handled properly by the
prioritization logic in

arch/sparc{,64}/math-emu/math.c:record_exception().

Based upon a report and test case from Jakub Jelinek.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk &lt;bunk@kernel.org&gt;
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The underflow exception cases were wrong.

This is one weird area of ieee1754 handling in that the underflow
behavior changes based upon whether underflow is enabled in the trap
enable mask of the FPU control register.  As a specific case the Sparc
V9 manual gives us the following description:

--------------------
If UFM = 0:     Underflow occurs if a nonzero result is tiny and a
                loss of accuracy occurs.  Tininess may be detected
                before or after rounding.  Loss of accuracy may be
                either a denormalization loss or an inexact result.

If UFM = 1:     Underflow occurs if a nonzero result is tiny.
                Tininess may be detected before or after rounding.
--------------------

What this amounts to in the packing case is if we go subnormal,
we set underflow if any of the following are true:

1) rounding sets inexact
2) we ended up rounding back up to normal (this is the case where
   we set the exponent to 1 and set the fraction to zero), this
   should set inexact too
3) underflow is set in FPU control register trap-enable mask

The initially discovered example was "DBL_MIN / 16.0" which
incorrectly generated an underflow.  It should not, unless underflow
is set in the trap-enable mask of the FPU csr.

Another example, "0x0.0000000000001p-1022 / 16.0", should signal both
inexact and underflow.  The cpu implementations and ieee1754
literature is very clear about this.  This is case #2 above.

However, if underflow is set in the trap enable mask, only underflow
should be set and reported as a trap.  That is handled properly by the
prioritization logic in

arch/sparc{,64}/math-emu/math.c:record_exception().

Based upon a report and test case from Jakub Jelinek.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk &lt;bunk@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>ia64/sparc: fix local DoS with corrupted ELFs (CVE-2006-4538)</title>
<updated>2006-11-11T00:08:49+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kirill Korotaev</name>
<email>dev@openvz.org</email>
</author>
<published>2006-11-11T00:08:49+00:00</published>
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This patch prevents cross-region mappings
on IA64 and SPARC which could lead to system crash.

Adrian Bunk:
Adapted to 2.6.16.

Signed-Off-By: Kirill Korotaev &lt;dev@openvz.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk &lt;bunk@stusta.de&gt;
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This patch prevents cross-region mappings
on IA64 and SPARC which could lead to system crash.

Adrian Bunk:
Adapted to 2.6.16.

Signed-Off-By: Kirill Korotaev &lt;dev@openvz.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk &lt;bunk@stusta.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>SPARC64: Fix quad-float multiply emulation.</title>
<updated>2006-08-18T19:28:03+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David S. Miller</name>
<email>davem@davemloft.net</email>
</author>
<published>2006-08-18T19:28:03+00:00</published>
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Something is wrong with the 3-multiply (vs. 4-multiply) optimized
version of _FP_MUL_MEAT_2_*(), so just use the slower version
which actually computes correct values.

Noticed by Rene Rebe

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk &lt;bunk@stusta.de&gt;
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Something is wrong with the 3-multiply (vs. 4-multiply) optimized
version of _FP_MUL_MEAT_2_*(), so just use the slower version
which actually computes correct values.

Noticed by Rene Rebe

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk &lt;bunk@stusta.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>[PATCH] SPARC64: Respect gfp_t argument to dma_alloc_coherent().</title>
<updated>2006-06-22T19:16:11+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David Miller</name>
<email>davem@davemloft.net</email>
</author>
<published>2006-06-05T03:41:00+00:00</published>
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Using asm-generic/dma-mapping.h does not work because pushing
the call down to pci_alloc_coherent() causes the gfp_t argument
of dma_alloc_coherent() to be ignored.

Fix this by implementing things directly, and adding a gfp_t
argument we can use in the internal call down to the PCI DMA
implementation of pci_alloc_coherent().

This fixes massive memory corruption when using the sound driver
layer, which passes things like __GFP_COMP down into these
routines and (correctly) expects that to work.

This is a disk eater when sound is used, so it's pretty critical.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright &lt;chrisw@sous-sol.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@suse.de&gt;
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Using asm-generic/dma-mapping.h does not work because pushing
the call down to pci_alloc_coherent() causes the gfp_t argument
of dma_alloc_coherent() to be ignored.

Fix this by implementing things directly, and adding a gfp_t
argument we can use in the internal call down to the PCI DMA
implementation of pci_alloc_coherent().

This fixes massive memory corruption when using the sound driver
layer, which passes things like __GFP_COMP down into these
routines and (correctly) expects that to work.

This is a disk eater when sound is used, so it's pretty critical.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright &lt;chrisw@sous-sol.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@suse.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>[PATCH] SPARC64: Fix D-cache corruption in mremap</title>
<updated>2006-06-22T19:16:11+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David Miller</name>
<email>davem@davemloft.net</email>
</author>
<published>2006-06-03T01:30:58+00:00</published>
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If we move a mapping from one virtual address to another,
and this changes the virtual color of the mapping to those
pages, we can see corrupt data due to D-cache aliasing.

Check for and deal with this by overriding the move_pte()
macro.  Set things up so that other platforms can cleanly
override the move_pte() macro too.

This long standing bug corrupts user memory, and in particular
has been notorious for corrupting Debian package database
files on sparc64 boxes.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright &lt;chrisw@sous-sol.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@suse.de&gt;
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If we move a mapping from one virtual address to another,
and this changes the virtual color of the mapping to those
pages, we can see corrupt data due to D-cache aliasing.

Check for and deal with this by overriding the move_pte()
macro.  Set things up so that other platforms can cleanly
override the move_pte() macro too.

This long standing bug corrupts user memory, and in particular
has been notorious for corrupting Debian package database
files on sparc64 boxes.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright &lt;chrisw@sous-sol.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@suse.de&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>[SPARC64]: Mark __ex_table section correctly.</title>
<updated>2006-03-05T07:23:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David S. Miller</name>
<email>davem@sunset.davemloft.net</email>
</author>
<published>2006-03-05T07:23:56+00:00</published>
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We must use the "a" (allocate) attribute every time we
emit an entry into the __ex_table section.

For consistency, use "a" instead of #alloc which is some
Solaris compat cruft GNU as provides on Sparc.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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We must use the "a" (allocate) attribute every time we
emit an entry into the __ex_table section.

For consistency, use "a" instead of #alloc which is some
Solaris compat cruft GNU as provides on Sparc.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>[SPARC64]: Make cpu_present_map available earlier.</title>
<updated>2006-02-27T03:36:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David S. Miller</name>
<email>davem@sunset.davemloft.net</email>
</author>
<published>2006-02-25T21:39:56+00:00</published>
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The change to kernel/sched.c's init code to use for_each_cpu()
requires that the cpu_possible_map be setup much earlier.

Set it up via setup_arch(), constrained to NR_CPUS, and later
constrain it to max_cpus in smp_prepare_cpus().

This fixes SMP booting on sparc64.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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The change to kernel/sched.c's init code to use for_each_cpu()
requires that the cpu_possible_map be setup much earlier.

Set it up via setup_arch(), constrained to NR_CPUS, and later
constrain it to max_cpus in smp_prepare_cpus().

This fixes SMP booting on sparc64.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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<entry>
<title>[SPARC64]: Implement futex_atomic_op_inuser().</title>
<updated>2006-02-27T03:35:58+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David S. Miller</name>
<email>davem@davemloft.net</email>
</author>
<published>2006-02-25T20:15:31+00:00</published>
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Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>[PATCH] add asm-generic/mman.h</title>
<updated>2006-02-15T23:32:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Michael S. Tsirkin</name>
<email>mst@mellanox.co.il</email>
</author>
<published>2006-02-15T23:17:39+00:00</published>
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Make new MADV_REMOVE, MADV_DONTFORK, MADV_DOFORK consistent across all
arches.  The idea is to make it possible to use them portably even before
distros include them in libc headers.

Move common flags to asm-generic/mman.h

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin &lt;mst@mellanox.co.il&gt;
Cc: Roland Dreier &lt;rolandd@cisco.com&gt;
Cc: Badari Pulavarty &lt;pbadari@us.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@osdl.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@osdl.org&gt;
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Make new MADV_REMOVE, MADV_DONTFORK, MADV_DOFORK consistent across all
arches.  The idea is to make it possible to use them portably even before
distros include them in libc headers.

Move common flags to asm-generic/mman.h

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin &lt;mst@mellanox.co.il&gt;
Cc: Roland Dreier &lt;rolandd@cisco.com&gt;
Cc: Badari Pulavarty &lt;pbadari@us.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@osdl.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@osdl.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>[PATCH] madvise MADV_DONTFORK/MADV_DOFORK</title>
<updated>2006-02-15T00:09:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Michael S. Tsirkin</name>
<email>mst@mellanox.co.il</email>
</author>
<published>2006-02-14T21:53:08+00:00</published>
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Currently, copy-on-write may change the physical address of a page even if the
user requested that the page is pinned in memory (either by mlock or by
get_user_pages).  This happens if the process forks meanwhile, and the parent
writes to that page.  As a result, the page is orphaned: in case of
get_user_pages, the application will never see any data hardware DMA's into
this page after the COW.  In case of mlock'd memory, the parent is not getting
the realtime/security benefits of mlock.

In particular, this affects the Infiniband modules which do DMA from and into
user pages all the time.

This patch adds madvise options to control whether memory range is inherited
across fork.  Useful e.g.  for when hardware is doing DMA from/into these
pages.  Could also be useful to an application wanting to speed up its forks
by cutting large areas out of consideration.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin &lt;mst@mellanox.co.il&gt;
Acked-by: Hugh Dickins &lt;hugh@veritas.com&gt;
Cc: Michael Kerrisk &lt;mtk-manpages@gmx.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@osdl.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@osdl.org&gt;
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Currently, copy-on-write may change the physical address of a page even if the
user requested that the page is pinned in memory (either by mlock or by
get_user_pages).  This happens if the process forks meanwhile, and the parent
writes to that page.  As a result, the page is orphaned: in case of
get_user_pages, the application will never see any data hardware DMA's into
this page after the COW.  In case of mlock'd memory, the parent is not getting
the realtime/security benefits of mlock.

In particular, this affects the Infiniband modules which do DMA from and into
user pages all the time.

This patch adds madvise options to control whether memory range is inherited
across fork.  Useful e.g.  for when hardware is doing DMA from/into these
pages.  Could also be useful to an application wanting to speed up its forks
by cutting large areas out of consideration.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin &lt;mst@mellanox.co.il&gt;
Acked-by: Hugh Dickins &lt;hugh@veritas.com&gt;
Cc: Michael Kerrisk &lt;mtk-manpages@gmx.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@osdl.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@osdl.org&gt;
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