Subject: [PATCH] arm64: Add workaround for Cavium erratum 27456

From: [email-masked] (Marc Zyngier)
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2016 19:52:22 +0000

On Tue,  9 Feb 2016 11:29:16 -0800
David Daney <[email-masked]> wrote:

Hi David,

> From: Andrew Pinski <[email-masked]>
> 
> On ThunderX T88 pass 1.x through 2.1 parts, broadcast TLBI
> instructions may cause the icache to become invalid if it contains
> data for a non-current ASID.
> 
> This patch implements the workaround (which flushes the local icache
> when switching the mm) by using code patching.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Pinski <[email-masked]>
> Signed-off-by: David Daney <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/Kconfig                  | 11 +++++++++++
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h |  3 ++-
>  arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c      |  9 +++++++++
>  arch/arm64/mm/proc.S                | 12 ++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

It would be good to update Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.txt to
reflect the fact that there is a workaround available for this erratum.

Thanks,

	M.
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