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

From: [email-masked] (Marc Zyngier)
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2016 20:07:15 +0000

On Tue, 9 Feb 2016 11:59:10 -0800
David Daney <[email-masked]> wrote:

> On 02/09/2016 11:52 AM, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Would you prefer a separate patch for that, or should I roll it into 
> this one and resubmit?

It'd feel more logical to keep it all together, but I'll leave that
decision to Catalin and Will.

Thanks,

	M.
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