blackbird-op-linux/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h, branch v4.4.3-openpower2

x86/paravirt: Prevent rtc_cmos platform device init on PV guests

2015-12-19T20:35:13+00:00

Adding the rtc platform device in non-privileged Xen PV guests causes an IRQ conflict because these guests do not have legacy PIC and may allocate irqs in the legacy range. In a single VCPU Xen PV guest we should have: /proc/interrupts: CPU0 0: 4934 xen-percpu-virq timer0 1: 0 xen-percpu-ipi spinlock0 2: 0 xen-percpu-ipi resched0 3: 0 xen-percpu-ipi callfunc0 4: 0 xen-percpu-virq debug0 5: 0 xen-percpu-ipi callfuncsingle0 6: 0 xen-percpu-ipi irqwork0 7: 321 xen-dyn-event xenbus 8: 90 xen-dyn-event hvc_console ... But hvc_console cannot get its interrupt because it is already in use by rtc0 and the console does not work. genirq: Flags mismatch irq 8. 00000000 (hvc_console) vs. 00000000 (rtc0) We can avoid this problem by realizing that unprivileged PV guests (both Xen and lguests) are not supposed to have rtc_cmos device and so adding it is not necessary. Privileged guests (i.e. Xen's dom0) do use it but they should not have irq conflicts since they allocate irqs above legacy range (above gsi_top, in fact). Instead of explicitly testing whether the guest is privileged we can extend pv_info structure to include information about guest's RTC support. Reported-and-tested-by: Sander Eikelenboom Signed-off-by: David Vrabel Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky Cc: vkuznets@redhat.com Cc: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Cc: konrad.wilk@oracle.com Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 4.2+ Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1449842873-2613-1-git-send-email-boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner

Merge branch 'x86-headers-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2015-11-04T05:05:40+00:00

Pull x86 sigcontext header cleanups from Ingo Molnar: "This series reorganizes and cleans up various aspects of the main sigcontext UAPI headers, such as unifying the data structures and updating/adding lots of comments to explain all the ABI details and quirks. The headers can now also be built in user-space standalone" * 'x86-headers-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86/headers: Clean up too long lines x86/headers: Remove references on the kernel side x86/headers: Remove direct sigcontext32.h uses x86/headers: Convert sigcontext_ia32 uses to sigcontext_32 x86/headers: Unify 'struct sigcontext_ia32' and 'struct sigcontext_32' x86/headers: Make sigcontext pointers bit independent x86/headers: Move the 'struct sigcontext' definitions into the UAPI header x86/headers: Clean up the kernel's struct sigcontext types to be ABI-clean x86/headers: Convert uses of _fpstate_ia32 to _fpstate_32 x86/headers: Unify 'struct _fpstate_ia32' and i386 struct _fpstate x86/headers: Unify register type definitions between 32-bit compat and i386 x86/headers: Use ABI types consistently in sigcontext*.h x86/headers: Separate out legacy user-space structure definitions x86/headers: Clean up and better document uapi/asm/sigcontext.h x86/headers: Clean up uapi/asm/sigcontext32.h x86/headers: Fix (old) header file dependency bug in uapi/asm/sigcontext32.h

x86/asm: Force inlining of cpu_relax()

2015-09-25T07:44:34+00:00

On x86, cpu_relax() simply calls rep_nop(), which generates one instruction, PAUSE (aka REP NOP). With this config: http://busybox.net/~vda/kernel_config_OPTIMIZE_INLINING_and_Os gcc-4.7.2 does not always inline rep_nop(): it generates several copies of this: (16 copies, 194 calls): 55 push %rbp 48 89 e5 mov %rsp,%rbp f3 90 pause 5d pop %rbp c3 retq See: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=66122 This patch fixes this via s/inline/__always_inline/ on rep_nop() and cpu_relax(). ( Forcing inlining only on rep_nop() causes GCC to deinline cpu_relax(), with almost no change in generated code). text data bss dec hex filename 88118971 19905208 36421632 144445811 89c1173 vmlinux.before 88118139 19905208 36421632 144444979 89c0e33 vmlinux Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko Cc: Andy Lutomirski Cc: Borislav Petkov Cc: Brian Gerst Cc: H. Peter Anvin Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1443096149-27291-1-git-send-email-dvlasenk@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

x86/headers: Remove references on the kernel side

2015-09-08T08:06:05+00:00

Now that all type definitions are in the UAPI header, include it directly, instead of through . [ We still keep asm/sigcontext.h, so that uapi/asm/sigcontext32.h can include . ] Acked-by: Mikko Rapeli Cc: Andy Lutomirski Cc: Borislav Petkov Cc: Brian Gerst Cc: Denys Vlasenko Cc: H. Peter Anvin Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Oleg Nesterov Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1441438363-9999-16-git-send-email-mingo@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

Merge branch 'x86-boot-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2015-09-01T16:04:31+00:00

Pull x86 boot updates from Ingo Molnar: "The main x86 bootup related changes in this cycle were: - more boot time optimizations. (Len Brown) - implement hex output to allow the debugging of early bootup parameters. (Kees Cook) - remove obsolete MCA leftovers. (Paolo Pisati)" * 'x86-boot-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86/smpboot: Remove APIC.wait_for_init_deassert and atomic init_deasserted x86/smpboot: Remove SIPI delays from cpu_up() x86/smpboot: Remove udelay(100) when polling cpu_callin_map x86/smpboot: Remove udelay(100) when polling cpu_initialized_map x86/boot: Obsolete the MCA sys_desc_table x86/boot: Add hex output for debugging

Merge tag 'v4.2-rc7' into x86/boot, to refresh the branch before merging new changes

2015-08-17T08:41:59+00:00

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

x86/vm86: Move vm86 fields out of 'thread_struct'

2015-07-31T11:31:07+00:00

Allocate a separate structure for the vm86 fields. Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski Cc: Andy Lutomirski Cc: Borislav Petkov Cc: Denys Vlasenko Cc: H. Peter Anvin Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Thomas Gleixner Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1438148483-11932-2-git-send-email-brgerst@gmail.com [ Build fixes. ] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

Merge branch 'x86/urgent' into x86/asm, before applying dependent patches

2015-07-31T08:23:35+00:00

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

x86/boot: Obsolete the MCA sys_desc_table

2015-07-21T08:55:11+00:00

The kernel does not support the MCA bus anymroe, so mark sys_desc_table as obsolete: remove any reference from the code together with the remaining of MCA logic. bloat-o-meter output: add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 0/2 up/down: 0/-55 (-55) function old new delta i386_start_kernel 128 119 -9 setup_arch 1421 1375 -46 Signed-off-by: Paolo Pisati Cc: Josh Triplett Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Thomas Gleixner Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1437409430-8491-1-git-send-email-p.pisati@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

x86/entry/vm86: Move userspace accesses to do_sys_vm86()

2015-07-21T07:12:24+00:00

Move the userspace accesses down into the common function in preparation for the next set of patches. Also change to copying the fields explicitly instead of assuming a fixed order in pt_regs and the kernel data structures. Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst Cc: Andy Lutomirski Cc: Denys Vlasenko Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Thomas Gleixner Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1437354550-25858-4-git-send-email-brgerst@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar