By default, the 8xx pins an ITLB on the first 8M of memory in order
to avoid any ITLB miss on kernel code.
However, with some debug functions like DEBUG_PAGEALLOC and
DEBUG_RODATA, pinning TLBs is contradictory.
In order to avoid any ITLB miss in a critical section without pinning
TLBs, we have to ensure that there is no page boundary crossed between
the setup of a new value in SRR0/SRR1 and the associated RFI.
The functions modifying srr0/srr1 are all located in setup_32.S.
They are spread over almost 4kbytes.
The patch forces a 12 bits (4kbytes) alignment for those
functions. This garanties that the functions remain in a
single 4k page.
Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.le...@c-s.fr>
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
index 8587059ad848..4e9a359ceff6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@
#define LOAD_MSR_KERNEL(r, x) li r,(x)
#endif
+/*
+ * Align to 4k in order to ensure that all functions modyfing srr0/srr1
+ * fit into one page in order to not encounter a TLB miss between the
+ * modification of srr0/srr1 and the associated rfi.
+ */
+ .align 12
+
#ifdef CONFIG_BOOKE
.globl mcheck_transfer_to_handler
mcheck_transfer_to_handler:
--
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