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SubjectRe: [PATCH] arm64: Add workaround for Cavium erratum 27456
On 02/09/2016 11:52 AM, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Feb 2016 11:29:16 -0800
> David Daney <ddaney.cavm@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi David,
>
>> From: Andrew Pinski <apinski@cavium.com>
>>
>> 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 <apinski@cavium.com>
>> Signed-off-by: David Daney <david.daney@cavium.com>
>> ---
>> 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?

David Daney


>
> Thanks,
>
> M.
>

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