From: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-omap@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 00/14] Fix issues with ARMv6+v6k+v7 kernels Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:20:50 +0000 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20110117192050.GE23331@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw) This patch series reworks the ARMv6/ARMv6K support options, code selection, and bit operations such that it's possible to safely build a kernel which supports ARMv6, ARMv6K, ARMv7 and ARMv7 SMP in one image. Currently, we use CPU_V6 for both ARMv6 and ARMv6K, setting CPU_32v6K if we have the K extensions. CPU_32v6K directly controlled whether we should include the ARMv6K instructions (clrex, load/store exclusive byte, half-word, double). As the bitops code uses the load/store exclusive byte operations, unsetting CPU_32v6K results in these falling back to their non-SMP local-irq-disabling variants. These are only safe in uniprocessor environments. So, the first two patches convert the bitops to use the ARMv6 load/store exclusive word operations - and ensuring correctness by ensuring that the pointer passed in is word-aligned. We then introduce a new CPU_V6K which indicates that we're including an ARMv6K CPU in the build, which frees up CPU_V6 to mean that we're including an ARMv6 non-K CPU. We can then use CPU_V6 to ensure that the non-v6K code paths which are still SMP safe are selected. Without this patch set, such a kernel will be unsafe when run on SMP platforms as it omits necessary SMP code to ensure that bit operations are safe.
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From: linux@arm.linux.org.uk (Russell King - ARM Linux) To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Subject: [PATCH 00/14] Fix issues with ARMv6+v6k+v7 kernels Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:20:50 +0000 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20110117192050.GE23331@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw) This patch series reworks the ARMv6/ARMv6K support options, code selection, and bit operations such that it's possible to safely build a kernel which supports ARMv6, ARMv6K, ARMv7 and ARMv7 SMP in one image. Currently, we use CPU_V6 for both ARMv6 and ARMv6K, setting CPU_32v6K if we have the K extensions. CPU_32v6K directly controlled whether we should include the ARMv6K instructions (clrex, load/store exclusive byte, half-word, double). As the bitops code uses the load/store exclusive byte operations, unsetting CPU_32v6K results in these falling back to their non-SMP local-irq-disabling variants. These are only safe in uniprocessor environments. So, the first two patches convert the bitops to use the ARMv6 load/store exclusive word operations - and ensuring correctness by ensuring that the pointer passed in is word-aligned. We then introduce a new CPU_V6K which indicates that we're including an ARMv6K CPU in the build, which frees up CPU_V6 to mean that we're including an ARMv6 non-K CPU. We can then use CPU_V6 to ensure that the non-v6K code paths which are still SMP safe are selected. Without this patch set, such a kernel will be unsafe when run on SMP platforms as it omits necessary SMP code to ensure that bit operations are safe.
next reply other threads:[~2011-01-17 19:21 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 254+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2011-01-17 19:20 Russell King - ARM Linux [this message] 2011-01-17 19:20 ` [PATCH 00/14] Fix issues with ARMv6+v6k+v7 kernels Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-17 19:21 ` [PATCH 01/14] ARM: bitops: ensure set/clear/change bitops take a word-aligned pointer Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-17 19:21 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-18 6:00 ` Nicolas Pitre 2011-01-18 6:00 ` Nicolas Pitre 2011-01-18 14:30 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-18 14:30 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-18 18:20 ` Nicolas Pitre 2011-01-18 18:20 ` Nicolas Pitre 2011-01-18 15:11 ` Catalin Marinas 2011-01-18 15:11 ` Catalin Marinas 2011-01-25 19:50 ` Tony Lindgren 2011-01-25 19:50 ` Tony Lindgren 2011-01-17 19:21 ` [PATCH 02/14] ARM: bitops: switch set/clear/change bitops to use ldrex/strex Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-17 19:21 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-18 5:42 ` Nicolas Pitre 2011-01-18 5:42 ` Nicolas Pitre 2011-01-23 0:16 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-23 0:16 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-23 4:44 ` Nicolas Pitre 2011-01-23 4:44 ` Nicolas Pitre 2011-01-23 9:35 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-23 9:35 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-24 8:38 ` Poddar, Sourav 2011-01-24 8:38 ` Poddar, Sourav 2011-01-24 8:57 ` Poddar, Sourav 2011-01-24 8:57 ` Poddar, Sourav 2011-01-24 10:28 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-24 10:28 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-24 13:47 ` Poddar, Sourav 2011-01-24 13:47 ` Poddar, Sourav 2011-01-24 14:11 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-24 14:11 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-24 14:54 ` Poddar, Sourav 2011-01-24 14:54 ` Poddar, Sourav 2011-01-24 15:00 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-24 15:00 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-25 13:57 ` Will Deacon 2011-01-25 13:57 ` Will Deacon 2011-01-25 14:11 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-25 14:11 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-25 14:19 ` Will Deacon 2011-01-25 14:19 ` Will Deacon [not found] ` <000601cbbc97$cc6955d0$653c0170$%deacon@arm.com> 2011-01-25 21:38 ` Nicolas Pitre 2011-01-25 21:38 ` Nicolas Pitre 2011-01-25 19:51 ` Tony Lindgren 2011-01-25 19:51 ` Tony Lindgren 2011-01-17 19:22 ` [PATCH 03/14] ARM: v6k: remove CPU_32v6K dependencies in asm/spinlock.h Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-17 19:22 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-17 23:13 ` Tony Lindgren 2011-01-17 23:13 ` Tony Lindgren 2011-01-25 16:43 ` Dave Martin 2011-01-25 16:43 ` Dave Martin 2011-01-25 16:59 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-25 16:59 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-25 17:33 ` Dave Martin 2011-01-25 17:33 ` Dave Martin 2011-01-25 17:46 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-25 17:46 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-25 21:21 ` Nicolas Pitre 2011-01-25 21:21 ` Nicolas Pitre 2011-01-26 11:11 ` Dave Martin 2011-01-26 11:11 ` Dave Martin 2011-01-26 12:44 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-26 12:44 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-26 17:25 ` [PATCH] ARM: Avoid discarding sections that might have SMP_ON_UP fixups Dave P. Martin 2011-01-26 17:25 ` Dave P. Martin 2011-01-26 21:31 ` Nicolas Pitre 2011-01-26 21:31 ` Nicolas Pitre 2011-01-27 14:37 ` [PATCH v2] ARM: Avoid discarding sections that might have SMP_ON_UP fixups " Dave Martin 2011-01-27 14:37 ` Dave Martin 2011-01-27 16:46 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-27 16:46 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-02-09 14:22 ` [PATCH] ARM: Avoid discarding sections that might have " Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-02-09 14:22 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-02-10 12:56 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-02-10 12:56 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-02-10 14:11 ` Dave Martin 2011-02-10 14:11 ` Dave Martin 2011-02-10 14:13 ` Dave Martin 2011-02-10 14:13 ` Dave Martin 2011-02-10 14:46 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-02-10 14:46 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-02-10 18:29 ` Dave Martin 2011-02-10 18:29 ` Dave Martin 2011-02-10 19:11 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-02-10 19:11 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-02-11 9:33 ` Dave Martin 2011-02-11 9:33 ` Dave Martin 2011-02-11 10:13 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-02-11 10:13 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-02-11 10:52 ` Dave Martin 2011-02-11 10:52 ` Dave Martin 2011-02-11 16:05 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-02-11 16:05 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-02-11 16:17 ` Dave Martin 2011-02-11 16:17 ` Dave Martin 2011-02-11 16:32 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-02-11 16:32 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-02-16 16:35 ` Dave Martin 2011-02-16 16:35 ` Dave Martin 2011-02-18 17:52 ` Dave Martin 2011-02-18 17:52 ` Dave Martin 2011-01-26 15:42 ` [PATCH 03/14] ARM: v6k: remove CPU_32v6K dependencies in asm/spinlock.h Nicolas Pitre 2011-01-26 15:42 ` Nicolas Pitre 2011-01-26 15:52 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-26 15:52 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-26 16:59 ` Dave Martin 2011-01-26 16:59 ` Dave Martin 2011-01-26 21:06 ` Nicolas Pitre 2011-01-26 21:06 ` Nicolas Pitre 2011-01-27 11:44 ` Dave P. Martin 2011-01-27 11:44 ` Dave P. Martin 2011-01-17 19:22 ` [PATCH 04/14] ARM: v6k: introduce CPU_V6K option Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-17 19:22 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-17 23:14 ` Tony Lindgren 2011-01-17 23:14 ` Tony Lindgren 2011-01-18 10:36 ` Will Deacon 2011-01-18 10:36 ` Will Deacon 2011-01-18 11:09 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-18 11:09 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-18 13:35 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-18 13:35 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-18 15:22 ` Will Deacon 2011-01-18 15:22 ` Will Deacon 2011-01-17 19:22 ` [PATCH 05/14] ARM: v6k: Realview EB 11MPCore and PB11MPCore use V6K architecture CPUs Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-17 19:22 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-17 19:23 ` [PATCH 06/14] ARM: v6k: Dove platforms " Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-17 19:23 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-17 23:39 ` Nicolas Pitre 2011-01-17 23:39 ` Nicolas Pitre 2011-01-17 19:23 ` [PATCH 07/14] ARM: v6k: select clear exclusive code seqences according to V6 variants Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-17 19:23 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-17 23:15 ` Tony Lindgren 2011-01-17 23:15 ` Tony Lindgren 2011-01-17 19:23 ` [PATCH 08/14] ARM: v6k: select cmpxchg code sequences " Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-17 19:23 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-17 23:18 ` Tony Lindgren 2011-01-17 23:18 ` Tony Lindgren 2011-01-17 19:24 ` [PATCH 09/14] ARM: v6k: select generic atomic64 code " Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-17 19:24 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-17 23:21 ` Tony Lindgren 2011-01-17 23:21 ` Tony Lindgren 2011-01-18 10:24 ` Will Deacon 2011-01-18 10:24 ` Will Deacon 2011-01-17 19:24 ` [PATCH 10/14] ARM: v6k: select TLS register " Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-17 19:24 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-17 22:23 ` Nicolas Pitre 2011-01-17 22:23 ` Nicolas Pitre 2011-01-17 22:36 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-17 22:36 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-17 22:52 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-17 22:52 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-18 4:27 ` Nicolas Pitre 2011-01-18 4:27 ` Nicolas Pitre 2011-01-18 4:25 ` Nicolas Pitre 2011-01-18 4:25 ` Nicolas Pitre 2011-01-17 23:21 ` Tony Lindgren 2011-01-17 23:21 ` Tony Lindgren 2011-01-17 19:24 ` [PATCH 11/14] ARM: v6k: use CPU domain feature if we include support for arch < ARMv6K Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-17 19:24 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-17 22:03 ` Nicolas Pitre 2011-01-17 22:03 ` Nicolas Pitre 2011-01-17 23:23 ` Tony Lindgren 2011-01-17 23:23 ` Tony Lindgren 2011-01-27 18:14 ` Catalin Marinas 2011-01-27 18:14 ` Catalin Marinas 2011-01-27 18:59 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-27 18:59 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-28 9:46 ` Catalin Marinas 2011-01-28 9:46 ` Catalin Marinas 2011-01-28 9:59 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-28 9:59 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-28 10:46 ` Catalin Marinas 2011-01-28 10:46 ` Catalin Marinas 2011-01-28 11:06 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-28 11:06 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-28 12:25 ` Catalin Marinas 2011-01-28 12:25 ` Catalin Marinas 2011-01-28 13:05 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-28 13:05 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-28 13:10 ` Catalin Marinas 2011-01-28 13:10 ` Catalin Marinas 2011-01-28 13:22 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-28 13:22 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-28 13:21 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-28 13:21 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-28 15:11 ` Catalin Marinas 2011-01-28 15:11 ` Catalin Marinas 2011-01-28 16:49 ` Tony Lindgren 2011-01-28 16:49 ` Tony Lindgren 2011-01-17 19:25 ` [PATCH 12/14] ARM: v6k: do not disable CPU_32v6K based on platform selection Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-17 19:25 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-17 23:24 ` Tony Lindgren 2011-01-17 23:24 ` Tony Lindgren 2011-01-17 19:25 ` [PATCH 13/14] ARM: v6k: allow swp emulation again when ARMv7 is enabled Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-17 19:25 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-17 23:24 ` Tony Lindgren 2011-01-17 23:24 ` Tony Lindgren 2011-01-17 19:25 ` [PATCH 14/14] ARM: v6k: only allow SMP if we have v6k or v7 CPU Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-17 19:25 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-17 23:25 ` Tony Lindgren 2011-01-17 23:25 ` Tony Lindgren 2011-01-17 22:21 ` [PATCH 00/14] Fix issues with ARMv6+v6k+v7 kernels Tony Lindgren 2011-01-17 22:21 ` Tony Lindgren 2011-01-18 14:30 ` Kirill A. Shutemov 2011-01-18 14:30 ` Kirill A. Shutemov 2011-01-18 14:40 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-18 14:40 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-01-18 14:44 ` Kirill A. Shutemov 2011-01-18 14:44 ` Kirill A. 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