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[04/10] 8xx: Always pin kernel instruction TLB

Message ID 1258304977-11760-5-git-send-email-Joakim.Tjernlund@transmode.se (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
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Joakim Tjernlund Nov. 15, 2009, 5:09 p.m. UTC
Various kernel asm modifies SRR0/SRR1 just before executing
a rfi. If such code crosses a page boundary you risk a TLB miss
which will clobber SRR0/SRR1. Avoid this by always pinning
kernel instruction TLB space.

Signed-off-by: Joakim Tjernlund <Joakim.Tjernlund@transmode.se>
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 arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
index a9f1ace..e70503d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@  start_here:
  */
 initial_mmu:
 	tlbia			/* Invalidate all TLB entries */
-#ifdef CONFIG_PIN_TLB
+#if 1 /* CONFIG_PIN_TLB */
 	lis	r8, MI_RSV4I@h
 	ori	r8, r8, 0x1c00
 #else