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    • Don Zickus's avatar
      x86/nmi: Fix section mismatch warnings on 32-bit · eeaaa96a
      Don Zickus authored 
      

It was reported that compiling for 32-bit caused a bunch of
section mismatch warnings:

 VDSOSYM arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-syms.lds
  LD      arch/x86/vdso/built-in.o
  LD      arch/x86/built-in.o

 WARNING: arch/x86/built-in.o(.data+0x5af0): Section mismatch in
 reference from the variable test_nmi_ipi_callback_na.10451 to
 the function .init.text:test_nmi_ipi_callback() [...]

 WARNING: arch/x86/built-in.o(.data+0x5b04): Section mismatch in
 reference from the variable nmi_unk_cb_na.10399 to the function
 .init.text:nmi_unk_cb() The variable nmi_unk_cb_na.10399
 references the function __init nmi_unk_cb() [...]

Both of these are attributed to the internal representation of
the nmiaction struct created during register_nmi_handler.  The
reason for this is that those structs are not defined in the
init section whereas the rest of the code in nmi_selftest.c is.

To resolve this, I created a new #define,
register_nmi_handler_initonly, that tags the struct as
__initdata to resolve the mismatch.  This #define should only be
used in rare situations where the register/unregister is called
during init of the kernel.

Big thanks to Jan Beulich for decoding this for me as I didn't
have a clue what was going on.

Reported-by: default avatarWitold Baryluk <baryluk@smp.if.uj.edu.pl>
Tested-by: default avatarWitold Baryluk <baryluk@smp.if.uj.edu.pl>
Cc: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDon Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1338991542-23000-1-git-send-email-dzickus@redhat.com


Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
      eeaaa96a
    • Steffen Rumler's avatar
      powerpc: Fix kernel panic during kernel module load · 3c752965
      Steffen Rumler authored 
      

This fixes a problem which can causes kernel oopses while loading
a kernel module.

According to the PowerPC EABI specification, GPR r11 is assigned
the dedicated function to point to the previous stack frame.
In the powerpc-specific kernel module loader, do_plt_call()
(in arch/powerpc/kernel/module_32.c), GPR r11 is also used
to generate trampoline code.

This combination crashes the kernel, in the case where the compiler
chooses to use a helper function for saving GPRs on entry, and the
module loader has placed the .init.text section far away from the
.text section, meaning that it has to generate a trampoline for
functions in the .init.text section to call the GPR save helper.
Because the trampoline trashes r11, references to the stack frame
using r11 can cause an oops.

The fix just uses GPR r12 instead of GPR r11 for generating the
trampoline code.  According to the statements from Freescale, this is
safe from an EABI perspective.

I've tested the fix for kernel 2.6.33 on MPC8541.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: default avatarSteffen Rumler <steffen.rumler.ext@nsn.com>
[paulus@samba.org: reworded the description]
Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
      3c752965
    • Cliff Wickman's avatar
      x86/uv: Fix UV2 BAU legacy mode · d5d2d2ee
      Cliff Wickman authored 
      

The SGI Altix UV2 BAU (Broadcast Assist Unit) as used for
tlb-shootdown (selective broadcast mode) always uses UV2
broadcast descriptor format. There is no need to clear the
'legacy' (UV1) mode, because the hardware always uses UV2 mode
for selective broadcast.

But the BIOS uses general broadcast and legacy mode, and the
hardware pays attention to the legacy mode bit for general
broadcast. So the kernel must not clear that mode bit.

Signed-off-by: default avatarCliff Wickman <cpw@sgi.com>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/E1SccoO-0002Lh-Cb@eag09.americas.sgi.com


Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
      d5d2d2ee
    • Yinghai Lu's avatar
      x86/mm: Only add extra pages count for the first memory range during... · bd2753b2
      Yinghai Lu authored 
      x86/mm: Only add extra pages count for the first memory range during pre-allocation early page table space

Robin found this regression:

| I just tried to boot an 8TB system.  It fails very early in boot with:
| Kernel panic - not syncing: Cannot find space for the kernel page tables

git bisect commit 722bc6b1

.

A git revert of that commit does boot past that point on the 8TB
configuration.

That commit will add up extra pages for all memory range even
above 4g.

Try to limit that extra page count adding to first entry only.

Bisected-by: default avatarRobin Holt <holt@sgi.com>
Tested-by: default avatarRobin Holt <holt@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarYinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>
Cc: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAE9FiQUj3wyzQxtq9yzBNc9u220p8JZ1FYHG7t%3DMOzJ%3D9BZMYA@mail.gmail.com


Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
      bd2753b2
    • Dave Airlie's avatar
      Merge branch 'exynos-drm-fixes' of... · 2d5c7cd3
      Dave Airlie authored 
      Merge branch 'exynos-drm-fixes' of git://git.infradead.org/users/kmpark/linux-samsung into drm-fixes

* 'exynos-drm-fixes' of git://git.infradead.org/users/kmpark/linux-samsung:
  drm/exynos: fixed blending for hdmi graphic layer
  drm/exynos: Remove dummy encoder get_crtc operation implementation
  drm/exynos: Keep a reference to frame buffer GEM objects
  drm/exynos: Don't cast GEM object to Exynos GEM object when not needed
  drm/exynos: DRIVER_BUS_PLATFORM is not a driver feature
  drm/exynos: fixed size type.
  drm/exynos: Use DRM_FORMAT_{NV12, YUV420} instead of DRM_FORMAT_{NV12M, YUV420M}
      2d5c7cd3
    • Dave Airlie's avatar
      Merge branch 'drm-intel-fixes' of git://people.freedesktop.org/~danvet/drm-intel into drm-fixes · 6cf98d6e
      Dave Airlie authored 
      * 'drm-intel-fixes' of git://people.freedesktop.org/~danvet/drm-intel:
  drm/i915: pch_irq_handler -> {ibx, cpt}_irq_handler
  char/agp: add another Ironlake host bridge
  drm/i915: fix up ivb plane 3 pageflips
  drm/i915: hold forcewake around ring hw init
  drm/i915: Mark the ringbuffers as being in the GTT domain
  drm/i915/crt: Do not rely upon the HPD presence pin
  drm/i915: Reset last_retired_head when resetting ring
      6cf98d6e
    • Borislav Petkov's avatar
      init: Drop initcall level output · 19efb72f
      Borislav Petkov authored 
      9fb48c74

 ("params: add 3rd arg to option handler callback
signature") added similar lines to dmesg:

initlevel:0=early, 4 registered initcalls
initlevel:1=core, 31 registered initcalls
initlevel:2=postcore, 11 registered initcalls
initlevel:3=arch, 7 registered initcalls
initlevel:4=subsys, 40 registered initcalls
initlevel:5=fs, 30 registered initcalls
initlevel:6=device, 250 registered initcalls
initlevel:7=late, 35 registered initcalls

but they don't contain any info for the general user staring at dmesg.
I'm very doubtful the count of initcalls registered per level helps
anyone so drop that output completely.

Cc: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarBorislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
      19efb72f
    • Rusty Russell's avatar
      module_param: stop double-calling parameters. · ae82fdb1
      Rusty Russell authored 
      Commit 026cee00

 "params:
<level>_initcall-like kernel parameters" set old-style module
parameters to level 0.  And we call those level 0 calls where we used
to, early in start_kernel().

We also loop through the initcall levels and call the levelled
module_params before the corresponding initcall.  Unfortunately level
0 is early_init(), so we call the standard module_param calls twice.

(Turns out most things don't care, but at least ubi.mtd does).

Change the level to -1 for standard module_param calls.

Reported-by: default avatarBenoît Thébaudeau <benoit.thebaudeau@advansee.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
      ae82fdb1