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authorJack Miller <jack@codezen.org>2011-04-14 22:32:05 +0000
committerBenjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>2011-04-27 13:02:16 +1000
commitf0aae3238fc1c28b543cbaaa0e7c5d57685f5f89 (patch)
tree7d2f01cebc6ac4079fc069b96ea823a235cfbe7e /arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
parent1a51dde139d5305b2592c716c50c005d6ab9624b (diff)
powerpc/book3e: Flush IPROT protected TLB entries leftover by firmware
When we set up the TLB for ourselves on Book3E, we need to flush out any old mappings established by the firmware or bootloader. At present we attempt this with a tlbilx to flush everything, but this will leave behind any entries with the IPROT bit set. There are several good reason firmware might establish mappings with IPROT, and in fact ePAPR compliant firmwares are required to establish their initial mapped area with IPROT. This patch, therefore adds more complex code to scan through the TLB upon entry and flush away any entries that are not our own. Signed-off-by: Jack Miller <jack@codezen.org> Signed-off-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
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