From f13ae30e1397e3bfb38feb3b6e889af5d021f13d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Chiang Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 14:03:23 -0600 Subject: [IA64] allow user to force_pal_cache_flush The sequence executed in check_sal_cache_flush: - pend a timer interrupt - call SAL_CACHE_FLUSH - see if interrupt is still pending can hang HP machines with buggy SAL_CACHE_FLUSH implementations. Provide a kernel command-line argument to allow users skip this check if desired. Using this parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call ia64_pal_cache_flush() instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH. Signed-off-by: Alex Chiang Signed-off-by: Tony Luck --- arch/ia64/kernel/sal.c | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) (limited to 'arch/ia64') diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/sal.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/sal.c index a3022dc48ef..7e0259709c0 100644 --- a/arch/ia64/kernel/sal.c +++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/sal.c @@ -229,6 +229,14 @@ static void __init sal_desc_ap_wakeup(void *p) { } */ static int sal_cache_flush_drops_interrupts; +static int __init +force_pal_cache_flush(char *str) +{ + sal_cache_flush_drops_interrupts = 1; + return 0; +} +early_param("force_pal_cache_flush", force_pal_cache_flush); + void __init check_sal_cache_flush (void) { @@ -237,6 +245,9 @@ check_sal_cache_flush (void) u64 vector, cache_type = 3; struct ia64_sal_retval isrv; + if (sal_cache_flush_drops_interrupts) + return; + cpu = get_cpu(); local_irq_save(flags); -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2