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authorScott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com>2007-06-25 23:50:41 +0400
committerKumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>2007-10-04 05:36:36 +0400
commit7401685242fbcbf4b0660726372c77a88c4af17d (patch)
tree71b814468d705c2c48184161c38a0295c832239d /arch/powerpc/platforms/8xx
parent663edbd2640447dc43840568cd5701e6c9878d63 (diff)
downloadlinux-7401685242fbcbf4b0660726372c77a88c4af17d.tar.xz
[POWERPC] 8xx: Work around CPU15 erratum.
The CPU15 erratum on MPC8xx chips can cause incorrect code execution under certain circumstances, where there is a conditional or indirect branch in the last word of a page, with a target in the last cache line of the next page. This patch implements one of the suggested workarounds, by forcing a TLB miss whenever execution crosses a page boundary. This is done by invalidating the pages before and after the one being loaded into the TLB in the ITLB miss handler. Signed-off-by: Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com> Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
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diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/8xx/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/platforms/8xx/Kconfig
index 8ecd01ad0de8..322b155f24ec 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/8xx/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/8xx/Kconfig
@@ -100,6 +100,22 @@ config 8xx_CPU6
If in doubt, say N here.
+config 8xx_CPU15
+ bool "CPU15 Silicon Errata"
+ default y
+ help
+ This enables a workaround for erratum CPU15 on MPC8xx chips.
+ This bug can cause incorrect code execution under certain
+ circumstances. This workaround adds some overhead (a TLB miss
+ every time execution crosses a page boundary), and you may wish
+ to disable it if you have worked around the bug in the compiler
+ (by not placing conditional branches or branches to LR or CTR
+ in the last word of a page, with a target of the last cache
+ line in the next page), or if you have used some other
+ workaround.
+
+ If in doubt, say Y here.
+
choice
prompt "Microcode patch selection"
default NO_UCODE_PATCH