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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2017-01-28 16:33:06 +0100
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2017-01-28 16:33:06 +0100
commit4e8f2fc1a55d543717efb70e170b09e773d0542b (patch)
tree30df1d7fc9dfa24fe2916711a17656682c3f7ec9 /arch/arm/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
parentnet: adjust skb->truesize in pskb_expand_head() (diff)
parentMerge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net (diff)
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Two trivial overlapping changes conflicts in MPLS and mlx5. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c b/arch/arm/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
index 188180b5523d..be3b3fbd382f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
@@ -1063,6 +1063,22 @@ static int __init arch_hw_breakpoint_init(void)
return 0;
}
+ /*
+ * Scorpion CPUs (at least those in APQ8060) seem to set DBGPRSR.SPD
+ * whenever a WFI is issued, even if the core is not powered down, in
+ * violation of the architecture. When DBGPRSR.SPD is set, accesses to
+ * breakpoint and watchpoint registers are treated as undefined, so
+ * this results in boot time and runtime failures when these are
+ * accessed and we unexpectedly take a trap.
+ *
+ * It's not clear if/how this can be worked around, so we blacklist
+ * Scorpion CPUs to avoid these issues.
+ */
+ if (read_cpuid_part() == ARM_CPU_PART_SCORPION) {
+ pr_info("Scorpion CPU detected. Hardware breakpoints and watchpoints disabled\n");
+ return 0;
+ }
+
has_ossr = core_has_os_save_restore();
/* Determine how many BRPs/WRPs are available. */