kernel.git/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c, branch linux-2.6.28.y

always reserve elfcore header memory in crash kernel

2008-10-20T15:52:40Z

elfcore header memory needs to be reserved in a crash kernel. This means that the relevant code should be protected by CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP rather than CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE. Signed-off-by: Simon Horman Cc: Vivek Goyal Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[IA64] kexec fails on systems with blocks of uncached memory

2008-09-22T21:21:19Z

Currently a memory segment in memory map with attribute of EFI_MEMORY_UC is denoted as "System RAM" in /proc/iomem, while memory of attribute (EFI_MEMORY_WB|EFI_MEMORY_UC) is also labeled the same. The kexec utility then includes uncached memory as part of vmcore. The kdump kernel MCA'ed when it tries to save the vmcore to a disk. A normal "cached" access may cause MCAs. This patch would label memory with attribute of EFI_MEMORY_UC only as "Uncached RAM" so that kexec would know not to include it in the vmcore. I will submit a separate kexec-tools patch to the kexec list. Signed-off-by: Jay Lan Acked-by: Simon Horman Signed-off-by: Tony Luck

[IA64] Kernel parameter for max number of concurrent global TLB purges

2008-04-04T18:06:38Z

The patch defines kernel parameter "nptcg=". The parameter overrides max number of concurrent global TLB purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or SAL PALO. Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu Signed-off-by: Tony Luck

[IA64] Multiple outstanding ptc.g instruction support

2008-04-04T18:05:59Z

According to SDM2.2, Itanium supports multiple outstanding ptc.g instructions. But current kernel function ia64_global_tlb_purge() uses a spinlock to serialize ptc.g instructions issued by multiple processors. This serialization might have scalability issue on a big SMP machine where many processors could purge TLB in parallel. The patch fixes this problem by issuing multiple ptc.g instructions in ia64_global_tlb_purge(). It also adds support for the "PALO" table to get a platform view of the max number of outstanding ptc.g instructions (which may be different from the processor view found from PAL_VM_SUMMARY). PALO specification can be found at: http://www.dig64.org/home/DIG64_PALO_R1_0.pdf spinaphore implementation by Matthew Wilcox. Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu Signed-off-by: Tony Luck

[IA64] update efi region debugging to use MB, GB and TB as well as KB

2008-03-06T17:34:11Z

When EFI_DEBUG is defined to a non-zero value in arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c, the efi memory regions are displayed. This patch enhances the display code in a few ways: 1. Use TB, GB and MB as well as KB as units. Although this introduces rounding errors (KB doesn't as size is always a multiple of 4Kb), it does make things a lot more readable. Also as the range is also shown, it is possible to note the exact size if it is important. In my experience, the size field is mostly useful for getting a general idea of the size of a region. On the rx2620 that I use, there actually is an 8TB region (though not backed by physical memory, and 8TB really is a lot more readable than 8589934592KB. 2. pad the size field with leading spaces to further improve readability ... ... ( 8MB) ... ( 928MB) ... ( 3MB) ... vs ... ... (8MB) ... (928MB) ... (3MB) ... 3. Pad the attr field out to 64bits using leading zeros, to further improve readability. ... mem05: type= 2, attr=0x0000000000000008, range=[0x0000000004000000-0x000000000481f000) ( 8MB) mem06: type= 7, attr=0x0000000000000008, range=[0x000000000481f000-0x000000003e876000) ( 928MB) mem07: type= 5, attr=0x8000000000000008, range=[0x000000003e876000-0x000000003eb8e000) ( 3MB) mem08: type= 4, attr=0x0000000000000008, range=[0x000000003eb8e000-0x000000003ee7a000) ( 2MB) ... ... mem05: type= 2, attr=0x8, range=[0x0000000004000000-0x000000000481f000) ( 8MB) mem06: type= 7, attr=0x8, range=[0x000000000481f000-0x000000003e876000) ( 928MB) mem07: type= 5, attr=0x8000000000000008, range=[0x000000003e876000-0x000000003eb8e000) ( 3MB) mem08: type= 4, attr=0x8, range=[0x000000003eb8e000-0x000000003ee7a000) ( 2MB) ... 4. Use %d instead of %u for the index field, as i is a signed int. N.B: This code is not compiled unless EFI_DEBUG is non 0. Signed-off-by: Simon Horman Signed-off-by: Tony Luck

[IA64] remove remaining FUNCTION occurrences

2008-03-06T17:19:27Z

__FUNCTION__ is gcc-specific, use __func__ Long lines have been kept where they exist, some small spacing changes have been done. Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Tony Luck

[IA64] ia64_set_psr should use srlz.i

2008-02-04T23:50:13Z

The only in kernel use of ia64_set_psr() needs to follow it with a srlz.i (since it is changing state for PSR.ic). So it is pointless to issue srlz.d inside this function. Signed-off-by: Xiantao Zhang Signed-off-by: Tony Luck

[IA64] efi.c Add /* never reached */ annotation

2008-02-04T23:35:06Z

As written, this loop could be for (;;) instead of do while (md). The tests inside the loop always result in a return so the loop never terminates normally. Signed-off-by: Aron Griffis Signed-off-by: Tony Luck

[IA64] efi.c Spelling/punctuation fixes

2008-02-04T23:34:17Z

Incorporates the suggestions from Peter Chubb the last time I submitted this. This called for using the same verb tense in the couple of preceding comments as well. Signed-off-by: Aron Griffis Signed-off-by: Tony Luck

[IA64] Make efi.c mostly fit in 80 columns

2008-02-04T23:31:49Z

This patch is purely whitespace changes to make the code fit in 80 columns, plus fix some inconsistent indentation. The efi_guidcmp() tests remain wider than 80-columns since that seems to be the most clear. Signed-off-by: Aron Griffis Signed-off-by: Tony Luck