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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-hv_24x7 | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-papr-pmem | 27 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-ocxl | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/core-api/cpu_hotplug.rst | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/features/sched/membarrier-sync-core/arch-support.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/memory-barriers.txt | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/powerpc/cpu_families.rst | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/powerpc/mpc52xx.rst | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/powerpc/syscall64-abi.rst | 42 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 3 |
11 files changed, 105 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-hv_24x7 b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-hv_24x7 index e8698afcd952..f7e32f218f73 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-hv_24x7 +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-hv_24x7 @@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ Description: read only This sysfs interface exposes the number of cores per chip present in the system. +What: /sys/devices/hv_24x7/interface/cpumask +Date: July 2020 +Contact: Linux on PowerPC Developer List <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org> +Description: read only + This sysfs file exposes the cpumask which is designated to make + HCALLs to retrieve hv-24x7 pmu event counter data. + What: /sys/bus/event_source/devices/hv_24x7/event_descs/<event-name> Date: February 2014 Contact: Linux on PowerPC Developer List <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-papr-pmem b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-papr-pmem index 5b10d036a8d4..c1a67275c43f 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-papr-pmem +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-papr-pmem @@ -25,3 +25,30 @@ Description: NVDIMM have been scrubbed. * "locked" : Indicating that NVDIMM contents cant be modified until next power cycle. + +What: /sys/bus/nd/devices/nmemX/papr/perf_stats +Date: May, 2020 +KernelVersion: v5.9 +Contact: linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>, linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org, +Description: + (RO) Report various performance stats related to papr-scm NVDIMM + device. Each stat is reported on a new line with each line + composed of a stat-identifier followed by it value. Below are + currently known dimm performance stats which are reported: + + * "CtlResCt" : Controller Reset Count + * "CtlResTm" : Controller Reset Elapsed Time + * "PonSecs " : Power-on Seconds + * "MemLife " : Life Remaining + * "CritRscU" : Critical Resource Utilization + * "HostLCnt" : Host Load Count + * "HostSCnt" : Host Store Count + * "HostSDur" : Host Store Duration + * "HostLDur" : Host Load Duration + * "MedRCnt " : Media Read Count + * "MedWCnt " : Media Write Count + * "MedRDur " : Media Read Duration + * "MedWDur " : Media Write Duration + * "CchRHCnt" : Cache Read Hit Count + * "CchWHCnt" : Cache Write Hit Count + * "FastWCnt" : Fast Write Count
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-ocxl b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-ocxl index b5b1fa197592..ae1276efa45a 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-ocxl +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-ocxl @@ -33,3 +33,14 @@ Date: January 2018 Contact: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Description: read/write Give access the global mmio area for the AFU + +What: /sys/class/ocxl/<afu name>/reload_on_reset +Date: February 2020 +Contact: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org +Description: read/write + Control whether the FPGA is reloaded on a link reset. Enabled + through a vendor-specific logic block on the FPGA. + 0 Do not reload FPGA image from flash + 1 Reload FPGA image from flash + unavailable + The device does not support this capability diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index ef66b3c45ba2..00b993aa9365 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -916,6 +916,10 @@ disable_radix [PPC] Disable RADIX MMU mode on POWER9 + radix_hcall_invalidate=on [PPC/PSERIES] + Disable RADIX GTSE feature and use hcall for TLB + invalidate. + disable_tlbie [PPC] Disable TLBIE instruction. Currently does not work with KVM, with HASH MMU, or with coherent accelerators. diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/cpu_hotplug.rst b/Documentation/core-api/cpu_hotplug.rst index f64668759b6a..298c9c8bea9a 100644 --- a/Documentation/core-api/cpu_hotplug.rst +++ b/Documentation/core-api/cpu_hotplug.rst @@ -50,13 +50,6 @@ Command Line Switches This option is limited to the X86 and S390 architecture. -``cede_offline={"off","on"}`` - Use this option to disable/enable putting offlined processors to an extended - ``H_CEDE`` state on supported pseries platforms. If nothing is specified, - ``cede_offline`` is set to "on". - - This option is limited to the PowerPC architecture. - ``cpu0_hotplug`` Allow to shutdown CPU0. diff --git a/Documentation/features/sched/membarrier-sync-core/arch-support.txt b/Documentation/features/sched/membarrier-sync-core/arch-support.txt index 68658a6f8c5b..47e6903f47a5 100644 --- a/Documentation/features/sched/membarrier-sync-core/arch-support.txt +++ b/Documentation/features/sched/membarrier-sync-core/arch-support.txt @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ # # Architecture requirements # -# * arm/arm64 +# * arm/arm64/powerpc # # Rely on implicit context synchronization as a result of exception return # when returning from IPI handler, and when returning to user-space. @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ | nios2: | TODO | | openrisc: | TODO | | parisc: | TODO | - | powerpc: | TODO | + | powerpc: | ok | | riscv: | TODO | | s390: | TODO | | sh: | TODO | diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt index 4e55aba3eb4a..96186332e5f4 100644 --- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt +++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt @@ -1935,6 +1935,20 @@ There are some more advanced barrier functions: relaxed I/O accessors and the Documentation/DMA-API.txt file for more information on consistent memory. + (*) pmem_wmb(); + + This is for use with persistent memory to ensure that stores for which + modifications are written to persistent storage reached a platform + durability domain. + + For example, after a non-temporal write to pmem region, we use pmem_wmb() + to ensure that stores have reached a platform durability domain. This ensures + that stores have updated persistent storage before any data access or + data transfer caused by subsequent instructions is initiated. This is + in addition to the ordering done by wmb(). + + For load from persistent memory, existing read memory barriers are sufficient + to ensure read ordering. =============================== IMPLICIT KERNEL MEMORY BARRIERS diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/cpu_families.rst b/Documentation/powerpc/cpu_families.rst index 1e063c5440c3..9b84e045e713 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/cpu_families.rst +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/cpu_families.rst @@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ and are supported by arch/powerpc. Book3S (aka sPAPR) ------------------ -- Hash MMU +- Hash MMU (except 603 and e300) +- Software loaded TLB (603 and e300) +- Selectable Software loaded TLB in addition to hash MMU (755, 7450, e600) - Mix of 32 & 64 bit:: +--------------+ +----------------+ @@ -24,9 +26,9 @@ Book3S (aka sPAPR) | | | | v v - +--------------+ +----------------+ +-------+ - | 604 | | 750 (G3) | ---> | 750CX | - +--------------+ +----------------+ +-------+ + +--------------+ +-----+ +----------------+ +-------+ + | 604 | | 755 | <--- | 750 (G3) | ---> | 750CX | + +--------------+ +-----+ +----------------+ +-------+ | | | | | | v v v diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/mpc52xx.rst b/Documentation/powerpc/mpc52xx.rst index 8676ac63e077..30260707c3fe 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/mpc52xx.rst +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/mpc52xx.rst @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Linux 2.6.x on MPC52xx family ============================= -For the latest info, go to http://www.246tNt.com/mpc52xx/ +For the latest info, go to https://www.246tNt.com/mpc52xx/ To compile/use : diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/syscall64-abi.rst b/Documentation/powerpc/syscall64-abi.rst index e49f69f941b9..46caaadbb029 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/syscall64-abi.rst +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/syscall64-abi.rst @@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ Power Architecture 64-bit Linux system call ABI syscall ======= +Invocation +---------- +The syscall is made with the sc instruction, and returns with execution +continuing at the instruction following the sc instruction. + +If PPC_FEATURE2_SCV appears in the AT_HWCAP2 ELF auxiliary vector, the +scv 0 instruction is an alternative that may provide better performance, +with some differences to calling sequence. + syscall calling sequence\ [1]_ matches the Power Architecture 64-bit ELF ABI specification C function calling sequence, including register preservation rules, with the following differences. @@ -12,16 +21,23 @@ rules, with the following differences. .. [1] Some syscalls (typically low-level management functions) may have different calling sequences (e.g., rt_sigreturn). -Parameters and return value ---------------------------- +Parameters +---------- The system call number is specified in r0. There is a maximum of 6 integer parameters to a syscall, passed in r3-r8. -Both a return value and a return error code are returned. cr0.SO is the return -error code, and r3 is the return value or error code. When cr0.SO is clear, -the syscall succeeded and r3 is the return value. When cr0.SO is set, the -syscall failed and r3 is the error code that generally corresponds to errno. +Return value +------------ +- For the sc instruction, both a value and an error condition are returned. + cr0.SO is the error condition, and r3 is the return value. When cr0.SO is + clear, the syscall succeeded and r3 is the return value. When cr0.SO is set, + the syscall failed and r3 is the error value (that normally corresponds to + errno). + +- For the scv 0 instruction, the return value indicates failure if it is + -4095..-1 (i.e., it is >= -MAX_ERRNO (-4095) as an unsigned comparison), + in which case the error value is the negated return value. Stack ----- @@ -34,22 +50,23 @@ Register preservation rules match the ELF ABI calling sequence with the following differences: =========== ============= ======================================== +--- For the sc instruction, differences with the ELF ABI --- r0 Volatile (System call number.) r3 Volatile (Parameter 1, and return value.) r4-r8 Volatile (Parameters 2-6.) -cr0 Volatile (cr0.SO is the return error condition) +cr0 Volatile (cr0.SO is the return error condition.) cr1, cr5-7 Nonvolatile lr Nonvolatile + +--- For the scv 0 instruction, differences with the ELF ABI --- +r0 Volatile (System call number.) +r3 Volatile (Parameter 1, and return value.) +r4-r8 Volatile (Parameters 2-6.) =========== ============= ======================================== All floating point and vector data registers as well as control and status registers are nonvolatile. -Invocation ----------- -The syscall is performed with the sc instruction, and returns with execution -continuing at the instruction following the sc instruction. - Transactional Memory -------------------- Syscall behavior can change if the processor is in transactional or suspended @@ -75,6 +92,7 @@ auxiliary vector. returning to the caller. This case is not well defined or supported, so this behavior should not be relied upon. +scv 0 syscalls will always behave as PPC_FEATURE2_HTM_NOSC. vsyscall ======== diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst index cdfd98155311..eb3a1316f03e 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst @@ -2160,9 +2160,12 @@ registers, find a list below: PPC KVM_REG_PPC_MMCRA 64 PPC KVM_REG_PPC_MMCR2 64 PPC KVM_REG_PPC_MMCRS 64 + PPC KVM_REG_PPC_MMCR3 64 PPC KVM_REG_PPC_SIAR 64 PPC KVM_REG_PPC_SDAR 64 PPC KVM_REG_PPC_SIER 64 + PPC KVM_REG_PPC_SIER2 64 + PPC KVM_REG_PPC_SIER3 64 PPC KVM_REG_PPC_PMC1 32 PPC KVM_REG_PPC_PMC2 32 PPC KVM_REG_PPC_PMC3 32 |