linux-kernel - [tip:x86/mm] x86: SGI UV: Fix BAU initialization

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:28:04 GMT
From:	tip-bot for Cliff Wickman <cpw@....com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	stable@...nel.org, cpw@....com, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: [tip:x86/mm] x86: SGI UV: Fix BAU initialization

Commit-ID:  e38e2af1c57c3eb5211331a5b4fcaae0c4a2a918
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/e38e2af1c57c3eb5211331a5b4fcaae0c4a2a918
Author:     Cliff Wickman <cpw@....com>
AuthorDate: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:12:43 -0600
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:12:50 +0100

x86: SGI UV: Fix BAU initialization

A memory mapped register that affects the SGI UV Broadcast
Assist Unit's interrupt handling may sometimes be unintialized.

Remove the condition on its initialization, as that condition
can be randomly satisfied by a hardware reset.

Signed-off-by: Cliff Wickman <cpw@....com>
Cc: <stable@...nel.org>
LKML-Reference: <E1NBGB9-0005nU-Dp@...09.americas.sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/tlb_uv.c |    4 +---
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tlb_uv.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tlb_uv.c
index 503c1f2..af21e55 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tlb_uv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tlb_uv.c
@@ -819,10 +819,8 @@ static int __init uv_init_blade(int blade)
 	 */
 	apicid = blade_to_first_apicid(blade);
 	pa = uv_read_global_mmr64(pnode, UVH_BAU_DATA_CONFIG);
-	if ((pa & 0xff) != UV_BAU_MESSAGE) {
-		uv_write_global_mmr64(pnode, UVH_BAU_DATA_CONFIG,
+	uv_write_global_mmr64(pnode, UVH_BAU_DATA_CONFIG,
 				      ((apicid << 32) | UV_BAU_MESSAGE));
-	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/