linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] ARM: dts: bcm283x: Reserve first page for firmware

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Message-ID: <87lgq5c34e.fsf@eliezer.anholt.net>
Date:   Tue, 09 May 2017 11:10:57 -0700
From:   Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Phil Elwell <phil@...pberrypi.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] ARM: dts: bcm283x: Reserve first page for firmware

Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com> writes:

> On 05/09/2017 09:48 AM, Eric Anholt wrote:
>> Phil Elwell <phil@...pberrypi.org> writes:
>> 
>>> The Raspberry Pi startup stub files for multi-core BCM27XX processors
>>> make the secondary CPUs spin until the corresponding mailbox is
>>> written. These stubs are loaded at physical address 0x00000xxx (as seen
>>> by the ARMs), but this page will be reused by the kernel unless it is
>>> explicitly reserved, causing the waiting cores to execute random code.
>>>
>>> Use the /memreserve/ Device Tree directive to mark the first page as
>>> off-limits to the kernel.
>>>
>>> See: https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/1989
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Phil Elwell <phil@...pberrypi.org>
>> 
>> This looks great.  We're currently in the merge window, so I can't
>> generate a new bcm2835-dt-next yet, but I'll pick this patch up when I
>> do.
>> 
>> Thanks for submitting upstream!
>
> Considering that this is a fix, we could actually squeeze it in the
> devicetree/fixes branch and we could submit those as soon as v4.12-rc1
> is tagged, your call.

While the issue is a bit obscure, I know I've hit it as well.  I agree
that it's a good stable candidate, so unless you'd like to pick it
yourself and cc stable, I'll just send you a PR doing so when rc1 rolls
around.

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