linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.16 035/161] powerpc/rfi-flush: Always enable fallback flush on pseries

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Message-Id: <20180524093022.562595919@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Thu, 24 May 2018 11:37:40 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, greg@...ah.com
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Mauricio Faria de Oliveira <mauricfo@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.16 035/161] powerpc/rfi-flush: Always enable fallback flush on pseries

4.16-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>

commit 84749a58b6e382f109abf1e734bc4dd43c2c25bb upstream.

This ensures the fallback flush area is always allocated on pseries,
so in case a LPAR is migrated from a patched to an unpatched system,
it is possible to enable the fallback flush in the target system.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Mauricio Faria de Oliveira <mauricfo@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c |   10 +---------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
@@ -468,26 +468,18 @@ static void pseries_setup_rfi_flush(void
 
 	/* Enable by default */
 	enable = true;
+	types = L1D_FLUSH_FALLBACK;
 
 	rc = plpar_get_cpu_characteristics(&result);
 	if (rc == H_SUCCESS) {
-		types = L1D_FLUSH_NONE;
-
 		if (result.character & H_CPU_CHAR_L1D_FLUSH_TRIG2)
 			types |= L1D_FLUSH_MTTRIG;
 		if (result.character & H_CPU_CHAR_L1D_FLUSH_ORI30)
 			types |= L1D_FLUSH_ORI;
 
-		/* Use fallback if nothing set in hcall */
-		if (types == L1D_FLUSH_NONE)
-			types = L1D_FLUSH_FALLBACK;
-
 		if ((!(result.behaviour & H_CPU_BEHAV_L1D_FLUSH_PR)) ||
 		    (!(result.behaviour & H_CPU_BEHAV_FAVOUR_SECURITY)))
 			enable = false;
-	} else {
-		/* Default to fallback if case hcall is not available */
-		types = L1D_FLUSH_FALLBACK;
 	}
 
 	setup_rfi_flush(types, enable);