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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-02-11 18:03:54 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-02-11 18:03:54 -0800
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parentMerge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/s390/linux (diff)
parentarm64: compat: Remove incorrect comment in compat_siginfo (diff)
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Merge tag 'arm64-upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux
Pull arm64 updates from Catalin Marinas: "arm64 updates for 3.20: - reimplementation of the virtual remapping of UEFI Runtime Services in a way that is stable across kexec - emulation of the "setend" instruction for 32-bit tasks (user endianness switching trapped in the kernel, SCTLR_EL1.E0E bit set accordingly) - compat_sys_call_table implemented in C (from asm) and made it a constant array together with sys_call_table - export CPU cache information via /sys (like other architectures) - DMA API implementation clean-up in preparation for IOMMU support - macros clean-up for KVM - dropped some unnecessary cache+tlb maintenance - CONFIG_ARM64_CPU_SUSPEND clean-up - defconfig update (CPU_IDLE) The EFI changes going via the arm64 tree have been acked by Matt Fleming. There is also a patch adding sys_*stat64 prototypes to include/linux/syscalls.h, acked by Andrew Morton" * tag 'arm64-upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux: (47 commits) arm64: compat: Remove incorrect comment in compat_siginfo arm64: Fix section mismatch on alloc_init_p[mu]d() arm64: Avoid breakage caused by .altmacro in fpsimd save/restore macros arm64: mm: use *_sect to check for section maps arm64: drop unnecessary cache+tlb maintenance arm64:mm: free the useless initial page table arm64: Enable CPU_IDLE in defconfig arm64: kernel: remove ARM64_CPU_SUSPEND config option arm64: make sys_call_table const arm64: Remove asm/syscalls.h arm64: Implement the compat_sys_call_table in C syscalls: Declare sys_*stat64 prototypes if __ARCH_WANT_(COMPAT_)STAT64 compat: Declare compat_sys_sigpending and compat_sys_sigprocmask prototypes arm64: uapi: expose our struct ucontext to the uapi headers smp, ARM64: Kill SMP single function call interrupt arm64: Emulate SETEND for AArch32 tasks arm64: Consolidate hotplug notifier for instruction emulation arm64: Track system support for mixed endian EL0 arm64: implement generic IOMMU configuration arm64: Combine coherent and non-coherent swiotlb dma_ops ...
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/arm64/legacy_instructions.txt12
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diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/legacy_instructions.txt b/Documentation/arm64/legacy_instructions.txt
index a3b3da2ec6ed..01bf3d9fac85 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm64/legacy_instructions.txt
+++ b/Documentation/arm64/legacy_instructions.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ The default mode depends on the status of the instruction in the
architecture. Deprecated instructions should default to emulation
while obsolete instructions must be undefined by default.
+Note: Instruction emulation may not be possible in all cases. See
+individual instruction notes for further information.
+
Supported legacy instructions
-----------------------------
* SWP{B}
@@ -43,3 +46,12 @@ Default: Undef (0)
Node: /proc/sys/abi/cp15_barrier
Status: Deprecated
Default: Emulate (1)
+
+* SETEND
+Node: /proc/sys/abi/setend
+Status: Deprecated
+Default: Emulate (1)*
+Note: All the cpus on the system must have mixed endian support at EL0
+for this feature to be enabled. If a new CPU - which doesn't support mixed
+endian - is hotplugged in after this feature has been enabled, there could
+be unexpected results in the application.