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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-05-05 12:11:37 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-05-05 12:11:37 -0700
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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: - kdump support, including two necessary memblock additions: memblock_clear_nomap() and memblock_cap_memory_range() - ARMv8.3 HWCAP bits for JavaScript conversion instructions, complex numbers and weaker release consistency - arm64 ACPI platform MSI support - arm perf updates: ACPI PMU support, L3 cache PMU in some Qualcomm SoCs, Cortex-A53 L2 cache events and DTLB refills, MAINTAINERS update for DT perf bindings - architected timer errata framework (the arch/arm64 changes only) - support for DMA_ATTR_FORCE_CONTIGUOUS in the arm64 iommu DMA API - arm64 KVM refactoring to use common system register definitions - remove support for ASID-tagged VIVT I-cache (no ARMv8 implementation using it and deprecated in the architecture) together with some I-cache handling clean-up - PE/COFF EFI header clean-up/hardening - define BUG() instruction without CONFIG_BUG * tag 'arm64-upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux: (92 commits) arm64: Fix the DMA mmap and get_sgtable API with DMA_ATTR_FORCE_CONTIGUOUS arm64: Print DT machine model in setup_machine_fdt() arm64: pmu: Wire-up Cortex A53 L2 cache events and DTLB refills arm64: module: split core and init PLT sections arm64: pmuv3: handle pmuv3+ arm64: Add CNTFRQ_EL0 trap handler arm64: Silence spurious kbuild warning on menuconfig arm64: pmuv3: use arm_pmu ACPI framework arm64: pmuv3: handle !PMUv3 when probing drivers/perf: arm_pmu: add ACPI framework arm64: add function to get a cpu's MADT GICC table drivers/perf: arm_pmu: split out platform device probe logic drivers/perf: arm_pmu: move irq request/free into probe drivers/perf: arm_pmu: split cpu-local irq request/free drivers/perf: arm_pmu: rename irq request/free functions drivers/perf: arm_pmu: handle no platform_device drivers/perf: arm_pmu: simplify cpu_pmu_request_irqs() drivers/perf: arm_pmu: factor out pmu registration drivers/perf: arm_pmu: fold init into alloc drivers/perf: arm_pmu: define armpmu_init_fn ...
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diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/chosen.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/chosen.txt
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--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/chosen.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/chosen.txt
@@ -52,3 +52,48 @@ This property is set (currently only on PowerPC, and only needed on
book3e) by some versions of kexec-tools to tell the new kernel that it
is being booted by kexec, as the booting environment may differ (e.g.
a different secondary CPU release mechanism)
+
+linux,usable-memory-range
+-------------------------
+
+This property (arm64 only) holds a base address and size, describing a
+limited region in which memory may be considered available for use by
+the kernel. Memory outside of this range is not available for use.
+
+This property describes a limitation: memory within this range is only
+valid when also described through another mechanism that the kernel
+would otherwise use to determine available memory (e.g. memory nodes
+or the EFI memory map). Valid memory may be sparse within the range.
+e.g.
+
+/ {
+ chosen {
+ linux,usable-memory-range = <0x9 0xf0000000 0x0 0x10000000>;
+ };
+};
+
+The main usage is for crash dump kernel to identify its own usable
+memory and exclude, at its boot time, any other memory areas that are
+part of the panicked kernel's memory.
+
+While this property does not represent a real hardware, the address
+and the size are expressed in #address-cells and #size-cells,
+respectively, of the root node.
+
+linux,elfcorehdr
+----------------
+
+This property (currently used only on arm64) holds the memory range,
+the address and the size, of the elf core header which mainly describes
+the panicked kernel's memory layout as PT_LOAD segments of elf format.
+e.g.
+
+/ {
+ chosen {
+ linux,elfcorehdr = <0x9 0xfffff000 0x0 0x800>;
+ };
+};
+
+While this property does not represent a real hardware, the address
+and the size are expressed in #address-cells and #size-cells,
+respectively, of the root node.