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-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-hv_24x77
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-papr-pmem27
-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-ocxl11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/core-api/cpu_hotplug.rst7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/features/sched/membarrier-sync-core/arch-support.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/memory-barriers.txt14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/powerpc/cpu_families.rst10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/powerpc/mpc52xx.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/powerpc/syscall64-abi.rst42
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst3
11 files changed, 105 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-hv_24x7 b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-hv_24x7
index e8698afcd952..f7e32f218f73 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-hv_24x7
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-event_source-devices-hv_24x7
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ Description: read only
This sysfs interface exposes the number of cores per chip
present in the system.
+What: /sys/devices/hv_24x7/interface/cpumask
+Date: July 2020
+Contact: Linux on PowerPC Developer List <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>
+Description: read only
+ This sysfs file exposes the cpumask which is designated to make
+ HCALLs to retrieve hv-24x7 pmu event counter data.
+
What: /sys/bus/event_source/devices/hv_24x7/event_descs/<event-name>
Date: February 2014
Contact: Linux on PowerPC Developer List <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-papr-pmem b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-papr-pmem
index 5b10d036a8d4..c1a67275c43f 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-papr-pmem
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-papr-pmem
@@ -25,3 +25,30 @@ Description:
NVDIMM have been scrubbed.
* "locked" : Indicating that NVDIMM contents cant
be modified until next power cycle.
+
+What: /sys/bus/nd/devices/nmemX/papr/perf_stats
+Date: May, 2020
+KernelVersion: v5.9
+Contact: linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>, linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org,
+Description:
+ (RO) Report various performance stats related to papr-scm NVDIMM
+ device. Each stat is reported on a new line with each line
+ composed of a stat-identifier followed by it value. Below are
+ currently known dimm performance stats which are reported:
+
+ * "CtlResCt" : Controller Reset Count
+ * "CtlResTm" : Controller Reset Elapsed Time
+ * "PonSecs " : Power-on Seconds
+ * "MemLife " : Life Remaining
+ * "CritRscU" : Critical Resource Utilization
+ * "HostLCnt" : Host Load Count
+ * "HostSCnt" : Host Store Count
+ * "HostSDur" : Host Store Duration
+ * "HostLDur" : Host Load Duration
+ * "MedRCnt " : Media Read Count
+ * "MedWCnt " : Media Write Count
+ * "MedRDur " : Media Read Duration
+ * "MedWDur " : Media Write Duration
+ * "CchRHCnt" : Cache Read Hit Count
+ * "CchWHCnt" : Cache Write Hit Count
+ * "FastWCnt" : Fast Write Count \ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-ocxl b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-ocxl
index b5b1fa197592..ae1276efa45a 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-ocxl
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-ocxl
@@ -33,3 +33,14 @@ Date: January 2018
Contact: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Description: read/write
Give access the global mmio area for the AFU
+
+What: /sys/class/ocxl/<afu name>/reload_on_reset
+Date: February 2020
+Contact: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
+Description: read/write
+ Control whether the FPGA is reloaded on a link reset. Enabled
+ through a vendor-specific logic block on the FPGA.
+ 0 Do not reload FPGA image from flash
+ 1 Reload FPGA image from flash
+ unavailable
+ The device does not support this capability
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index ef66b3c45ba2..00b993aa9365 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -916,6 +916,10 @@
disable_radix [PPC]
Disable RADIX MMU mode on POWER9
+ radix_hcall_invalidate=on [PPC/PSERIES]
+ Disable RADIX GTSE feature and use hcall for TLB
+ invalidate.
+
disable_tlbie [PPC]
Disable TLBIE instruction. Currently does not work
with KVM, with HASH MMU, or with coherent accelerators.
diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/cpu_hotplug.rst b/Documentation/core-api/cpu_hotplug.rst
index f64668759b6a..298c9c8bea9a 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/cpu_hotplug.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/cpu_hotplug.rst
@@ -50,13 +50,6 @@ Command Line Switches
This option is limited to the X86 and S390 architecture.
-``cede_offline={"off","on"}``
- Use this option to disable/enable putting offlined processors to an extended
- ``H_CEDE`` state on supported pseries platforms. If nothing is specified,
- ``cede_offline`` is set to "on".
-
- This option is limited to the PowerPC architecture.
-
``cpu0_hotplug``
Allow to shutdown CPU0.
diff --git a/Documentation/features/sched/membarrier-sync-core/arch-support.txt b/Documentation/features/sched/membarrier-sync-core/arch-support.txt
index 68658a6f8c5b..47e6903f47a5 100644
--- a/Documentation/features/sched/membarrier-sync-core/arch-support.txt
+++ b/Documentation/features/sched/membarrier-sync-core/arch-support.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
#
# Architecture requirements
#
-# * arm/arm64
+# * arm/arm64/powerpc
#
# Rely on implicit context synchronization as a result of exception return
# when returning from IPI handler, and when returning to user-space.
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
| nios2: | TODO |
| openrisc: | TODO |
| parisc: | TODO |
- | powerpc: | TODO |
+ | powerpc: | ok |
| riscv: | TODO |
| s390: | TODO |
| sh: | TODO |
diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
index 4e55aba3eb4a..96186332e5f4 100644
--- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
@@ -1935,6 +1935,20 @@ There are some more advanced barrier functions:
relaxed I/O accessors and the Documentation/DMA-API.txt file for more
information on consistent memory.
+ (*) pmem_wmb();
+
+ This is for use with persistent memory to ensure that stores for which
+ modifications are written to persistent storage reached a platform
+ durability domain.
+
+ For example, after a non-temporal write to pmem region, we use pmem_wmb()
+ to ensure that stores have reached a platform durability domain. This ensures
+ that stores have updated persistent storage before any data access or
+ data transfer caused by subsequent instructions is initiated. This is
+ in addition to the ordering done by wmb().
+
+ For load from persistent memory, existing read memory barriers are sufficient
+ to ensure read ordering.
===============================
IMPLICIT KERNEL MEMORY BARRIERS
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/cpu_families.rst b/Documentation/powerpc/cpu_families.rst
index 1e063c5440c3..9b84e045e713 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/cpu_families.rst
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/cpu_families.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ and are supported by arch/powerpc.
Book3S (aka sPAPR)
------------------
-- Hash MMU
+- Hash MMU (except 603 and e300)
+- Software loaded TLB (603 and e300)
+- Selectable Software loaded TLB in addition to hash MMU (755, 7450, e600)
- Mix of 32 & 64 bit::
+--------------+ +----------------+
@@ -24,9 +26,9 @@ Book3S (aka sPAPR)
| |
| |
v v
- +--------------+ +----------------+ +-------+
- | 604 | | 750 (G3) | ---> | 750CX |
- +--------------+ +----------------+ +-------+
+ +--------------+ +-----+ +----------------+ +-------+
+ | 604 | | 755 | <--- | 750 (G3) | ---> | 750CX |
+ +--------------+ +-----+ +----------------+ +-------+
| | |
| | |
v v v
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/mpc52xx.rst b/Documentation/powerpc/mpc52xx.rst
index 8676ac63e077..30260707c3fe 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/mpc52xx.rst
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/mpc52xx.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
Linux 2.6.x on MPC52xx family
=============================
-For the latest info, go to http://www.246tNt.com/mpc52xx/
+For the latest info, go to https://www.246tNt.com/mpc52xx/
To compile/use :
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/syscall64-abi.rst b/Documentation/powerpc/syscall64-abi.rst
index e49f69f941b9..46caaadbb029 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/syscall64-abi.rst
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/syscall64-abi.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ Power Architecture 64-bit Linux system call ABI
syscall
=======
+Invocation
+----------
+The syscall is made with the sc instruction, and returns with execution
+continuing at the instruction following the sc instruction.
+
+If PPC_FEATURE2_SCV appears in the AT_HWCAP2 ELF auxiliary vector, the
+scv 0 instruction is an alternative that may provide better performance,
+with some differences to calling sequence.
+
syscall calling sequence\ [1]_ matches the Power Architecture 64-bit ELF ABI
specification C function calling sequence, including register preservation
rules, with the following differences.
@@ -12,16 +21,23 @@ rules, with the following differences.
.. [1] Some syscalls (typically low-level management functions) may have
different calling sequences (e.g., rt_sigreturn).
-Parameters and return value
----------------------------
+Parameters
+----------
The system call number is specified in r0.
There is a maximum of 6 integer parameters to a syscall, passed in r3-r8.
-Both a return value and a return error code are returned. cr0.SO is the return
-error code, and r3 is the return value or error code. When cr0.SO is clear,
-the syscall succeeded and r3 is the return value. When cr0.SO is set, the
-syscall failed and r3 is the error code that generally corresponds to errno.
+Return value
+------------
+- For the sc instruction, both a value and an error condition are returned.
+ cr0.SO is the error condition, and r3 is the return value. When cr0.SO is
+ clear, the syscall succeeded and r3 is the return value. When cr0.SO is set,
+ the syscall failed and r3 is the error value (that normally corresponds to
+ errno).
+
+- For the scv 0 instruction, the return value indicates failure if it is
+ -4095..-1 (i.e., it is >= -MAX_ERRNO (-4095) as an unsigned comparison),
+ in which case the error value is the negated return value.
Stack
-----
@@ -34,22 +50,23 @@ Register preservation rules match the ELF ABI calling sequence with the
following differences:
=========== ============= ========================================
+--- For the sc instruction, differences with the ELF ABI ---
r0 Volatile (System call number.)
r3 Volatile (Parameter 1, and return value.)
r4-r8 Volatile (Parameters 2-6.)
-cr0 Volatile (cr0.SO is the return error condition)
+cr0 Volatile (cr0.SO is the return error condition.)
cr1, cr5-7 Nonvolatile
lr Nonvolatile
+
+--- For the scv 0 instruction, differences with the ELF ABI ---
+r0 Volatile (System call number.)
+r3 Volatile (Parameter 1, and return value.)
+r4-r8 Volatile (Parameters 2-6.)
=========== ============= ========================================
All floating point and vector data registers as well as control and status
registers are nonvolatile.
-Invocation
-----------
-The syscall is performed with the sc instruction, and returns with execution
-continuing at the instruction following the sc instruction.
-
Transactional Memory
--------------------
Syscall behavior can change if the processor is in transactional or suspended
@@ -75,6 +92,7 @@ auxiliary vector.
returning to the caller. This case is not well defined or supported, so this
behavior should not be relied upon.
+scv 0 syscalls will always behave as PPC_FEATURE2_HTM_NOSC.
vsyscall
========
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index cdfd98155311..eb3a1316f03e 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -2160,9 +2160,12 @@ registers, find a list below:
PPC KVM_REG_PPC_MMCRA 64
PPC KVM_REG_PPC_MMCR2 64
PPC KVM_REG_PPC_MMCRS 64
+ PPC KVM_REG_PPC_MMCR3 64
PPC KVM_REG_PPC_SIAR 64
PPC KVM_REG_PPC_SDAR 64
PPC KVM_REG_PPC_SIER 64
+ PPC KVM_REG_PPC_SIER2 64
+ PPC KVM_REG_PPC_SIER3 64
PPC KVM_REG_PPC_PMC1 32
PPC KVM_REG_PPC_PMC2 32
PPC KVM_REG_PPC_PMC3 32