linux/arch/arc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S, branch v4.9

nmi_backtrace: generate one-line reports for idle cpus

2016-10-08T01:46:30Z

When doing an nmi backtrace of many cores, most of which are idle, the output is a little overwhelming and very uninformative. Suppress messages for cpus that are idling when they are interrupted and just emit one line, "NMI backtrace for N skipped: idling at pc 0xNNN". We do this by grouping all the cpuidle code together into a new .cpuidle.text section, and then checking the address of the interrupted PC to see if it lies within that section. This commit suitably tags x86 and tile idle routines, and only adds in the minimal framework for other architectures. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1472487169-14923-5-git-send-email-cmetcalf@mellanox.com Signed-off-by: Chris Metcalf Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Tested-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Tested-by: Daniel Thompson [arm] Tested-by: Petr Mladek Cc: Aaron Tomlin Cc: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Cc: Russell King Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

ARC: .exit.* sections can be discarded in .eh_frame regime

2016-09-30T21:48:23Z

We used to keep the .exit.* sections as linker would fail in final link due to references from .debug_frame which itself could not be discardrd due to the forced "write,alloc" attributes for it. | LD init/built-in.o | `.exit.text' referenced in section `.debug_frame' of arch/arc/built-in.o: defined in discarded section `.exit.text' of arch/arc/built-in.o | Makefile:949: recipe for target 'vmlinux' failed With .debug_frame now retired, this hack is no longer needed. kernel binary is now a little bit smaller as well. closes STAR 9000549913 Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta

ARC: dw2 unwind: switch to .eh_frame based unwinding

2016-09-30T21:48:20Z

So finally after almost 8 years of dealing with .debug_frame, we are finally switching to .eh_frame. The reason being stripped kernel binaries had non-functional unwinder as .debug_frame was gone. Also, in general .eh_frame seems more common way of doing unwinding. This also folds a revert of f52e126cc747 ("ARC: unwind: ensure that .debug_frame is generated (vs. .eh_frame)") to ensure that we start getting .eh_frame Reported-by: Daniel Mentz Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta

ARC: boot: Support Halt-on-reset and Run-on-reset SMP booting modes

2015-10-28T10:38:17Z

For Run-on-reset, non masters need to spin wait. For Halt-on-reset they can jump to entry point directly. Also while at it, made reset vector handler as "the" entry point for kernel including host debugger based boot (which uses the ELF header entry point) Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta

ARC: optimize kernel bss clearing in early boot code

2014-06-26T04:44:05Z

using ARC ZOL which reduces tot num of instructions by half Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta

ARC: Adjustments for gcc 4.8

2013-06-27T09:05:32Z

* DWARF unwinder related + Force DWARF2 compliant .debug_frame (gcc 4.8 defaults to DWARF4 which kernel unwinder can't grok). + Discard the additional .eh_frame generated + Discard the dwarf4 debug info generated by -gdwarf-2 for normal no debug case * 4.8 already uses arc600 multilibs for -mno-mpy * switch to using uclibc compiler (to get -mmedium-calls and -mno-sdata) and also since buildroot can only use 1 toolchain Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta

ARC: [Review] Multi-platform image #4: Isolate platform headers

2013-02-15T17:46:14Z

-Top level ARC makefile removes -I for platform headers -asm/irq.h no longer includes plat/irq.h -platform makefile adds -I for it's specfic platform headers -platform code to directly include it's plat/irq.h -Linker script needed plat/memmap.h for CCM info, already in .config Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta Cc: Arnd Bergmann Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann

ARC: [Review] Multi-platform image #2: Board callback Infrastructure

2013-02-15T17:46:13Z

The orig platform code orgnaization was singleton design pattern - only one platform (and board thereof) would build at a time. Thus any platform/board specific code (e.g. irq init, early init ...) expected by ARC common code was exported as well defined set of APIs, with only ONE instance building ever. Now with multiple-platform build requirement, that design of code no longer holds - multiple board specific calls need to build at the same time - so ARC common code can't use the API approach, it needs a callback based design where each board registers it's specific set of functions, and at runtime, depending on board detection, the callbacks are used from the registry. This commit adds all the infrastructure, where board specific callbacks are specified as a "maThine description". All the hooks are placed in right spots, no board callbacks registered yet (with MACHINE_STARt/END constructs) so the hooks will not run. Next commit will actually convert the platform to this infrastructure. Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta Cc: Arnd Bergmann Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann

ARC: Support for single cycle Close Coupled Mem (CCM)

2013-02-15T17:46:10Z

* Includes mapping of CCMs in address space * Annotations to move arbitrary code/data into CCM * Moving some of the critical code/data into CCM * Runtime detection/reporting Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta

ARC: DWARF2 .debug_frame based stack unwinder

2013-02-15T17:46:03Z

-Originally written by Rajeshwar Ranga -Derived off of generic unwinder in 2.6.19 and adapted to ARC Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta Cc: Rajeshwar Ranga