Merge branch 'linux-linaro-lsk-v4.4' into linux-linaro-lsk-v4.4-android

4 files changed, 73 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/booting.txt b/Documentation/arm64/booting.txt
index 701d39d3171a..56d6d8b796db 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm64/booting.txt
+++ b/Documentation/arm64/booting.txt
@@ -109,7 +109,13 @@ Header notes:
 			1 - 4K
 			2 - 16K
 			3 - 64K
-  Bits 3-63:	Reserved.
+  Bit 3:	Kernel physical placement
+			0 - 2MB aligned base should be as close as possible
+			    to the base of DRAM, since memory below it is not
+			    accessible via the linear mapping
+			1 - 2MB aligned base may be anywhere in physical
+			    memory
+  Bits 4-63:	Reserved.
 
 - When image_size is zero, a bootloader should attempt to keep as much
   memory as possible free for use by the kernel immediately after the
@@ -117,14 +123,14 @@ Header notes:
   depending on selected features, and is effectively unbound.
 
 The Image must be placed text_offset bytes from a 2MB aligned base
-address near the start of usable system RAM and called there. Memory
-below that base address is currently unusable by Linux, and therefore it
-is strongly recommended that this location is the start of system RAM.
-The region between the 2 MB aligned base address and the start of the
-image has no special significance to the kernel, and may be used for
-other purposes.
+address anywhere in usable system RAM and called there. The region
+between the 2 MB aligned base address and the start of the image has no
+special significance to the kernel, and may be used for other purposes.
 At least image_size bytes from the start of the image must be free for
 use by the kernel.
+NOTE: versions prior to v4.6 cannot make use of memory below the
+physical offset of the Image so it is recommended that the Image be
+placed as close as possible to the start of system RAM.
 
 Any memory described to the kernel (even that below the start of the
 image) which is not marked as reserved from the kernel (e.g., with a
diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.txt b/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..58b71ddf9b60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+                Silicon Errata and Software Workarounds
+                =======================================
+
+Author: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
+Date  : 27 November 2015
+
+It is an unfortunate fact of life that hardware is often produced with
+so-called "errata", which can cause it to deviate from the architecture
+under specific circumstances.  For hardware produced by ARM, these
+errata are broadly classified into the following categories:
+
+  Category A: A critical error without a viable workaround.
+  Category B: A significant or critical error with an acceptable
+              workaround.
+  Category C: A minor error that is not expected to occur under normal
+              operation.
+
+For more information, consult one of the "Software Developers Errata
+Notice" documents available on infocenter.arm.com (registration
+required).
+
+As far as Linux is concerned, Category B errata may require some special
+treatment in the operating system. For example, avoiding a particular
+sequence of code, or configuring the processor in a particular way. A
+less common situation may require similar actions in order to declassify
+a Category A erratum into a Category C erratum. These are collectively
+known as "software workarounds" and are only required in the minority of
+cases (e.g. those cases that both require a non-secure workaround *and*
+can be triggered by Linux).
+
+For software workarounds that may adversely impact systems unaffected by
+the erratum in question, a Kconfig entry is added under "Kernel
+Features" -> "ARM errata workarounds via the alternatives framework".
+These are enabled by default and patched in at runtime when an affected
+CPU is detected. For less-intrusive workarounds, a Kconfig option is not
+available and the code is structured (preferably with a comment) in such
+a way that the erratum will not be hit.
+
+This approach can make it slightly onerous to determine exactly which
+errata are worked around in an arbitrary kernel source tree, so this
+file acts as a registry of software workarounds in the Linux Kernel and
+will be updated when new workarounds are committed and backported to
+stable kernels.
+
+| Implementor    | Component       | Erratum ID      | Kconfig                 |
++----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-------------------------+
+| ARM            | Cortex-A53      | #826319         | ARM64_ERRATUM_826319    |
+| ARM            | Cortex-A53      | #827319         | ARM64_ERRATUM_827319    |
+| ARM            | Cortex-A53      | #824069         | ARM64_ERRATUM_824069    |
+| ARM            | Cortex-A53      | #819472         | ARM64_ERRATUM_819472    |
+| ARM            | Cortex-A53      | #845719         | ARM64_ERRATUM_845719    |
+| ARM            | Cortex-A53      | #843419         | ARM64_ERRATUM_843419    |
+| ARM            | Cortex-A57      | #832075         | ARM64_ERRATUM_832075    |
+| ARM            | Cortex-A57      | #852523         | N/A                     |
+| ARM            | Cortex-A57      | #834220         | ARM64_ERRATUM_834220    |
+|                |                 |                 |                         |
+| Cavium         | ThunderX ITS    | #22375, #24313  | CAVIUM_ERRATUM_22375    |
+| Cavium         | ThunderX GICv3  | #23154          | CAVIUM_ERRATUM_23154    |
diff --git a/Documentation/features/time/irq-time-acct/arch-support.txt b/Documentation/features/time/irq-time-acct/arch-support.txt
index e63316239938..4199ffecc0ff 100644
--- a/Documentation/features/time/irq-time-acct/arch-support.txt
+++ b/Documentation/features/time/irq-time-acct/arch-support.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     |       alpha: |  ..  |
     |         arc: | TODO |
     |         arm: |  ok  |
-    |       arm64: |  ..  |
+    |       arm64: |  ok  |
     |       avr32: | TODO |
     |    blackfin: | TODO |
     |         c6x: | TODO |
diff --git a/Documentation/features/vm/huge-vmap/arch-support.txt b/Documentation/features/vm/huge-vmap/arch-support.txt
index af6816bccb43..df1d1f3c9af2 100644
--- a/Documentation/features/vm/huge-vmap/arch-support.txt
+++ b/Documentation/features/vm/huge-vmap/arch-support.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     |       alpha: | TODO |
     |         arc: | TODO |
     |         arm: | TODO |
-    |       arm64: | TODO |
+    |       arm64: |  ok  |
     |       avr32: | TODO |
     |    blackfin: | TODO |
     |         c6x: | TODO |