[PATCH] ARM: SMP: prevent use of the console when using idmap_pgd

Colin Cross ccross at android.com
Fri May 4 21:14:02 EDT 2012


Commit 4e8ee7de227e3ab9a72040b448ad728c5428a042 (ARM: SMP: use
idmap_pgd for mapping MMU enable during secondary booting)
switched secondary boot to use idmap_pgd, which is initialized
during early_initcall, instead of a page table initialized during
__cpu_up.  This causes idmap_pgd to contain the static mappings
but be missing all dynamic mappings.

If a console is registered that creates a dynamic mapping, the
printk in secondary_start_kernel will trigger a data abort on
the missing mapping before the exception handlers have been
initialized, leading to a hang.  Initial boot is not affected
because no consoles have been registered, and resume is usually
not affected because the offending console is suspended.
Onlining a cpu with hotplug triggers the problem.

A workaround is to the printk in secondary_start_kernel until
after the page tables have been switched back to init_mm.

Signed-off-by: Colin Cross <ccross at android.com>
---
 arch/arm/kernel/smp.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
index addbbe8..aa98928 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
@@ -251,8 +251,6 @@ asmlinkage void __cpuinit secondary_start_kernel(void)
 	struct mm_struct *mm = &init_mm;
 	unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 
-	printk("CPU%u: Booted secondary processor\n", cpu);
-
 	/*
 	 * All kernel threads share the same mm context; grab a
 	 * reference and switch to it.
@@ -264,6 +262,8 @@ asmlinkage void __cpuinit secondary_start_kernel(void)
 	enter_lazy_tlb(mm, current);
 	local_flush_tlb_all();
 
+	printk("CPU%u: Booted secondary processor\n", cpu);
+
 	cpu_init();
 	preempt_disable();
 	trace_hardirqs_off();
-- 
1.7.7.3




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