[PATCH 2/2] ARM: Make IPI_CPU_BACKTRACE a "non-secure" SGI

Marc Zyngier marc.zyngier at arm.com
Fri Dec 18 03:29:57 PST 2015


On 18/12/15 11:20, Daniel Thompson wrote:
> On 18/12/15 09:16, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>> Having IPI_CPU_BACKTRACE as SGI15 may not work if the kernel is
>> running in non-secure mode and that the secure firmware has
>> decided to follow ARM's recommendations that SGI8-15 should
>> be reserved for secure purpose.
>>
>> Now that we are "only" using SGI0-6, change IPI_CPU_BACKTRACE
>> to use SGI7, which makes it more likely to work.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>
> 
> Tested-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson at linaro.org>

Thanks Daniel, much appreciated.

	M.
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