XPA kernels hardcode for the presence of RIXI - the PTE format & its
handling presume RI & XI bits. Make this dependence explicit by panicing
if we run on a system that violates it.

Signed-off-by: Paul Burton <[email protected]>

---

Changes in v2:
- New patch, in response to clarification on patch 5.

 arch/mips/mm/tlbex.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/tlbex.c b/arch/mips/mm/tlbex.c
index 3f1a8a2..9c39c66 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/tlbex.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/tlbex.c
@@ -2395,6 +2395,9 @@ void build_tlb_refill_handler(void)
         */
        static int run_once = 0;
 
+       if (config_enabled(CONFIG_XPA) && !cpu_has_rixi)
+               panic("Kernels supporting XPA currently require CPUs with 
RIXI\n");
+
        output_pgtable_bits_defines();
        check_pabits();
 
-- 
2.8.0

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