Runtime disable transactional memory feature looking at pa-features
device tree entry. This provides a mechanism to disable TM on P8
systems.

Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <[email protected]>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
index 668aa4791fd7..537bd7e7db0b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
@@ -161,6 +161,11 @@ static struct ibm_pa_feature {
        {CPU_FTR_NODSISRALIGN, 0, 0,    1, 1, 1},
        {0, MMU_FTR_CI_LARGE_PAGE, 0,   1, 2, 0},
        {CPU_FTR_REAL_LE, PPC_FEATURE_TRUE_LE, 5, 0, 0},
+       /*
+        * We should use CPU_FTR_TM_COMP so that if we disable TM, it won't get
+        * enabled via device tree
+        */
+       {CPU_FTR_TM_COMP, 0, 0,         22, 0, 0},
 };
 
 static void __init scan_features(unsigned long node, unsigned char *ftrs,
-- 
1.9.1

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