1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
index 166e427ed2b..3f0d5e969ef 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
@@ -260,6 +260,19 @@ static int cpu_has_aliasing_icache(unsigned int arch)
 	int aliasing_icache;
 	unsigned int id_reg, num_sets, line_size;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BIG_LITTLE
+	/*
+	 * We expect a combination of Cortex-A15 and Cortex-A7 cores.
+	 * A7 = VIPT aliasing I-cache
+	 * A15 = PIPT (non-aliasing) I-cache
+	 * To cater for this discrepancy, let's assume aliasing I-cache
+	 * all the time.  This means unneeded extra work on the A15 but
+	 * only ptrace is affected which is not performance critical.
+	 */
+	if ((read_cpuid_id() & 0xff0ffff0) == 0x410fc0f0)
+		return 1;
+#endif
+
 	/* PIPT caches never alias. */
 	if (icache_is_pipt())
 		return 0;