Subject: ARM errata 430973 on multi platform kernels

From: [email-masked] (Tony Lindgren)
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2015 08:09:19 -0700

* Russell King - ARM Linux <[email-masked]> [150409 06:49]:
> On Thu, Apr 09, 2015 at 12:06:58AM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 07, 2015 at 08:22:08AM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> > > Works for me. The above needs the following fix folded in to build:
> > > 
> > > --- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
> > > +++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
> > > @@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ __v7_ca9mp_proc_info:
> > >  __v7_ca8_proc_info:
> > >  	.long	0x410fc080
> > >  	.long	0xff0ffff0
> > > -	__v7_proc __v7_ca8mp_proc_info, proc_fns = ca8_processor_functions
> > > +	__v7_proc __v7_ca8_proc_info, __v7_setup, proc_fns = ca8_processor_functions
> > >  	.size	__v7_ca8_proc_info, . - __v7_ca8_proc_info
> > >  
> > >  #endif	/* CONFIG_ARM_LPAE */
> > 
> > Thanks, merged into the original patch.
> 
> Do you want to give me an ack for this, thanks?

The patch below works for me:

Tested-by: Tony Lindgren <[email-masked]>

I'm wondering if this and the follow-up patch should be tagged
cc: stable?

They together fix apps segfaulting both with and without 430973
for some common use cases for distro kernels.

Regards,

Tony
 
> 8<===
> From: Russell King <[email-masked]>
> Subject: [PATCH] ARM: proc-v7: avoid errata 430973 workaround for non-Cortex
>  A8 CPUs
> 
> Avoid the errata 430973 workaround for non-Cortex A8 CPUs.  Having this
> workaround enabled introduces an additional branch target buffer flush
> into the context switching path, something we wish to avoid.  To allow
> this errata to be enabled in multiplatform kernels while reducing its
> impact, rearrange the Cortex-A8 CPU support to avoid impacting on other
> Version 7 CPUs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Russell King <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  arch/arm/mm/proc-v7-2level.S | 12 ++++++++----
>  arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S        | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7-2level.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7-2level.S
> index bc86be205c04..fa385140715f 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7-2level.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7-2level.S
> @@ -37,15 +37,18 @@
>   *	It is assumed that:
>   *	- we are not using split page tables
>   */
> -ENTRY(cpu_v7_switch_mm)
> +ENTRY(cpu_ca8_switch_mm)
>  #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
>  	mov	r2, #0
> -	mmid	r1, r1				@ get mm->context.id
> -	ALT_SMP(orr	r0, r0, #TTB_FLAGS_SMP)
> -	ALT_UP(orr	r0, r0, #TTB_FLAGS_UP)
>  #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_430973
>  	mcr	p15, 0, r2, c7, c5, 6		@ flush BTAC/BTB
>  #endif
> +#endif
> +ENTRY(cpu_v7_switch_mm)
> +#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
> +	mmid	r1, r1				@ get mm->context.id
> +	ALT_SMP(orr	r0, r0, #TTB_FLAGS_SMP)
> +	ALT_UP(orr	r0, r0, #TTB_FLAGS_UP)
>  #ifdef CONFIG_PID_IN_CONTEXTIDR
>  	mrc	p15, 0, r2, c13, c0, 1		@ read current context ID
>  	lsr	r2, r2, #8			@ extract the PID
> @@ -61,6 +64,7 @@ ENTRY(cpu_v7_switch_mm)
>  #endif
>  	bx	lr
>  ENDPROC(cpu_v7_switch_mm)
> +ENDPROC(cpu_ca8_switch_mm)
>  
>  /*
>   *	cpu_v7_set_pte_ext(ptep, pte)
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
> index b1d19ea5e1af..003190ae9cd8 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
> @@ -153,6 +153,21 @@ ENDPROC(cpu_v7_do_resume)
>  #endif
>  
>  /*
> + * Cortex-A8
> + */
> +	globl_equ	cpu_ca8_proc_init,	cpu_v7_proc_init
> +	globl_equ	cpu_ca8_proc_fin,	cpu_v7_proc_fin
> +	globl_equ	cpu_ca8_reset,		cpu_v7_reset
> +	globl_equ	cpu_ca8_do_idle,	cpu_v7_do_idle
> +	globl_equ	cpu_ca8_dcache_clean_area, cpu_v7_dcache_clean_area
> +	globl_equ	cpu_ca8_set_pte_ext,	cpu_v7_set_pte_ext
> +	globl_equ	cpu_ca8_suspend_size,	cpu_v7_suspend_size
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_CPU_SUSPEND
> +	globl_equ	cpu_ca8_do_suspend,	cpu_v7_do_suspend
> +	globl_equ	cpu_ca8_do_resume,	cpu_v7_do_resume
> +#endif
> +
> +/*
>   * Cortex-A9 processor functions
>   */
>  	globl_equ	cpu_ca9mp_proc_init,	cpu_v7_proc_init
> @@ -471,7 +486,10 @@ __v7_setup_stack:
>  
>  	@ define struct processor (see <asm/proc-fns.h> and proc-macros.S)
>  	define_processor_functions v7, dabort=v7_early_abort, pabort=v7_pabort, suspend=1
> +#ifndef CONFIG_ARM_LPAE
> +	define_processor_functions ca8, dabort=v7_early_abort, pabort=v7_pabort, suspend=1
>  	define_processor_functions ca9mp, dabort=v7_early_abort, pabort=v7_pabort, suspend=1
> +#endif
>  #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_PJ4B
>  	define_processor_functions pj4b, dabort=v7_early_abort, pabort=v7_pabort, suspend=1
>  #endif
> @@ -527,6 +545,16 @@ __v7_ca9mp_proc_info:
>  	__v7_proc __v7_ca9mp_proc_info, __v7_ca9mp_setup, proc_fns = ca9mp_processor_functions
>  	.size	__v7_ca9mp_proc_info, . - __v7_ca9mp_proc_info
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * ARM Ltd. Cortex A8 processor.
> +	 */
> +	.type	__v7_ca8_proc_info, #object
> +__v7_ca8_proc_info:
> +	.long	0x410fc080
> +	.long	0xff0ffff0
> +	__v7_proc __v7_ca8_proc_info, __v7_setup, proc_fns = ca8_processor_functions
> +	.size	__v7_ca8_proc_info, . - __v7_ca8_proc_info
> +
>  #endif	/* CONFIG_ARM_LPAE */
>  
>  	/*
> -- 
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