Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] arm64: Add workaround for Arm Cortex-A77 erratum 1508412

From: Marc Zyngier <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 11:05:10 +0100

On 2020-10-20 15:40, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 8:48 AM Rob Herring <[email-masked]> wrote:
>> 
>> On Cortex-A77 r0p0 and r1p0, a sequence of a non-cacheable or device 
>> load
>> and a store exclusive or PAR_EL1 read can cause a deadlock.
>> 
>> The workaround requires a DMB SY before and after a PAR_EL1 register
>> read. In addition, it's possible an interrupt (doing a device read) or
>> KVM guest exit could be taken between the DMB and PAR read, so we
>> also need a DMB before returning from interrupt and before returning 
>> to
>> a guest.
>> 
>> A deadlock is still possible with the workaround as KVM guests must 
>> also
>> have the workaround. IOW, a malicious guest can deadlock an affected
>> systems.
>> 
>> This workaround also depends on a firmware counterpart to enable the 
>> h/w
>> to insert DMB SY after load and store exclusive instructions. See the
>> errata document SDEN-1152370 v10 [1] for more information.
>> 
>> [1] 
>> https://static.docs.arm.com/101992/0010/Arm_Cortex_A77_MP074_Software_Developer_Errata_Notice_v10.pdf
>> 
>> Cc: Catalin Marinas <[email-masked]>
>> Cc: James Morse <[email-masked]>
>> Cc: Suzuki K Poulose <[email-masked]>
>> Cc: Will Deacon <[email-masked]>
>> Cc: Marc Zyngier <[email-masked]>
>> Cc: Julien Thierry <[email-masked]>
>> Cc: [email-masked]
>> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <[email-masked]>
>> ---
>> v6:
>> - Do dmb on kernel_exit rather than disabling interrupts around PAR 
>> read
>> v5:
>> - Rebase on v5.9-rc3
>> - Disable interrupts around PAR reads
>> - Add DMB on return to guest
>> 
>> v4:
>> - Move read_sysreg_par out of KVM code to sysreg.h to share
>> - Also use read_sysreg_par in fault.c and kvm/sys_regs.c
>> - Use alternative f/w for dmbs around PAR read
>> - Use cpus_have_final_cap instead of cpus_have_const_cap
>> - Add note about speculation of PAR read
>> 
>> v3:
>> - Add dmbs around PAR reads in KVM code
>> - Clean-up 'work-around' and 'errata'
>> 
>> v2:
>> - Don't disable KVM, just print warning
>> ---
>>  Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.rst     |  2 ++
>>  arch/arm64/Kconfig                         | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>>  arch/arm64/include/asm/cpucaps.h           |  3 ++-
>>  arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h            |  9 +++++++++
>>  arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c             | 10 ++++++++++
>>  arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S                  |  3 +++
>>  arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c                       |  3 ++-
>>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/switch.h    | 21 +++++++++++++--------
>>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/sysreg-sr.h |  2 +-
>>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/switch.c           |  2 +-
>>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/vhe/switch.c            |  2 +-
>>  arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c                  |  2 +-
>>  arch/arm64/mm/fault.c                      |  2 +-
>>  13 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
> Marc, Can I get an ack for KVM on this? Will is waiting for one before 
> applying.

Here you go:

Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <[email-masked]>

         M.
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