[PATCH] ARM: cache-v7: Disable preemption when reading CCSIDR
Rabin Vincent
rabin at rab.in
Mon Feb 13 12:54:53 EST 2012
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 07:33, Stephen Boyd <sboyd at codeaurora.org> wrote:
> armv7's flush_cache_all() flushes caches via set/way. To
> determine the cache attributes (line size, number of sets,
> etc.) the assembly first writes the CSSELR register to select a
> cache level and then reads the CCSIDR register. The CSSELR register
> is banked per-cpu and is used to determine which cache level CCSIDR
> reads. If the task is migrated between when the CSSELR is written and
> the CCSIDR is read the CCSIDR value may be for an unexpected cache
> level (for example L1 instead of L2) and incorrect cache flushing
> could occur.
>
> Disable interrupts across the write and read so that the correct
> cache attributes are read and used for the cache flushing
> routine. We disable interrupts instead of disabling preemption
> because the critical section is only 3 instructions and we want
> to call v7_dcache_flush_all from __v7_setup which doesn't have a
> full kernel stack with a struct thread_info.
>
> This fixes a problem we see in scm_call() when flush_cache_all()
> is called from preemptible context and sometimes the L2 cache is
> not properly flushed out.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd at codeaurora.org>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
> Cc: Nicolas Pitre <nico at fluxnic.net>
> ---
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/cache-v7.S b/arch/arm/mm/cache-v7.S
> index 07c4bc8..654a5fc 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mm/cache-v7.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/mm/cache-v7.S
> @@ -54,9 +54,15 @@ loop1:
> and r1, r1, #7 @ mask of the bits for current cache only
> cmp r1, #2 @ see what cache we have at this level
> blt skip @ skip if no cache, or just i-cache
> +#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT
> + save_and_disable_irqs r9 @ make cssr&csidr read atomic
> +#endif
> mcr p15, 2, r10, c0, c0, 0 @ select current cache level in cssr
> isb @ isb to sych the new cssr&csidr
> mrc p15, 1, r1, c0, c0, 0 @ read the new csidr
> +#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT
> + restore_irqs r9
> +#endif
> and r2, r1, #7 @ extract the length of the cache lines
> add r2, r2, #4 @ add 4 (line length offset)
> ldr r4, =0x3ff
This patch breaks the kernel boot when lockdep is enabled.
v7_setup (called before the MMU is enabled) calls v7_flush_dcache_all,
and the save_and_disable_irqs added by this patch ends up calling
into lockdep C code (trace_hardirqs_off()) when we are in no position
to execute it (no stack, no MMU).
The following fixes it. Perhaps it can be folded in?
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h
index 62f8095..23371b1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/assembler.h
@@ -137,6 +137,11 @@
disable_irq
.endm
+ .macro save_and_disable_irqs_notrace, oldcpsr
+ mrs \oldcpsr, cpsr
+ disable_irq_notrace
+ .endm
+
/*
* Restore interrupt state previously stored in a register. We don't
* guarantee that this will preserve the flags.
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/cache-v7.S b/arch/arm/mm/cache-v7.S
index 7a24d396..a655d3d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/cache-v7.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/cache-v7.S
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ loop1:
cmp r1, #2 @ see what cache we have at this level
blt skip @ skip if no cache, or just i-cache
#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT
- save_and_disable_irqs r9 @ make cssr&csidr read atomic
+ save_and_disable_irqs_notrace r9 @ make cssr&csidr read atomic
#endif
mcr p15, 2, r10, c0, c0, 0 @ select current cache level in cssr
isb @ isb to sych the new cssr&csidr
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