[PATCH 2/2] arm: Add ARM ERRATA 782773 workaround
Simon Horman
horms at verge.net.au
Thu Sep 20 21:00:37 EDT 2012
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 10:35:50AM +0100, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> On 13 September 2012 02:00, Simon Horman <horms at verge.net.au> wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 10:59:35AM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> >> On 09/12/12 00:14, Simon Horman wrote:
> >> > @@ -1423,6 +1423,15 @@ config ARM_ERRATA_775420
> >> > deadlock. This workaround puts DSB before executing ISB at the
> >> > beginning of the abort exception handler.
> >> >
> >> > +config ARM_ERRATA_782773
> >> > + bool "ARM errata: Updating a translation entry might cause an unexpected translation fault"
> >> > + depends on CPU_V7
> >> > + help
> >> > + This option enables the workaround for the 782773 Cortex-A9 (all r0,
> >> > + ,r2 and r3 revisions) erratum. It might cause MMU exception in case
> >>
> >> Seems to be an extra comma here.
> >
> > Thanks, here is an updated version.
> >
> > From: Kouei Abe <kouei.abe.cp at rms.renesas.com>
> >
> > arm: Add ARM ERRATA 782773 workaround
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kouei Abe <kouei.abe.cp at rms.renesas.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms at verge.net.au>
>
> I would add some text to the commit log as well, even though it
> matches the Kconfig entry.
Sure, an updated patch is below.
I also reworded the text to make it easier on my eyes,
I don't think the meaning has been altered.
> Have you hit this in practice? In general the kernel shouldn't access
> kernel virtual address corresponding to a page table that is being
> changed. For user address space it is possible but the kernel can
> handle use translation faults, even though they may be spurious.
I believe that Abe-san's team have come up against this,
I can confirm that if it is important.
----------------------------------------------------------------
From: Kouei Abe <kouei.abe.cp at rms.renesas.com>
arm: Add ARM ERRATA 782773 workaround
This is a workaround for Errata 782773 which effects all r0, r2 and r3
revisions.
The work-around avoids the possibility of an MMU exception in the case
where a page table walk occurs immediately after a page table update
that hasn't been flushed from the L1 data cache.
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Kouei Abe <kouei.abe.cp at rms.renesas.com>
Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms at verge.net.au>
---
v2
* Reword Kconfig description
* Add some details to changelog entry
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 48c19d4..2b76164 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -1423,6 +1423,15 @@ config ARM_ERRATA_775420
to deadlock. This workaround puts DSB before executing ISB if
an abort may occur on cache maintenance.
+config ARM_ERRATA_782773
+ bool "ARM errata: Updating a translation entry might cause an unexpected translation fault"
+ depends on CPU_V7
+ help
+ This option enables the workaround for the 782773 Cortex-A9 (all r0,
+ r2 and r3 revisions) erratum. It might cause MMU exception in case
+ page table walk happens just after updating the existing
+ with setting page table in L1 data cache.
+
endmenu
source "arch/arm/common/Kconfig"
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7-2level.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7-2level.S
index fd045e7..9207b9f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7-2level.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7-2level.S
@@ -103,9 +103,17 @@ ENTRY(cpu_v7_set_pte_ext)
tstne r1, #L_PTE_PRESENT
moveq r3, #0
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_782773
+ mrs r2, cpsr @ save cpsr
+ cpsid if @ disable interrupts
+ mcr p15, 0, r0, c7, c14, 1 @ clean & invalidate D line
+#endif
ARM( str r3, [r0, #2048]! )
THUMB( add r0, r0, #2048 )
THUMB( str r3, [r0] )
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_782773
+ msr cpsr_c, r2 @ load cpsr
+#endif
mcr p15, 0, r0, c7, c10, 1 @ flush_pte
#endif
mov pc, lr
--
1.7.10.4
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