[RFC] ARM: EXYNOS: reset KFC cores when cpu is up
Krzysztof Kozlowski
k.kozlowski at samsung.com
Sat Aug 29 00:45:55 PDT 2015
2015-07-16 10:49 GMT+09:00 Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski at samsung.com>:
> On 16.07.2015 10:36, Chanho Park wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 8:35 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski
>> <k.kozlowski at samsung.com> wrote:
>>> 2015-07-15 10:36 GMT+09:00 Chanho Park <parkch98 at gmail.com>:
>>>> The cpu booting of exynos5422 has been still broken since we discussed
>>>> it in last year[1]. I found this resetting codes from odroid-xu3 kernel of
>>>> hardkernel, it could help to boot 8 cores well. This patch need to have
>>>> more test like STR and other SoC especially exynos5800 which is variant
>>>> of exynos5422. If this patch is broken on exynos5800, I'll find another
>>>> way to check exynos5422.
>>>>
>>>> This patch is top of my previous exynos5422 cpu ordering patch[2] and
>>>> need to enable CONFIG_EXYNOS5420_MCPM=y
>>>>
>>>> [ 0.047509] CPU0: update cpu_capacity 448
>>>> [ 0.047534] CPU0: thread -1, cpu 0, socket 1, mpidr 80000100
>>>> [ 0.047874] Setting up static identity map for 0x400082c0 -
>>>> 0x40008318
>>>> [ 0.048340] ARM CCI driver probed
>>>> [ 0.048597] Exynos MCPM support installed
>>>> [ 0.065676] CPU1: update cpu_capacity 448
>>>> [ 0.065685] CPU1: thread -1, cpu 1, socket 1, mpidr 80000101
>>>> [ 0.070672] CPU2: update cpu_capacity 448
>>>> [ 0.070680] CPU2: thread -1, cpu 2, socket 1, mpidr 80000102
>>>> [ 0.075644] CPU3: update cpu_capacity 448
>>>> [ 0.075653] CPU3: thread -1, cpu 3, socket 1, mpidr 80000103
>>>> [ 0.080590] CPU4: update cpu_capacity 1535
>>>> [ 0.080600] CPU4: thread -1, cpu 0, socket 0, mpidr 80000000
>>>> [ 0.085591] CPU5: update cpu_capacity 1535
>>>> [ 0.085599] CPU5: thread -1, cpu 1, socket 0, mpidr 80000001
>>>> [ 0.090590] CPU6: update cpu_capacity 1535
>>>> [ 0.090598] CPU6: thread -1, cpu 2, socket 0, mpidr 80000002
>>>> [ 0.095585] CPU7: update cpu_capacity 1535
>>>> [ 0.095593] CPU7: thread -1, cpu 3, socket 0, mpidr 80000003
>>>> [ 0.095720] Brought up 8 CPUs
>>>>
>>>> [1]:http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2015-June/350632.html
>>>> [2]:https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/6782891/
>>>
>>> Few questions/issues:
>>> 1. For the proper patch the commit message needs to be fixed a little.
>>> The dmesg above is meaningless but instead you can put short dmesg (2
>>> or 4 lines) with failed booting of CPUs.
>>
>> They will be gone when I make a official patch.
>>
>>> 2. Why only MCPM? Isn't this also needed without MCPM?
>>
>> Current exynos platsmp is not aware multi clusters. MCPM covered
>> secondary cpu booting of exynos big.Little cores. Without MCPM, same
>> approach and codes will be required on platsmp thus I think it's
>> redundant.
>
> Okay.
>
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cc: Joonyoung Shim <jy0922.shim at samsung.com>
>>>> Cc: Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi at samsung.com>
>>>> Cc: Kevin Hilman <khilman at kernel.org>
>>>> Cc: Heesub Shin <heesub.shin at samsung.com>
>>>> Cc: Mauro Ribeiro <mauro.ribeiro at hardkernel.com>
>>>> Cc: Abhilash Kesavan <a.kesavan at samsung.com>
>>>> Cc: Przemyslaw Marczak <p.marczak at samsung.com>
>>>> Cc: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski at samsung.com>
>>>> Cc: Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski at samsung.com>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Chanho Park <chanho61.park at samsung.com>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Chanho Park <parkch98 at gmail.com>
>>>
>>> I think both Chanho Parks are the same person :) so you may leave only
>>> one (the one matching "From").
>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> arch/arm/mach-exynos/mcpm-exynos.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
>>>> arch/arm/mach-exynos/regs-pmu.h | 6 ++++++
>>>> 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-exynos/mcpm-exynos.c b/arch/arm/mach-exynos/mcpm-exynos.c
>>>> index 9bdf547..a076dde 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/arm/mach-exynos/mcpm-exynos.c
>>>> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-exynos/mcpm-exynos.c
>>>> @@ -70,7 +70,18 @@ static int exynos_cpu_powerup(unsigned int cpu, unsigned int cluster)
>>>> cluster >= EXYNOS5420_NR_CLUSTERS)
>>>> return -EINVAL;
>>>>
>>>> - exynos_cpu_power_up(cpunr);
>>>> + if (!exynos_cpu_power_state(cpunr)) {
>>>> + exynos_cpu_power_up(cpunr);
>>>
>>> This second exynos_cpu_power_up() is needed? Do you know why?
>>
>> It's redirected to exynos's platsmp and it turned on CPU through pmu registers.
>> -> exynos_cpu_powerup: mcpm-exynos.c
>> -> exynos_cpu_power_up: platsmp.c
>>
>> Current mcpm exynos tried to run exynos_cpu_power_up twice during
>> secondary cpu is up. The first is from cpu_power_up of mcpm and the
>> second is from cpu_is_up. I want to avoid second power up the cpu if
>> it already turned on.
>>
>> static void exynos_cpu_is_up(unsigned int cpu, unsigned int cluster)
>> {
>> /* especially when resuming: make sure power control is set */
>>
>> exynos_cpu_powerup(cpu, cluster);
>> }
>
> Okay, I get it. I misunderstood the patch. It's fine.
>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>> +
>>>> + if (soc_is_exynos5800() && cluster) {
>>>
>>> If of_machine_is_compatible() can be used then please use it. Javier
>>> also mentioned it and he pointed that this is not necessary on
>>> Chromebooks.
>>
>> Okay. I'll use of_machine_is_compatible() instead of soc_is_exynos5800
>> to avoid running it from exynos5800.
>>
>>>
>>>> + while (!pmu_raw_readl(S5P_PMU_SPARE2))
>>>> + udelay(10);
>>>> +
>>>> + pmu_raw_writel(EXYNOS5420_KFC_CORE_RESET(cpu),
>>>> + EXYNOS_SWRESET);
>>>
>>> This is quite similar to existing exynos_core_restart(). Can you
>>> extend it for this purpose? Or at least put it as separate function
>>> near exynos_core_restart() so this would be grouped close to each
>>> other?
>>
>> As I said above, the platsmp is not aware multi clusters. I feel like
>> it would be dirty if I try to merge them.
>
> But here you are not reseting the cluster but reseting a CPU. Very
> similar function exists already - for waiting on SPARE2 and reseting
> CPU. I don't see what multiple clusters are changing here?
>
>>>
>>> Documenting this behaviour would be really nice (you can combine some
>>> of my findings on SPARE2 from previous discussion, if they are useful
>>> of course).
>>
>> No one knows exactly why we should wait until SPARE2 is up. I'll
>> specify known issue of it with your findings.
>
> Right, no one... at least publicly (probably the guys who have access to
> sources of BL1/BL2 know). Still it is important to document the reason
> why we think these steps are necessary. Some 3rd party developer won't
> have a clue why you are spinning on some SPARE2 register...
Dear Chanho,
Do you plan to send next version of the patchset? I tested it on my
Odroid XU3L (5422) and it works good so the idea you had is correct.
Best regards,
Krzysztof
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