[PATCH V2] ARM: BCM5301X: Implement SMP support

Fri Oct 23 15:36:10 PDT 2015

On 10/22/2015 10:30 PM, Jon Mason wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 08:22:54PM +0200, Hauke Mehrtens wrote:
>> On 10/14/2015 03:42 PM, Kapil Hali wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/14/2015 4:18 AM, Ray Jui wrote:
>>>> + bcm-kernel-feedback-list.
>>>>
>>>> Kapil, you might want to take a look at this. Not sure how this is
>>>> related to your SMP patches for NSP.
>>>
>>> Ray, I don't have complete/other patch sets for this change. It would
>>> be good if I get those patch sets as well or complete e-mail thread. 
>>> I think if we have a cleaner solutions for SMP, we can consolidate 
>>> the change required for NS and NSP. I have few points to add, which 
>>> are inline in this e-mail.
>>
>> Hi Kapil,
>>
>> the patch was posted on the arm mailing list:
>> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2015-March/332690.html
>> but you can also find it in OpenWrt here:
>> https://dev.openwrt.org/browser/trunk/target/linux/bcm53xx/patches-4.1/131-ARM-BCM5301X-Implement-SMP-support.patch
>> It looks very similar to your approach so I assume we can use the same
>> SMP code for NS and NSP. I will look into your patches later on.
> 
> Hello Hauke,
> With my last patch (https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/10/15/690), SMP on 4708
> is working with the NSP SMP patch
> (https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/10/14/769).  That patch does not have the
> issues that Russell King was mentioning in this patch series (and
> supports more SoCs).  Have you had a chance to verify that it works
> for you?

Yes I tried it and it works for me. I have already added it to OpenWrt:
https://dev.openwrt.org/changeset/47247

Hauke

> 
> Thanks,
> Jon
> 
>>
>> Hauke
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 10/13/2015 3:29 PM, Hauke Mehrtens wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I tested this patch on my device now.
>>>>>
>>>>> What does the loader do before Linux gets started on the second CPU and
>>>>> what is ensured?
>>>>>
>>>>> On 03/26/2015 01:00 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
>>>>>> On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 02:20:15PM +0100, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
>>>>>>> +/*
>>>>>>> + * BCM5301X specific entry point for secondary CPUs.
>>>>>>> + */
>>>>>>> +ENTRY(bcm5301x_secondary_startup)
>>>>>>> +	mrc	p15, 0, r0, c0, c0, 5
>>>>>>> +	and	r0, r0, #15
>>>>>>> +	adr	r4, 1f
>>>>>>> +	ldmia	r4, {r5, r6}
>>>>>>> +	sub	r4, r4, r5
>>>>>>> +	add	r6, r6, r4
>>>>>>> +pen:	ldr	r7, [r6]
>>>>>>> +	cmp	r7, r0
>>>>>>> +	bne	pen
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +	/*
>>>>>>> +	 * In case L1 cache has unpredictable contents at power-up
>>>>>>> +	 * clean its contents without flushing.
>>>>>>> +	 */
>>>>>>> +	bl      v7_invalidate_l1
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +	mov	r0, #0
>>>>>>> +	mcr	p15, 0, r0, c7, c5, 0	/* Invalidate icache */
>>>>>>> +	dsb
>>>>>>> +	isb
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So if your I-cache contains unpredictable contents, how do you execute
>>>>>> the code to this point?  Shouldn't the I-cache invalidate be the very
>>>>>> first instruction you execute followed by the dsb and isb (oh, and iirc
>>>>>> it ignores the value in the register).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In the case where a CPU has unpredictable contents at power up, the
>>>>>> ARM ARM requires that an implementation specific sequence is followed
>>>>>> to initialise the caches.  I doubt that such a sequence includes testing
>>>>>> a pen value.
>>>
>>> Are you sure this is an issue of unpredictable L1 cache contents at
>>> power-up? AFAIK, 5301X had an issue with secondary core initialization. 
>>> Secondary core which waits on WFE would let it out of the pen as soon as the 
>>> first spin_*lock executes. This was because of a BOOTROM bug in NS, so the
>>> work around was to reset the address for the secondary processor to go back 
>>> and wait for the signal from the primary core. This vector fixup is required
>>> so that the secondary core doesn't start executing kernel instructions until 
>>> we've patched its jump address during wakeup_secondary().
>>>
>>> Also, v7 setup function should invalidate L1 cache and we should remove all
>>> v7_invalidate_l1 calls in all headsmp.S in platform specific directories.
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> When I remove the test for the pen value the CPU does not come up any
>>>>> more, I get this log output:
>>>>>
>>>>> [ 0.132292] CPU: Testing write buffer coherency: ok
>>>>> [ 0.137635] CPU0: thread -1, cpu 0, socket 0, mpidr 80000000
>>>>> [ 0.143675] Setting up static identity map for 0x82a0 - 0x82d4
>>>>> [ 10.149786] CPU1: failed to boot: -38
>>>>> [ 10.153651] Brought up 1 CPUs
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This was caused just by removing the "cmp r7, r0" and "bne pen"
>>>>> instructions.
>>>>>
>>>>> With these instructions are added it works and I get this:
>>>>>
>>>>> [    0.132329] CPU: Testing write buffer coherency: ok
>>>>> [    0.137682] CPU0: thread -1, cpu 0, socket 0, mpidr 80000000
>>>>> [    0.143708] Setting up static identity map for 0x82a0 - 0x82d4
>>>>> [    0.189788] CPU1: thread -1, cpu 1, socket 0, mpidr 80000001
>>>>> [    0.189892] Brought up 2 CPUs
>>>>> [    0.198889] SMP: Total of 2 processors activated (3188.32 BogoMIPS).
>>>>>
>>>>> Currently this is 100% reproducible.
>>>>>
>>>>> Could it be that the second CPU needs some time till it is synchronised
>>>>> correctly?
>>>>>
>>>>> I do not know if and why the cache clearing is needed, I do not have
>>>>> access to the SoC documentation or the ASIC/firmware developer.
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> +	sysram_base_addr = of_iomap(node, 0);
>>>>>>> +	if (!sysram_base_addr) {
>>>>>>> +		pr_warn("Failed to map sysram\n");
>>>>>>> +		return;
>>>>>>> +	}
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +	writel(virt_to_phys(entry_point), sysram_base_addr + SOC_ROM_LUT_OFF);
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +	dsb_sev();	/* Exit WFI */
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Which WFI?  This seems to imply that you have some kind of initial
>>>>>> firmware.  If so, that should be taking care of the cache initialisation,
>>>>>> not the kernel.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> +	mb();		/* make sure write buffer is drained */
>>>>>>
>>>>>> writel() already ensures that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> +	/*
>>>>>>> +	 * The secondary processor is waiting to be released from
>>>>>>> +	 * the holding pen - release it, then wait for it to flag
>>>>>>> +	 * that it has been released by resetting pen_release.
>>>>>>> +	 *
>>>>>>> +	 * Note that "pen_release" is the hardware CPU ID, whereas
>>>>>>> +	 * "cpu" is Linux's internal ID.
>>>>>>> +	 */
>>>>>>> +	write_pen_release(cpu_logical_map(cpu));
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +	 /* Send the secondary CPU SEV */
>>>>>>> +	dsb_sev();
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you even need any of the pen code, if you're having to send a SEV here,
>>>>>> wouldn't having a WFE in the pen assembly loop above be a good idea?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I have to read more on how WFE and co works.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hauke
>>>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Kapil
>>>
>>