ARM GIC DT binding reg block mismatch? (Re: [PATCH v11 1/8] arm64: renesas: r8a7795: Add Renesas R8A7795 SoC support)

Dirk Behme dirk.behme at gmail.com
Mon Feb 15 10:53:36 PST 2016


On 15.02.2016 11:55, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On 15/02/16 10:35, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> Hi Marc,
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 9:45 AM, Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com> wrote:
>>> On 15/02/16 08:16, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 9:23 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert at linux-m68k.org> wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 03:34:39PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>>>>>>> On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 12:58 PM, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> +           gic: interrupt-controller at 0xf1010000 {
>>>>>>>>> +                     compatible = "arm,gic-400";
>>>>>>>>> +                     #interrupt-cells = <3>;
>>>>>>>>> +                     #address-cells = <0>;
>>>>>>>>> +                     interrupt-controller;
>>>>>>>>> +                     reg = <0x0 0xf1010000 0 0x1000>,
>>>>>>>>> +                           <0x0 0xf1020000 0 0x2000>;
>>>>>>>>> +                     interrupts = <GIC_PPI 9
>>>>>>>>> +                                     (GIC_CPU_MASK_SIMPLE(1) | IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH)>;
>>>>>>>>> +             };
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> No GICH and GICV?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> These seem to be defined in the "arm,gic-v3" DT bindings only, while this is
>>>>>>> an "arm,gic-400" (GICD_IIDR 0x0200043b)?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> See the "GIC virtualization extensions (VGIC)" section in
>>>>>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/gic.txt
>>>>>
>>>>> DDI0471B_gic400_r0p1_trm.pdf says:
>>>>>
>>>>>      Address range GIC-400 functional block
>>>>>      A. 0x0000 - 0x0FFF Reserved
>>>>>      B. 0x1000 - 0x1FFF Distributor
>>>>>      C. 0x2000 - 0x3FFF CPU interfaces
>>>>>      D. 0x4000 - 0x4FFF Virtual interface control block, for the processor that
>>>>>                         is performing the access
>>>>>      E. 0x5000 - 0x5FFF Virtual interface control block, for the processor
>>>>>                         selected by address bits [11:9]
>>>>>      F. 0x6000 - 0x7FFF Virtual CPU interfaces
>>>>>
>>>>> The DT binding document says:
>>>>>    1. The  first region is the GIC distributor register base and size.
>>>>>    2. The 2nd region is the GIC cpu interface register base and size.
>>>>>    3. The first additional region is the GIC virtual interface control register
>>>>>       base and size.
>>>>>    4. The 2nd additional region is the GIC virtual cpu interface register base
>>>>>       and size.
>>>>>
>>>>> Matching with the example:
>>>>>
>>>>>          interrupt-controller at 2c001000 {
>>>>>                  compatible = "arm,cortex-a15-gic";
>>>>>                  #interrupt-cells = <3>;
>>>>>                  interrupt-controller;
>>>>>                  reg = <0x2c001000 0x1000>,
>>>>>                        <0x2c002000 0x1000>,
>>>>>                        <0x2c004000 0x2000>,
>>>>>                        <0x2c006000 0x2000>;
>>>>>                  interrupts = <1 9 0xf04>;
>>>>>          };
>>>>>
>>>>> This means:
>>>>>    - reg entry 1. covers address range B,
>>>>>    - reg entry 2. covers address range C,
>>>>>    - reg entry 3. covers address ranges D _and_ E,
>>>>>    - reg entry 4. covers address range F.
>>>>>
>>>>> On R-Car Gen3, the base addresses are:
>>>>>
>>>>>      Distributor             : 0xF101_0000
>>>>>      CPU interfaces          : 0xF102_0000
>>>>>      Virtual interfaces      : 0xF104_0000
>>>>>      Virtual interfaces      : 0xF105_0000
>>>>>      Virtual CPU interfaces  : 0xF106_0000
>>>>>
>>>>> Note the additional multiplication factor of 16 in the offsets relative to
>>>>> the base address 0xf1000000 (e.g. 0x50000 instead of 0x5000).
>>>>>
>>>>> As address ranges D and E are merged in a single reg entry, how is the GIC
>>>>> driver supposed to know about this multiplication factor?
>>>
>>> The answer is very simple, the GIC driver doesn't give a damn about the
>>> second part of the GICH region, because it is absolutely unusable for
>>> any realistic use-case. Only the banked version of GICH is of any
>>> relevance (the first 512 bytes, in essence).
>>>
>>> Aligning the GIC regions on 64kB boundaries is documented in the SBSA
>>> specification, independently of the GIC400 documentation.
>>
>> If I understand the SBSA spec correctly (BTW, arm,gic.txt doesn't use the
>> "GICC" terminology, unlike arm,gic-v3.txt), that means reg entry 3 should be
>> "<0xf104f000 0x2000>", so it covers the aliased last 4 KiB of address range D,
>> and the first 4 KiB of address range E. I.e.
>>
>>                          reg = <0x0 0xf1010000 0 0x1000>,
>>                               <0x0 0xf1020000 0 0x2000>,
>>                               <0x0 0xf104f000 0 0x2000>,
>>                               <0x0 0xf1060000 0 0x2000>;
>>
>> Is that correct?
>
> My preference would be to expose the full 128kB of the region


That would be

<0x0 0xf1040000 0 0x20000>

then? Ok?

Best regards

Dirk




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