[PATCH v3 3/3] arm64: Add workaround for Arm Cortex-A77 erratum 1508412

Catalin Marinas catalin.marinas at arm.com
Wed Jul 29 12:38:00 EDT 2020


On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 02:52:33PM -0600, Rob Herring wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_hyp.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_hyp.h
> index ce3080834bfa..ce5b0d9b12bf 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_hyp.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_hyp.h
> @@ -46,6 +46,17 @@
>  #define read_sysreg_el2(r)	read_sysreg_elx(r, _EL2, _EL1)
>  #define write_sysreg_el2(v,r)	write_sysreg_elx(v, r, _EL2, _EL1)
>  
> +static inline u64 __hyp_text read_sysreg_par(void)
> +{
> +	u64 par;
> +	if (cpus_have_const_cap(ARM64_WORKAROUND_1508412))
> +		dmb(sy);
> +	par = read_sysreg(par_el1);
> +	if (cpus_have_const_cap(ARM64_WORKAROUND_1508412))
> +		dmb(sy);
> +	return par;
> +}

Even if that's not always called on a critical path, I agree with Andrew
that we could use alternatives here for dmb(sy).

> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
> index baf5ce9225ce..3f798e0f1419 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
> @@ -94,10 +94,16 @@ static bool __vcpu_read_sys_reg_from_cpu(int reg, u64 *val)
>  	case TPIDR_EL1:		*val = read_sysreg_s(SYS_TPIDR_EL1);	break;
>  	case AMAIR_EL1:		*val = read_sysreg_s(SYS_AMAIR_EL12);	break;
>  	case CNTKCTL_EL1:	*val = read_sysreg_s(SYS_CNTKCTL_EL12);	break;
> -	case PAR_EL1:		*val = read_sysreg_s(SYS_PAR_EL1);	break;
>  	case DACR32_EL2:	*val = read_sysreg_s(SYS_DACR32_EL2);	break;
>  	case IFSR32_EL2:	*val = read_sysreg_s(SYS_IFSR32_EL2);	break;
>  	case DBGVCR32_EL2:	*val = read_sysreg_s(SYS_DBGVCR32_EL2);	break;
> +	case PAR_EL1:
> +		if (cpus_have_const_cap(ARM64_WORKAROUND_1508412))
> +			dmb(sy);
> +		*val = read_sysreg_s(SYS_PAR_EL1);
> +		if (cpus_have_const_cap(ARM64_WORKAROUND_1508412))
> +			dmb(sy);
> +		break;
>  	default:		return false;
>  	}

Can't we use read_sysreg_par() directly here?

> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
> index 8afb238ff335..98609532e61a 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
> @@ -260,7 +260,17 @@ static bool __kprobes is_spurious_el1_translation_fault(unsigned long addr,
>  	local_irq_save(flags);
>  	asm volatile("at s1e1r, %0" :: "r" (addr));
>  	isb();
> +	/*
> +	 * Arm Erratum 1508412 requires dmb(sy) before and after reads of
> +	 * PAR_EL1.
> +	 * As this location is not a hot path, just condition it on the config
> +	 * option.
> +	 */
> +	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_1508412))
> +		dmb(sy);
>  	par = read_sysreg(par_el1);
> +	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_1508412))
> +		dmb(sy);
>  	local_irq_restore(flags);

Why not read_sysreg_par()?

-- 
Catalin



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