[PATCH 02/24] ARM: l2c: Serialize device reads with cache maintenance when requested
Navid Ghahremani
ghahramani.navid at gmail.com
Sat Oct 10 05:59:40 PDT 2026
Provide the optional lock used by the tested ZX279128S workaround. Lock-
off experiments hung the board; the proposed API remains subject to
maintainer review.
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Navid Ghahremani <ghahramani.navid at gmail.com>
---
arch/arm/include/asm/outercache.h | 22 +++++++++
arch/arm/mm/Kconfig | 14 ++++++
arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0.c | 81 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 117 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/outercache.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/outercache.h
index 3364637755..cf9552aaac 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/outercache.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/outercache.h
@@ -117,4 +117,26 @@ static inline void outer_resume(void) { }
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_CACHE_L2X0_IO_LOCK
+/**
+ * outer_io_lock - serialize a device read with outer cache maintenance
+ *
+ * On some SoCs a device read that is still outstanding while an outer
+ * cache range or sync operation is issued deadlocks the interconnect.
+ * Drivers for devices behind such a bus take this lock around their
+ * register reads. It is a no-op unless the platform enabled it.
+ *
+ * Returns the saved interrupt flags to pass to outer_io_unlock().
+ */
+unsigned long outer_io_lock(void);
+void outer_io_unlock(unsigned long flags);
+#else
+static inline unsigned long outer_io_lock(void)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void outer_io_unlock(unsigned long flags) { }
+#endif
+
#endif /* __ASM_OUTERCACHE_H */
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
index 6574659dfb..871c38b435 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
@@ -1015,6 +1015,20 @@ config CACHE_L2X0
help
This option enables the L2x0 PrimeCell.
+config CACHE_L2X0_IO_LOCK
+ bool "Serialize device reads with L2C-310 maintenance operations"
+ depends on CACHE_L2X0
+ help
+ On some SoCs, for example the ZTE/Sanechips ZX279128S, issuing an
+ L2C-310 range or sync operation while a CPU read from a PCIe
+ endpoint is still outstanding deadlocks the interconnect. This
+ option lets the L2C-310 maintenance operations take a spinlock
+ that drivers also hold around their device reads, through
+ outer_io_lock()/outer_io_unlock(). It is only active when the
+ cache controller node has the "zte,l2c-io-read-lock" property.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
config CACHE_L2X0_PMU
bool "L2x0 performance monitor support" if CACHE_L2X0
depends on PERF_EVENTS
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0.c b/arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0.c
index 4708671600..35cc2eaf85 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ struct l2x0_regs l2x0_saved_regs;
static bool l2x0_bresp_disable;
static bool l2x0_flz_disable;
+static bool l2x0_io_lock_enable __initdata;
/*
* Common code for all cache controllers.
@@ -778,6 +779,81 @@ static const struct l2c_init_data l2c310_init_fns __initconst = {
},
};
+#ifdef CONFIG_CACHE_L2X0_IO_LOCK
+/*
+ * On some SoCs (e.g. the ZTE/Sanechips ZX279128S) a CPU read from a PCIe
+ * endpoint that is still outstanding when an L2C maintenance or sync
+ * operation is issued deadlocks the interconnect: both CPUs stall and only
+ * a watchdog reset recovers. The vendor kernel avoids this by holding one
+ * spinlock around the L2C operations and around the drivers' device reads.
+ * Do the same when the cache node asks for it. Drivers take the lock
+ * around their device reads with outer_io_lock()/outer_io_unlock().
+ */
+static DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(l2x0_io_lock);
+static struct outer_cache_fns l2x0_io_fns __ro_after_init;
+static bool l2x0_io_lock_active __ro_after_init;
+
+unsigned long outer_io_lock(void)
+{
+ unsigned long flags = 0;
+
+ if (l2x0_io_lock_active)
+ raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&l2x0_io_lock, flags);
+ return flags;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(outer_io_lock);
+
+void outer_io_unlock(unsigned long flags)
+{
+ if (l2x0_io_lock_active)
+ raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&l2x0_io_lock, flags);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(outer_io_unlock);
+
+#define L2C_IO_LOCKED_RANGE_OP(op) \
+static void l2c_io_locked_##op(unsigned long start, unsigned long end) \
+{ \
+ unsigned long flags; \
+ \
+ raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&l2x0_io_lock, flags); \
+ l2x0_io_fns.op(start, end); \
+ raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&l2x0_io_lock, flags); \
+}
+
+L2C_IO_LOCKED_RANGE_OP(inv_range)
+L2C_IO_LOCKED_RANGE_OP(clean_range)
+L2C_IO_LOCKED_RANGE_OP(flush_range)
+
+static void l2c_io_locked_sync(void)
+{
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&l2x0_io_lock, flags);
+ l2x0_io_fns.sync();
+ raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&l2x0_io_lock, flags);
+}
+
+static void __init l2c_io_lock_install(struct outer_cache_fns *fns)
+{
+ l2x0_io_fns = *fns;
+ if (fns->inv_range)
+ fns->inv_range = l2c_io_locked_inv_range;
+ if (fns->clean_range)
+ fns->clean_range = l2c_io_locked_clean_range;
+ if (fns->flush_range)
+ fns->flush_range = l2c_io_locked_flush_range;
+ if (fns->sync)
+ fns->sync = l2c_io_locked_sync;
+ l2x0_io_lock_active = true;
+ pr_info("L2C: serializing device reads with maintenance operations\n");
+}
+#else
+static void __init l2c_io_lock_install(struct outer_cache_fns *fns)
+{
+ pr_warn("L2C: io read lock requested but CONFIG_CACHE_L2X0_IO_LOCK is disabled\n");
+}
+#endif
+
static int __init __l2c_init(const struct l2c_init_data *data,
u32 aux_val, u32 aux_mask, u32 cache_id, bool nosync)
{
@@ -859,6 +935,8 @@ static int __init __l2c_init(const struct l2c_init_data *data,
pr_info("L2C: disabling outer sync\n");
fns.sync = NULL;
}
+ if (l2x0_io_lock_enable)
+ l2c_io_lock_install(&fns);
/*
* Check if l2x0 controller is already enabled. If we are booting
@@ -1198,6 +1276,9 @@ static void __init l2c310_of_parse(const struct device_node *np,
if (of_property_read_bool(np, "arm,full-line-zero-disable"))
l2x0_flz_disable = true;
+ if (of_property_read_bool(np, "zte,l2c-io-read-lock"))
+ l2x0_io_lock_enable = true;
+
prefetch = l2x0_saved_regs.prefetch_ctrl;
ret = of_property_read_u32(np, "arm,double-linefill", &val);
--
2.55.0
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