[PATCH v2 09/17] coresight: trbe: Workaround TRBE errata overwrite in FILL mode
Suzuki K Poulose
suzuki.poulose at arm.com
Tue Sep 28 03:40:50 PDT 2021
On 23/09/2021 07:13, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
>
>
> On 9/21/21 7:11 PM, Suzuki K Poulose wrote:
>> ARM Neoverse-N2 (#2139208) and Cortex-A710(##2119858) suffers from
>> an erratum, which when triggered, might cause the TRBE to overwrite
>> the trace data already collected in FILL mode, in the event of a WRAP.
>> i.e, the TRBE doesn't stop writing the data, instead wraps to the base
>> and could write upto 3 cache line size worth trace. Thus, this could
>> corrupt the trace at the "BASE" pointer.
>>
>> The workaround is to program the write pointer 256bytes from the
>
> 3 cache lines = 256 bytes on all implementation which might have TRBE ?
> OR this skid bytes should be derived from the platform cache line size
> instead.
256bytes is the aligned (to the power of 2) value for the safe guard.
Not 3 cache lines. Ideally, if there is another CPU that has larger
cache line size, affected by the erratum, yes, we must do that.
But for now this is sufficient.
>
>> base, such that if the erratum is triggered, it doesn't overwrite
>> the trace data that was captured. This skipped region could be
>> padded with ignore packets at the end of the session, so that
>> the decoder sees a continuous buffer with some padding at the
>> beginning. The trace data written at the base is considered
>> lost as the limit could have been in the middle of the perf
>> ring buffer, and jumping to the "base" is not acceptable.
>> We set the flags already to indicate that some amount of trace
>> was lost during the FILL event IRQ. So this is fine.
>
> Via PERF_AUX_FLAG_TRUNCATED ? Should be specified here to be clear.
Please note that setting the flag is not a side effect of the
work around. And as such I don't think this needs to be mentioned
here. e.g, we changed this to COLLISION recently for WRAP events.
It makes sense to keep the details to the driver.
>
>>
>> One important change with the work around is, we program the
>> TRBBASER_EL1 to current page where we are allowed to write.
>> Otherwise, it could overwrite a region that may be consumed
>> by the perf. Towards this, we always make sure that the
>> "handle->head" and thus the trbe_write is PAGE_SIZE aligned,
>> so that we can set the BASE to the PAGE base and move the
>> TRBPTR to the 256bytes offset.
>>
>> Cc: Mike Leach <mike.leach at linaro.org>
>> Cc: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier at linaro.org>
>> Cc: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual at arm.com>
>> Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan at linaro.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose at arm.com>
>> ---
>> Change since v1:
>> - Updated comment with ASCII art
>> - Add _BYTES suffix for the space to skip for the work around.
>> ---
>> drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-trbe.c | 144 +++++++++++++++++--
>> 1 file changed, 132 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-trbe.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-trbe.c
>> index f569010c672b..983dd5039e52 100644
>> --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-trbe.c
>> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-trbe.c
>> @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
>> #define pr_fmt(fmt) DRVNAME ": " fmt
>>
>> #include <asm/barrier.h>
>> +#include <asm/cpufeature.h>
>> #include <asm/cputype.h>
>>
>> #include "coresight-self-hosted-trace.h"
>> @@ -84,9 +85,17 @@ struct trbe_buf {
>> * per TRBE instance, we keep track of the list of errata that
>> * affects the given instance of the TRBE.
>> */
>> -#define TRBE_ERRATA_MAX 0
>> +#define TRBE_WORKAROUND_OVERWRITE_FILL_MODE 0
>> +#define TRBE_ERRATA_MAX 1
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * Safe limit for the number of bytes that may be overwritten
>> + * when the erratum is triggered.
>> + */
>> +#define TRBE_WORKAROUND_OVERWRITE_FILL_MODE_SKIP_BYTES 256
>
> As mentioned earlier, does it depend on the platform cache line size ?
> Otherwise if the skip bytes is something platform independent, should
> be mentioned here in a comment.
I could add in a comment.
>
>>
>> static unsigned long trbe_errata_cpucaps[TRBE_ERRATA_MAX] = {
>> + [TRBE_WORKAROUND_OVERWRITE_FILL_MODE] = ARM64_WORKAROUND_TRBE_OVERWRITE_FILL_MODE,
>> };
>>
>> /*
>> @@ -519,10 +528,13 @@ static void trbe_enable_hw(struct trbe_buf *buf)
>> set_trbe_limit_pointer_enabled(buf->trbe_limit);
>> }
>>
>> -static enum trbe_fault_action trbe_get_fault_act(u64 trbsr)
>> +static enum trbe_fault_action trbe_get_fault_act(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
>> + u64 trbsr)
>> {
>> int ec = get_trbe_ec(trbsr);
>> int bsc = get_trbe_bsc(trbsr);
>> + struct trbe_buf *buf = etm_perf_sink_config(handle);
>> + struct trbe_cpudata *cpudata = buf->cpudata;
>
> Passing down the perf handle to derive trbe_cpudata seems to be right.
>
>>
>> WARN_ON(is_trbe_running(trbsr));
>> if (is_trbe_trg(trbsr) || is_trbe_abort(trbsr))
>> @@ -531,10 +543,16 @@ static enum trbe_fault_action trbe_get_fault_act(u64 trbsr)
>> if ((ec == TRBE_EC_STAGE1_ABORT) || (ec == TRBE_EC_STAGE2_ABORT))
>> return TRBE_FAULT_ACT_FATAL;
>>
>> - if (is_trbe_wrap(trbsr) && (ec == TRBE_EC_OTHERS) && (bsc == TRBE_BSC_FILLED)) {
>> - if (get_trbe_write_pointer() == get_trbe_base_pointer())
>> - return TRBE_FAULT_ACT_WRAP;
>> - }
>> + /*
>> + * If the trbe is affected by TRBE_WORKAROUND_OVERWRITE_FILL_MODE,
>> + * it might write data after a WRAP event in the fill mode.
>> + * Thus the check TRBPTR == TRBBASER will not be honored.
>> + */
>
> Needs bit formatting/alignment cleanup.
>
>> + if ((is_trbe_wrap(trbsr) && (ec == TRBE_EC_OTHERS) && (bsc == TRBE_BSC_FILLED)) &&
>> + (trbe_has_erratum(cpudata, TRBE_WORKAROUND_OVERWRITE_FILL_MODE) ||
>> + get_trbe_write_pointer() == get_trbe_base_pointer()))
>> + return TRBE_FAULT_ACT_WRAP;
>> +
>
> Right, TRBE without the errata should continue to have the write
> pointer = base pointer check. Could all TRBE errata checks like
> the following be shortened (without the workaround index) for
> better readability ? But not something very important.
>
> trbe_has_erratum(cpudata, TRBE_WORKAROUND_OVERWRITE_FILL_MODE)
Do you mean something like :
trbe_has_erratum(cpudata, TRBE_WORKAROUND_OVERWRITE_FILL_MODE) ->
trbe_may_overwrite_in_fill_mode(cpudata) ?
>
>
>> return TRBE_FAULT_ACT_SPURIOUS;
>> }
>>
>> @@ -544,6 +562,8 @@ static unsigned long trbe_get_trace_size(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
>> {
>> u64 write;
>> u64 start_off, end_off;
>> + u64 size;
>> + u64 overwrite_skip = TRBE_WORKAROUND_OVERWRITE_FILL_MODE_SKIP_BYTES;
>>
>> /*
>> * If the TRBE has wrapped around the write pointer has
>> @@ -559,7 +579,18 @@ static unsigned long trbe_get_trace_size(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
>>
>> if (WARN_ON_ONCE(end_off < start_off))
>> return 0;
>> - return (end_off - start_off);
>> +
>> + size = end_off - start_off;
>> + /*
>> + * If the TRBE is affected by the following erratum, we must fill
>> + * the space we skipped with IGNORE packets. And we are always
>> + * guaranteed to have at least a PAGE_SIZE space in the buffer.
>> + */
>> + if (trbe_has_erratum(buf->cpudata, TRBE_WORKAROUND_OVERWRITE_FILL_MODE) &&
>> + !WARN_ON(size < overwrite_skip))
>> + __trbe_pad_buf(buf, start_off, overwrite_skip);
>> +
>> + return size;
>> }
>>
>> static void *arm_trbe_alloc_buffer(struct coresight_device *csdev,
>> @@ -678,7 +709,7 @@ static unsigned long arm_trbe_update_buffer(struct coresight_device *csdev,
>> clr_trbe_irq();
>> isb();
>>
>> - act = trbe_get_fault_act(status);
>> + act = trbe_get_fault_act(handle, status);
>> /*
>> * If this was not due to a WRAP event, we have some
>> * errors and as such buffer is empty.
>> @@ -702,21 +733,95 @@ static unsigned long arm_trbe_update_buffer(struct coresight_device *csdev,
>> return size;
>> }
>>
>> +
>> +static int trbe_apply_work_around_before_enable(struct trbe_buf *buf)
>> +{
>> + /*
>> + * TRBE_WORKAROUND_OVERWRITE_FILL_MODE causes the TRBE to overwrite a few cache
>
> few cache lines = 3 cache lines ?
Yes, upto 3.
>
>> + * line size from the "TRBBASER_EL1" in the event of a "FILL".
>> + * Thus, we could loose some amount of the trace at the base.
>> + *
>> + * Before Fix:
>> + *
>> + * normal-BASE head normal-PTR tail normal-LIMIT
>> + * | \/ /
>> + * -------------------------------------------------------------
>> + * | | |xyzdefghij..|... tuvw| |
>> + * -------------------------------------------------------------
>> + * / | \
>> + * After Fix-> TRBBASER TRBPTR TRBLIMITR.LIMIT
>> + *
>> + * In the normal course of action, we would set the TRBBASER to the
>> + * beginning of the ring-buffer (normal-BASE). But with the erratum,
>> + * the TRBE could overwrite the contents at the "normal-BASE", after
>> + * hitting the "normal-LIMIT", since it doesn't stop as expected. And
>> + * this is wrong. So we must always make sure that the TRBBASER is
>> + * within the region [head, head+size].
>> + *
>> + * Also, we would set the TRBPTR to head (after adjusting for
>> + * alignment) at normal-PTR. This would mean that the last few bytes
>> + * of the trace (say, "xyz") might overwrite the first few bytes of
>> + * trace written ("abc"). More importantly they will appear in what\
>> + * userspace sees as the beginning of the trace, which is wrong. We may
>> + * not always have space to move the latest trace "xyz" to the correct
>> + * order as it must appear beyond the LIMIT. (i.e, [head..head+size].
>> + * Thus it is easier to ignore those bytes than to complicate the
>> + * driver to move it, assuming that the erratum was triggered and doing
>> + * additional checks to see if there is indeed allowed space at
>> + * TRBLIMITR.LIMIT.
>> + *
>> + * To summarize, with the work around:
>> + *
>> + * - We always align the offset for the next session to PAGE_SIZE
>> + * (This is to ensure we can program the TRBBASER to this offset
>> + * within the region [head...head+size]).
>> + *
>> + * - At TRBE enable:
>> + * - Set the TRBBASER to the page aligned offset of the current
>> + * proposed write offset. (which is guaranteed to be aligned
>> + * as above)
>> + * - Move the TRBPTR to skip first 256bytes (that might be
>> + * overwritten with the erratum). This ensures that the trace
>> + * generated in the session is not re-written.
>> + *
>> + * - At trace collection:
>> + * - Pad the 256bytes skipped above again with IGNORE packets.
>> + */
>> + if (trbe_has_erratum(buf->cpudata, TRBE_WORKAROUND_OVERWRITE_FILL_MODE)) {
>> + if (WARN_ON(!IS_ALIGNED(buf->trbe_write, PAGE_SIZE)))
>> + return -EINVAL;
>> + buf->trbe_hw_base = buf->trbe_write;
>> + buf->trbe_write += TRBE_WORKAROUND_OVERWRITE_FILL_MODE_SKIP_BYTES;
>> + }
>> +
>> + return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>> static int __arm_trbe_enable(struct trbe_buf *buf,
>> struct perf_output_handle *handle)
>> {
>> + int ret = 0;
>> +
>> perf_aux_output_flag(handle, PERF_AUX_FLAG_CORESIGHT_FORMAT_RAW);
>> buf->trbe_limit = compute_trbe_buffer_limit(handle);
>> buf->trbe_write = buf->trbe_base + PERF_IDX2OFF(handle->head, buf);
>> if (buf->trbe_limit == buf->trbe_base) {
>> - trbe_stop_and_truncate_event(handle);
>> - return -ENOSPC;
>> + ret = -ENOSPC;
>> + goto err;
>> }
>> /* Set the base of the TRBE to the buffer base */
>> buf->trbe_hw_base = buf->trbe_base;
>> +
>> + ret = trbe_apply_work_around_before_enable(buf);
>> + if (ret)
>> + goto err;
>> +
>> *this_cpu_ptr(buf->cpudata->drvdata->handle) = handle;
>> trbe_enable_hw(buf);
>> return 0;
>> +err:
>> + trbe_stop_and_truncate_event(handle);
>> + return ret;
>> }
>>
>> static int arm_trbe_enable(struct coresight_device *csdev, u32 mode, void *data)
>> @@ -860,7 +965,7 @@ static irqreturn_t arm_trbe_irq_handler(int irq, void *dev)
>> if (!is_perf_trbe(handle))
>> return IRQ_NONE;
>>
>> - act = trbe_get_fault_act(status);
>> + act = trbe_get_fault_act(handle, status);
>> switch (act) {
>> case TRBE_FAULT_ACT_WRAP:
>> truncated = !!trbe_handle_overflow(handle);
>> @@ -1000,7 +1105,22 @@ static void arm_trbe_probe_cpu(void *info)
>> }
>>
>> trbe_check_errata(cpudata);
>> - cpudata->trbe_align = cpudata->trbe_hw_align;
>> + /*
>> + * If the TRBE is affected by erratum TRBE_WORKAROUND_OVERWRITE_FILL_MODE,
>> + * we must always program the TBRPTR_EL1, 256bytes from a page
>> + * boundary, with TRBBASER_EL1 set to the page, to prevent
>> + * TRBE over-writing 256bytes at TRBBASER_EL1 on FILL event.
>> + *
>> + * Thus make sure we always align our write pointer to a PAGE_SIZE,
>> + * which also guarantees that we have at least a PAGE_SIZE space in
>> + * the buffer (TRBLIMITR is PAGE aligned) and thus we can skip
>> + * the required bytes at the base.
>> + */
>> + if (trbe_has_erratum(cpudata, TRBE_WORKAROUND_OVERWRITE_FILL_MODE))
>> + cpudata->trbe_align = PAGE_SIZE;
>> + else
>> + cpudata->trbe_align = cpudata->trbe_hw_align;
>> +
>
> But like trbe_apply_work_around_before_enable(), trbe_align assignment
> should also be wrapped inside a new helper which should contain these
> comments and conditional block. Because it makes sense to have errata
> work arounds in the leaf level helper functions, rather than TRBE core
> operations.
That would imply we re-initialize the trbe_align in the new helper after
setting the value here for all other unaffected TRBEs. I would rather
leave it as it is, until we have more work arounds that touch this area.
This is one of code called per TRBE instance.
Suzuki
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