[PATCH v4] arm64: errata: Add NXP iMX8QM workaround for A53 cache coherency issue

[Peng Fan]

On Tue, Aug 25, 2026 at 09:06:31AM +0200, Franz Schnyder wrote:
>On Mon, Aug 24, 2026 at 12:02:04PM +0800, Peng Fan (OSS) wrote:
>> From: Peng Fan <peng.fan at nxp.com>
>> 
>> According to NXP errata document IMX8_1N94W[1], the i.MX8QuadMax SoC
>> suffers from a cache coherency issue (ERR050104). The upper bits, above
>> bit 35, of the ARADDR and ACADDR buses within the Arm A53 subsystem
>> have been incorrectly connected. This causes some TLBI and IC
>> maintenance operations exchanged between the A53 and A72 core clusters
>> to be corrupted.
>> 
>> The workaround requires:
>> 
>>   - Downgrading targeted TLBI operations to broadcast-all variants.
>>     Instead of patching the low-level __TLBI_1 macro (which interferes
>>     with the REPEAT_TLBI workaround and causes excessive over-
>>     invalidation), redirect high-level TLB flush functions
>>     (flush_tlb_mm, __do_flush_tlb_range, flush_tlb_kernel_range,
>>     __flush_tlb_kernel_pgtable) to use VMALLE1IS via static key checks.
>> 
>>   - Upgrading IC IVAU to IC IALLUIS for both kernel (via ALTERNATIVE in
>>     invalidate_icache_by_line) and EL0 userspace (via trap-and-upgrade
>>     in user_cache_maint_handler with SCTLR_EL1.UCI=0).
>> 
>>   - Disabling KVM since correct TLB maintenance cannot be guaranteed
>>     for guests.
>> 
>>   - No need to touch SMMU Broadcast TLB Maintenance (BTM) since i.MX8QM
>>     does not support broadcast TLB.
>> 
>> SoC detection uses devicetree compatible string "fsl,imx8qm" or
>> "fsl,imx8qp" since the boot CPU MIDR_EL1 (0x410fd034) and AIDR_EL1 (0)
>> are not unique to this SoC.
>> 
>> [1] https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/errata/IMX8_1N94W.pdf
>
>Hi Peng,
>
>I tested this on our HW and the random crashes that occured when both
>the A72 and A53 clusters were enabled no longer happen.
>
>Tested-by: Franz Schnyder <franz.schnyder at toradex.com> # Toradex Apalis iMX8QM

Hi Franz,

Thanks a lot for testing this patch.

Thanks,
Peng

>
>Thanks
>
>Franz
>
>