Re: [PATCH 2/2] MIPS: CPS: Copy EVA configuration when starting secondary VPs.

From: Paul Burton
Date: Wed May 18 2016 - 11:05:01 EST


On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 03:45:22PM +0100, Matt Redfearn wrote:
> When starting secondary VPEs which support EVA and the SegCtl registers,
> copy the memory segmentation configuration from the running VPE to ensure
> that all VPEs in the core have a consitent virtual memory map.
>
> The EVA configuration of secondary cores is dealt with when starting the
> core via the CM.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matt Redfearn <matt.redfearn@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> arch/mips/kernel/cps-vec.S | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/cps-vec.S b/arch/mips/kernel/cps-vec.S
> index ac81edd44563..07b3274c8ae1 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/kernel/cps-vec.S
> +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/cps-vec.S
> @@ -431,6 +431,22 @@ LEAF(mips_cps_boot_vpes)
> mfc0 t0, CP0_CONFIG
> mttc0 t0, CP0_CONFIG
>
> + /* Copy the EVA config from this VPE if the CPU supports it */
> + mfc0 t0, CP0_CONFIG, 1
> + bgez t0, 1f
> + mfc0 t0, CP0_CONFIG, 2
> + bgez t0, 1f
> + mfc0 t0, CP0_CONFIG, 3
> + and t0, t0, MIPS_CONF3_SC
> + beqz t0, 1f
> + nop

Hi Matt,

The checks here aren't *quite* right since they do the mfc0 of the next
register in the delay slot which will happen even if the M bit of the
preceeding register wasn't set. There are other cases in cps-vec.S where
I've made that mistake... Luckily, in this particular case, we know that
we have MT ASE support which means we know that Config3 exists. So I
think you can just remove the checks of Config1.M & Config2.M and just
read Config3 straight away.

Thanks,
Paul

> + mfc0 t0, CP0_SEGCTL0
> + mttc0 t0, CP0_SEGCTL0
> + mfc0 t0, CP0_SEGCTL1
> + mttc0 t0, CP0_SEGCTL1
> + mfc0 t0, CP0_SEGCTL2
> + mttc0 t0, CP0_SEGCTL2
> +1:
> /* Ensure no software interrupts are pending */
> mttc0 zero, CP0_CAUSE
> mttc0 zero, CP0_STATUS
> --
> 2.5.0
>