Re: [v5,08/13] ARM: dts: ipq4019: Add ipq4019-ap.dk07.1 common data

From: Sricharan R
Date: Wed Apr 18 2018 - 03:12:32 EST


Hi Sven,

On 4/18/2018 12:29 PM, Sven Eckelmann wrote:
> On Freitag, 23. März 2018 15:48:51 CEST Sricharan R wrote:
>> Add the common data for all dk07 based boards.
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Abhishek Sahu <absahu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Sricharan R <sricharan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> arch/arm/boot/dts/qcom-ipq4019-ap.dk07.1.dtsi | 69 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 69 insertions(+)
>> create mode 100644 arch/arm/boot/dts/qcom-ipq4019-ap.dk07.1.dtsi
>
> The no-map reserved-memory for tz and smem are missing. Linux doesn't have
> control over these regions and they are placed in the middle of the ram before
> Linux even starts. And u-boot is also not adding these ranges automatically.
>
> reserved-memory {
> #address-cells = <0x1>;
> #size-cells = <0x1>;
> ranges;
>
> smem@87e00000 {
> reg = <0x87e00000 0x080000>;
> no-map;
> };
>
> tz@87e80000 {
> reg = <0x87e80000 0x180000>;
> no-map;
> };
> };
>
> This can either (depending on HW/SW configuration) lead to a failed boot [1]
> or to runtime crashes like:
>
> root@OpenWrt:/# /tmp/memory-allocator-test
> main 0
> [ 571.758058] Unhandled fault: imprecise external abort (0xc06) at 0x01715ff8
> [ 571.758099] pgd = cebec000
> [ 571.763826] [01715ff8] *pgd=8e7fa835, *pte=87e7f75f, *ppte=87e7fc7f
> Bus error
>
> I would not know how to disable QSEE on these boards and thus would assume
> that it should be part of this dtsi.

As we discussed offline, i agree that the smem and tz reserved memory nodes need to
be added. It still boots today without that, but would abort when that memory
region is allocated and written. I will add the reserved-memory node for that
in V6 along with other comments.

Regards,
Sricharan

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