Re: [PATCH] ARM: errata: document Cortex-A9 r4 as affected by erratum 754322

[Mark Rutland]

On Sun, Sep 20, 2026 at 11:29:23AM +0800, Qingfang Deng wrote:
> The Cortex-A9 r4 Software Developers Errata Notice (ARM UAN 0009D),
> section 2.3.3, lists erratum 754322 as affecting all r2, r3 and r4
> revisions. The Kconfig help text currently mentions only r2 and r3.
> 
> Add r4p* to the affected revisions so that users configuring Cortex-A9
> r4 systems know that the workaround also applies to them.
> 
> Link: https://documentation-service.arm.com/static/608118675e70d934bc69f143

The document you link to says:

	Fault Status: Present in: All r2, r3 and r4 revisions. Open

The "Open" part means this isn't fixed, and so we have no idea whether
this could afect a hypothetical r5, etc. Listing all the affected
versions is a bad idea as it wil just lead to needless churn...

> Fixes: fcbdc5fe6ebe ("ARM: 6772/1: errata: possible fault MMU translations following an ASID switch")

I don't beleive a fixes tag is necessary. The code works regardless of
what the documentation says.

> Signed-off-by: Qingfang Deng <qingfang.deng@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/arm/Kconfig | 11 ++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> index 0cc289a7184a..c7d631d5242b 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> @@ -708,11 +708,12 @@ config ARM_ERRATA_754322
>  	depends on CPU_V7
>  	help
>  	  This option enables the workaround for the 754322 Cortex-A9 (r2p*,
> -	  r3p*) erratum. A speculative memory access may cause a page table walk
> -	  which starts prior to an ASID switch but completes afterwards. This
> -	  can populate the micro-TLB with a stale entry which may be hit with
> -	  the new ASID. This workaround places two dsb instructions in the mm
> -	  switching code so that no page table walks can cross the ASID switch.
> +	  r3p*,r4p*) erratum. A speculative memory access may cause a page table
> +	  walk which starts prior to an ASID switch but completes afterwards.
> +	  This can populate the micro-TLB with a stale entry which may be hit
> +	  with the new ASID. This workaround places two dsb instructions in the
> +	  mm switching code so that no page table walks can cross the ASID
> +	  switch.

If you want to change this, you could say "r2p* and later", but TBH I
think we can just leave this as-is.

Mark.

>  
>  config ARM_ERRATA_754327
>  	bool "ARM errata: no automatic Store Buffer drain"
> -- 
> 2.43.0
> 
>