Re: [PATCH v4 2/5] irqchip, gicv3: Workaround for Cavium ThunderX erratum 23154

From: Marc Zyngier
Date: Mon Sep 07 2015 - 13:09:55 EST


On 07/09/15 17:54, Suzuki K. Poulose wrote:
> On 14/08/15 19:28, Robert Richter wrote:
>> From: Robert Richter <rrichter@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> This patch implements Cavium ThunderX erratum 23154.
>>
>> The gicv3 of ThunderX requires a modified version for reading the IAR
>> status to ensure data synchronization. Since this is in the fast-path
>> and called with each interrupt, runtime patching is used using jump
>> label patching for smallest overhead (no-op). This is the same
>> technique as used for tracepoints.
>>
>> v4:
>> * simplify code to only use cpus_have_cap() in gicv3_enable_quirks()
>>
>> v3:
>> * fix erratum to be dependend from midr
>> * use arm64 errata framework
>>
>> v2:
>> * implement code in a single asm() to keep instruction sequence
>> * added comment to the code that explains the erratum
>> * apply workaround also if running as guest, thus check MIDR
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <rrichter@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> arch/arm64/Kconfig | 11 ++++++++++
>> arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h | 3 ++-
>> arch/arm64/include/asm/cputype.h | 18 +++++++++-------
>> arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c | 9 ++++++++
>> drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>> 5 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>>
>
> ...
>
>> };
>> diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
>> index c52f7ba205b4..4211c39b8744 100644
>> --- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
>> +++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
>> @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static void gic_redist_wait_for_rwp(void)
>
> ...
>
>> +}
>> +
>> static void __maybe_unused gic_write_pmr(u64 val)
>> {
>> asm volatile("msr_s " __stringify(ICC_PMR_EL1) ", %0" : : "r" (val));
>> @@ -766,6 +798,12 @@ static const struct irq_domain_ops gic_irq_domain_ops = {
>> .free = gic_irq_domain_free,
>> };
>>
>> +static void gicv3_enable_quirks(void)
>> +{
>> + if (cpus_have_cap(ARM64_WORKAROUND_CAVIUM_23154))
>> + static_key_slow_inc(&is_cavium_thunderx);
>
> May be you could use the enable() method added to struct arm64_cpu_capability
> here to perform the above operation, added by James :
>
> commit 1c0763037f1e1caef739e36e09c6d41ed7b61b2d
> Author: James Morse <james.morse@xxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue Jul 21 13:23:28 2015 +0100
>
> arm64: kernel: Add cpufeature 'enable' callback
>
>
>> +}
>> +
>> static int __init gic_of_init(struct device_node *node, struct device_node *parent)
>> {
>> void __iomem *dist_base;
>> @@ -825,6 +863,8 @@ static int __init gic_of_init(struct device_node *node, struct device_node *pare
>> gic_data.nr_redist_regions = nr_redist_regions;
>> gic_data.redist_stride = redist_stride;
>>
>> + gicv3_enable_quirks();
>> +
>
> than adding a hook here ?

It feels like a good idea, except that it creates a weird dependency
between the core arch code and the GIC driver. Can you think of an
elegant way to deal with this?

Thanks,

M.
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