[PATCH 3/3] arm64: Add work around for Arm Cortex-A55 Erratum 1024718

From: Suzuki K Poulose
Date: Tue Jan 16 2018 - 05:23:49 EST


Some variants of the Arm Cortex-55 cores (r0p0, r0p1, r1p0) suffer
from an erratum 1024718, which causes incorrect updates when DBM/AP
bits in a page table entry is modified without a break-before-make
sequence. The work around is to disable the hardware DBM feature
on the affected cores. The hardware Access Flag management features
is not affected.

The hardware DBM feature is a non-conflicting capability, i.e, the
kernel could handle cores using the feature and those without having
the features running at the same time. So this work around is detected
at early boot time, rather than delaying it until the CPUs are brought
up into the kernel with MMU turned on. This also avoids other complexities
with late CPUs turning online, with or without the hardware DBM features.

Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@xxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.txt | 1 +
arch/arm64/Kconfig | 14 ++++++++++++++
arch/arm64/mm/proc.S | 5 +++++
3 files changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.txt b/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.txt
index b9d93e981a05..5203e71c113d 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.txt
+++ b/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.txt
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ stable kernels.
| ARM | Cortex-A57 | #834220 | ARM64_ERRATUM_834220 |
| ARM | Cortex-A72 | #853709 | N/A |
| ARM | Cortex-A73 | #858921 | ARM64_ERRATUM_858921 |
+| ARM | Cortex-A55 | #1024718 | ARM64_ERRATUM_1024718 |
| ARM | MMU-500 | #841119,#826419 | N/A |
| | | | |
| Cavium | ThunderX ITS | #22375, #24313 | CAVIUM_ERRATUM_22375 |
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 664fadc2aa2e..19b8407a0325 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -461,6 +461,20 @@ config ARM64_ERRATUM_843419

If unsure, say Y.

+config ARM64_ERRATUM_1024718
+ bool "Cortex-A55: 1024718: Update of DBM/AP bits without break before make might result in incorrect update"
+ default y
+ help
+ This option adds work around for Arm Cortex-A55 Erratum 1024718.
+
+ Affected Cortex-A55 cores (r0p0, r0p1, r1p0) could cause incorrect
+ update of the hardware dirty bit when the DBM/AP bits are updated
+ without a break-before-make. The work around is to disable the usage
+ of hardware DBM locally on the affected cores. CPUs not affected by
+ erratum will continue to use the feature.
+
+ If unsure, say Y.
+
config CAVIUM_ERRATUM_22375
bool "Cavium erratum 22375, 24313"
default y
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S b/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S
index 5a59eea49395..ba2c22180f4e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S
@@ -252,6 +252,11 @@ ENTRY(__cpu_setup)
cbz x9, 2f
cmp x9, #2
b.lt 1f
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_1024718
+ /* Disable hardware DBM on Cortex-A55 r0p0, r0p1 & r1p0 */
+ cpu_midr_match MIDR_CORTEX_A55, MIDR_CPU_VAR_REV(0, 0), MIDR_CPU_VAR_REV(1, 0), x1, x2, x3, x4
+ cbnz x1, 1f
+#endif
orr x10, x10, #TCR_HD // hardware Dirty flag update
1: orr x10, x10, #TCR_HA // hardware Access flag update
2:
--
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