Re: [PATCH 08/13] clocksource/arm_arch_timer: Work around broken CVAL implementations

[Mark Rutland]

On Mon, Aug 09, 2021 at 04:26:46PM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> The Applied Micro XGene-1 SoC has a busted implementation of the
> CVAL register: it looks like it is based on TVAL instead of the
> other way around. The net effect of this implementation blunder
> is that the maximum deadline you can program in the timer is
> 32bit wide.
> 
> Detect the problematic case and limit the timer to 32bit deltas.
> Note that we don't tie this bug to XGene specifically, as it may
> also catch similar defects on other high-quality implementations.

Do we know of any other implementations that have a similar bug?

> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
> index 895844c33351..1c596cd3cc5c 100644
> --- a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
> +++ b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
> @@ -778,9 +778,42 @@ static int arch_timer_set_next_event_phys_mem(unsigned long evt,
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> +static u64 __arch_timer_check_delta(void)
> +{
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64
> +	u64 tmp;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * XGene-1 implements CVAL in terms of TVAL, meaning that the
> +	 * maximum timer range is 32bit. Shame on them. Detect the
> +	 * issue by setting a timer to now+(1<<32), which will
> +	 * immediately fire on the duff CPU.
> +	 */
> +	write_sysreg(0, cntv_ctl_el0);
> +	isb();
> +	tmp = read_sysreg(cntvct_el0) | BIT(32);
> +	write_sysreg(tmp, cntv_cval_el0);

This will fire on legitimate implementations fairly often. Consider if
we enter this function at a time where CNTCVT_EL0[32] == 1, where:

* At 100MHz, bit 32 flips every ~42.95
* At 200MHz, bit 32 flips every ~21.47
* At 1GHz, bit 32 flips every ~4.29s

... and ThunderX2 has a 200MHz frequency today, with SBSA recommending
100MHz.

What does XGene-1 return upon a read of CVAL? If it always returns 0 for
the high bits, we could do a timing-insensitive check for truncation of
CVAL, e.g.

| 	/* CVAL must be at least 56 bits wide, as with CNT */
| 	u64 mask = GENMASK(55, 0);
| 	u64 val;
| 
| 	write_sysreg(mask, cntv_cval_el0);
| 	val = read_sysread(cnt_cval_el0);
| 
| 	if (val != mask) {
| 		/* What a great CPU */
| 	}

Thanks,
Mark.

> +	write_sysreg(ARCH_TIMER_CTRL_ENABLE | ARCH_TIMER_CTRL_IT_MASK,
> +		     cntv_ctl_el0);
> +	isb();
> +
> +	tmp = read_sysreg(cntv_ctl_el0);
> +	write_sysreg(0, cntv_ctl_el0);
> +	isb();
> +
> +	if (tmp & ARCH_TIMER_CTRL_IT_STAT) {
> +		pr_warn_once("Detected broken implementation, limiting width to 32bits");
> +		return CLOCKSOURCE_MASK(32);
> +	}
> +#endif
> +	return CLOCKSOURCE_MASK(56);
> +}
> +
>  static void __arch_timer_setup(unsigned type,
>  			       struct clock_event_device *clk)
>  {
> +	u64 max_delta;
> +
>  	clk->features = CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_ONESHOT;
>  
>  	if (type == ARCH_TIMER_TYPE_CP15) {
> @@ -812,6 +845,7 @@ static void __arch_timer_setup(unsigned type,
>  		}
>  
>  		clk->set_next_event = sne;
> +		max_delta = __arch_timer_check_delta();
>  	} else {
>  		clk->features |= CLOCK_EVT_FEAT_DYNIRQ;
>  		clk->name = "arch_mem_timer";
> @@ -828,11 +862,13 @@ static void __arch_timer_setup(unsigned type,
>  			clk->set_next_event =
>  				arch_timer_set_next_event_phys_mem;
>  		}
> +
> +		max_delta = CLOCKSOURCE_MASK(56);
>  	}
>  
>  	clk->set_state_shutdown(clk);
>  
> -	clockevents_config_and_register(clk, arch_timer_rate, 0xf, CLOCKSOURCE_MASK(56));
> +	clockevents_config_and_register(clk, arch_timer_rate, 0xf, max_delta);
>  }
>  
>  static void arch_timer_evtstrm_enable(int divider)
> -- 
> 2.30.2
>