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Date:	Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:36:54 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>
Cc:	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ivaylo Dimitrov <freemangordon@....bg>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm: omap: RX-51: ARM errata 430973 workaround

Hi!

> +u32 rx51_secure_dispatcher(u32 idx, u32 flag, u32 nargs, u32 arg1, u32 arg2,
> +			   u32 arg3, u32 arg4)
> +{
> +	u32 ret;
> +	u32 param[5];
> +
> +	param[0] = nargs+1;
> +	param[1] = arg1;
> +	param[2] = arg2;
> +	param[3] = arg3;
> +	param[4] = arg4;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Secure API needs physical address
> +	 * pointer for the parameters
> +	 */
> +	flush_cache_all();
> +	outer_clean_range(__pa(param), __pa(param + 5));
> +	ret = rx51_ppa_smc(idx, flag, __pa(param));
> +
> +	return ret;
> +}

You can do without ret variable... Also more detailed changelog would
be nice... like what exact problem this works around.

<google>

So... some CPU errata where code sharing virtual addresses could be
executed improperly?
								
> @@ -103,6 +104,12 @@ static void __init rx51_init(void)
>  	rx51_peripherals_init();
>  	rx51_camera_init();
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_430973
> +	printk(KERN_INFO "Enabling ARM errata 430973 workaround.\n");
> +	/* set IBE to 1 */
> +	rx51_secure_update_aux_cr(1 << 6, 0);
> +#endif
> +

Thanks,
								Pavel

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