linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.12 46/66] ARM: 8222/1: mvebu: enable strex backoff delay

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Message-Id: <72741f17d30ed08eb9eb64711bfd6c7e11ab7841.1417878427.git.jslaby@suse.cz>
Date:	Sat,  6 Dec 2014 16:07:38 +0100
From:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
To:	stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>,
	Nadav Haklai <nadavh@...vell.com>,
	Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Subject: [PATCH 3.12 46/66] ARM: 8222/1: mvebu: enable strex backoff delay

From: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>

3.12-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

===============

commit 995ab5189d1d7264e79e665dfa032a19b3ac646e upstream.

Under extremely rare conditions, in an MPCore node consisting of at
least 3 CPUs, two CPUs trying to perform a STREX to data on the same
shared cache line can enter a livelock situation.

This patch enables the HW mechanism that overcomes the bug. This fixes
the incorrect setup of the STREX backoff delay bit due to a wrong
description in the specification.

Note that enabling the STREX backoff delay mechanism is done by
leaving the bit *cleared*, while the bit was currently being set by
the proc-v7.S code.

[Thomas: adapt to latest mainline, slightly reword the commit log, add
stable markers.]

Fixes: de4901933f6d ("arm: mm: Add support for PJ4B cpu and init routines")

Signed-off-by: Nadav Haklai <nadavh@...vell.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>
Acked-by: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com>
Acked-by: Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
---
 arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
index ced046d9f825..2e381582ffee 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
@@ -204,7 +204,6 @@ __v7_pj4b_setup:
 /* Auxiliary Debug Modes Control 1 Register */
 #define PJ4B_STATIC_BP (1 << 2) /* Enable Static BP */
 #define PJ4B_INTER_PARITY (1 << 8) /* Disable Internal Parity Handling */
-#define PJ4B_BCK_OFF_STREX (1 << 5) /* Enable the back off of STREX instr */
 #define PJ4B_CLEAN_LINE (1 << 16) /* Disable data transfer for clean line */
 
 /* Auxiliary Debug Modes Control 2 Register */
@@ -227,7 +226,6 @@ __v7_pj4b_setup:
 	/* Auxiliary Debug Modes Control 1 Register */
 	mrc	p15, 1,	r0, c15, c1, 1
 	orr     r0, r0, #PJ4B_CLEAN_LINE
-	orr     r0, r0, #PJ4B_BCK_OFF_STREX
 	orr     r0, r0, #PJ4B_INTER_PARITY
 	bic	r0, r0, #PJ4B_STATIC_BP
 	mcr	p15, 1,	r0, c15, c1, 1
-- 
2.1.3

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