linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] ARM: psci: Fix secondary core boot with THUMB2

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Date:   Fri, 28 Sep 2018 14:48:15 +0100
From:   Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        Gregory Fong <gregory.0xf0@...il.com>,
        "maintainer:BROADCOM BCM7XXX ARM ARCHITECTURE" 
        <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Doug Berger <opendmb@...il.com>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] ARM: psci: Fix secondary core boot with THUMB2_KERNEL

On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 12:27:10PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> When THUMB2_KERNEL is enabled, we would be setting the secondary core's
> entry point to secondary_startup() which is already Thumb2 code, utilize
> secondary_startup_arm() which takes care of doing the mode switching for
> us.

As with the first patch, a call to CPU_ON with bit[0] set in the entry
point *should* place the CPU into thumb state, so I'd like to know which
FW you've seen this bug with.

Thanks,
Mark.

> 
> Fixes: 05774088391c ("arm: introduce psci_smp_ops")
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/kernel/psci_smp.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/psci_smp.c b/arch/arm/kernel/psci_smp.c
> index cb3fcaeb2233..547a11b065d2 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/psci_smp.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/psci_smp.c
> @@ -47,13 +47,13 @@
>   *
>   */
>  
> -extern void secondary_startup(void);
> +extern void secondary_startup_arm(void);
>  
>  static int psci_boot_secondary(unsigned int cpu, struct task_struct *idle)
>  {
>  	if (psci_ops.cpu_on)
>  		return psci_ops.cpu_on(cpu_logical_map(cpu),
> -					virt_to_idmap(&secondary_startup));
> +					virt_to_idmap(&secondary_startup_arm));
>  	return -ENODEV;
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 2.17.1
>