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Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 09:39:50 -0800 From: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net> To: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org> Cc: Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: 8936/1: decompressor: avoid CP15 barrier instructions in v7 cache setup code Hi, On Fri, Nov 08, 2019 at 01:44:32PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > Commit e17b1af96b2afc38e684aa2f1033387e2ed10029 > > "ARM: 8857/1: efi: enable CP15 DMB instructions before cleaning the cache" > > added some explicit handling of the CP15BEN bit in the SCTLR system > register, to ensure that CP15 barrier instructions are enabled, even > if we enter the decompressor via the EFI stub. > > However, as it turns out, there are other ways in which we may end up > using CP15 barrier instructions without them being enabled. I.e., when > the decompressor startup code skips the cache_on() initially, we end > up calling cache_clean_flush() with the caches and MMU off, in which > case the CP15BEN bit in SCTLR may not be programmed either. And in > fact, cache_on() itself issues CP15 barrier instructions before actually > enabling them by programming the new SCTLR value (and issuing an ISB) > > Since all these routines are specific to v7, let's clean this up by > using the ordinary v7 barrier instructions in the v7 specific cache > handling routines, so that we never rely on the CP15 ones. This also > avoids the issue where a barrier is required between programming SCTLR > and using the CP15 barrier instructions, which would result in two > different kinds of barriers being used in the same function. > > Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org> > Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org> > Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk> This patch causes all qemu emulations for ARM1176 to fail hard (stall with no console output even with earlycon enabled). This affects witherspoon-bmc, ast2500-evb, romulus-bmc, and swift-bmc. It does not affect emulations for other CPU types, even with the same kernel configuration (such as ast2600-evb). Reverting the patch fixes the problem. Guenter --- bisect log: # bad: [702ccea170f07783bd002055a353a0866c062267] Add linux-next specific files for 20200124 # good: [def9d2780727cec3313ed3522d0123158d87224d] Linux 5.5-rc7 git bisect start 'HEAD' 'v5.5-rc7' # bad: [70b03961bd9b391bd124731df1f92d3e6f1b91c5] Merge remote-tracking branch 'crypto/master' git bisect bad 70b03961bd9b391bd124731df1f92d3e6f1b91c5 # bad: [fd2c516f2b10a23d2a86948b3fad0961038ce708] Merge remote-tracking branch 'v9fs/9p-next' git bisect bad fd2c516f2b10a23d2a86948b3fad0961038ce708 # bad: [4c1bb3d9902fbbe24efea7bae47337e51f8f112a] Merge remote-tracking branch 'arm-soc/for-next' git bisect bad 4c1bb3d9902fbbe24efea7bae47337e51f8f112a # good: [9b0b308a1586f620a49c50605ae8abf509190661] Merge tag 'zynq-dt-for-v5.6-v2' of https://github.com/Xilinx/linux-xlnx into arm/dt git bisect good 9b0b308a1586f620a49c50605ae8abf509190661 # bad: [fa534dfeb4e761e31ba833c6315e350e9ff4ba5f] Merge remote-tracking branch 'arm/for-next' git bisect bad fa534dfeb4e761e31ba833c6315e350e9ff4ba5f # good: [c6e2f4e0e8b40ac5a6c6084189ea3429c71b0b4c] Merge remote-tracking branch 'ide/master' git bisect good c6e2f4e0e8b40ac5a6c6084189ea3429c71b0b4c # good: [eecc70d22ae51225de1ef629c1159f7116476b2e] media: digitv: don't continue if remote control state can't be read git bisect good eecc70d22ae51225de1ef629c1159f7116476b2e # good: [2e30f8d480842313c3de748bedd0a469f131f12e] Merge remote-tracking branch 'pinctrl-intel-fixes/fixes' git bisect good 2e30f8d480842313c3de748bedd0a469f131f12e # good: [9c9aa8fdf306cd7329e0a68bbcbe2f71b397dac1] kbuild: remove 'Building modules, stage 2.' log git bisect good 9c9aa8fdf306cd7329e0a68bbcbe2f71b397dac1 # good: [3460d0bc256a50b71dbdae8227c600761c502022] kconfig: distinguish between dependencies and visibility in help text git bisect good 3460d0bc256a50b71dbdae8227c600761c502022 # bad: [290b9fa737f893f96602c158f22caacd942e1268] ARM: 8951/1: Fix Kexec compilation issue. git bisect bad 290b9fa737f893f96602c158f22caacd942e1268 # bad: [44832877ea4c186460f42e48b1da98a08a29ffb5] ARM: 8942/1: Revert "8857/1: efi: enable CP15 DMB instructions before cleaning the cache" git bisect bad 44832877ea4c186460f42e48b1da98a08a29ffb5 # bad: [dff03da7c2b0575b8112c2947f84521aad287ae7] ARM: 8941/1: ARM/decompressor: enable CP15 barrier instructions in v7 cache setup code git bisect bad dff03da7c2b0575b8112c2947f84521aad287ae7 # bad: [bcb704e551fc4e5034b9fa319a3ef49d30cb84d9] ARM: 8936/1: decompressor: avoid CP15 barrier instructions in v7 cache setup code git bisect bad bcb704e551fc4e5034b9fa319a3ef49d30cb84d9 # first bad commit: [bcb704e551fc4e5034b9fa319a3ef49d30cb84d9] ARM: 8936/1: decompressor: avoid CP15 barrier instructions in v7 cache setup code
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