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| author | Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> | 2009-04-30 17:06:15 +0100 |
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| committer | Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> | 2009-04-30 20:12:59 +0100 |
| commit | 855c551f5b8cc3815d58e1056c1f1e7c461e2d24 (patch) | |
| tree | c2a84666b3a86c3e5cb5272ed42b802f9411ec33 | |
| parent | 7ce236fcd6fd45b0441a2d49acb2ceb2de2e8a47 (diff) | |
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[ARM] 5490/1: ARM errata: Processor deadlock when a false hazard is created
This patch adds a workaround for the 458693 Cortex-A8 (r2p0)
erratum. It sets the corresponding bits in the auxiliary control
register so that the PLD instruction becomes a NOP.
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/arm/Kconfig | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S | 6 |
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig index 84e4816362b3..49f85664083d 100644 --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig @@ -765,6 +765,19 @@ config ARM_ERRATA_430973 Note that setting specific bits in the ACTLR register may not be available in non-secure mode. +config ARM_ERRATA_458693 + bool "ARM errata: Processor deadlock when a false hazard is created" + depends on CPU_V7 + help + This option enables the workaround for the 458693 Cortex-A8 (r2p0) + erratum. For very specific sequences of memory operations, it is + possible for a hazard condition intended for a cache line to instead + be incorrectly associated with a different cache line. This false + hazard might then cause a processor deadlock. The workaround enables + the L1 caching of the NEON accesses and disables the PLD instruction + in the ACTLR register. Note that setting specific bits in the ACTLR + register may not be available in non-secure mode. + endmenu source "arch/arm/common/Kconfig" diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S index fc81159596fe..370baa7a0f08 100644 --- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S +++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S @@ -188,6 +188,12 @@ __v7_setup: orr r10, r10, #(1 << 6) @ set IBE to 1 mcr p15, 0, r10, c1, c0, 1 @ write aux control register #endif +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_458693 + mrc p15, 0, r10, c1, c0, 1 @ read aux control register + orr r10, r10, #(1 << 5) @ set L1NEON to 1 + orr r10, r10, #(1 << 9) @ set PLDNOP to 1 + mcr p15, 0, r10, c1, c0, 1 @ write aux control register +#endif mov r10, #0 #ifdef HARVARD_CACHE mcr p15, 0, r10, c7, c5, 0 @ I+BTB cache invalidate |
