[U-Boot] [PATCH] ARM: socfpga: Clear PL310 early in SPL

Tue Feb 19 19:29:58 UTC 2019

Am 19.02.2019 um 17:39 schrieb Marek Vasut:
> On 2/19/19 5:31 PM, Simon Goldschmidt wrote:
>> Am 19.02.2019 um 17:00 schrieb Marek Vasut:
>>> On 2/19/19 4:55 PM, Simon Goldschmidt wrote:
>>>> Am 19.02.2019 um 15:00 schrieb Marek Vasut:
>>>>> On 2/19/19 2:58 PM, Simon Goldschmidt wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Am Di., 19. Feb. 2019, 14:45 hat Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de
>>>>>> <mailto:marex at denx.de>> geschrieben:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>        On 2/19/19 2:28 PM, Simon Goldschmidt wrote:
>>>>>>        > On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 1:53 PM Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de
>>>>>>        <mailto:marex at denx.de>> wrote:
>>>>>>        >>
>>>>>>        >> On SoCFPGA Gen5 systems, it can rarely happen that a
>>>>>> reboot from
>>>>>>        Linux
>>>>>>        >> will result in stale data in PL310 L2 cache controller.
>>>>>> Even if
>>>>>>        the L2
>>>>>>        >> cache controller is disabled via the CTRL register CTRL_EN
>>>>>> bit, those
>>>>>>        >> data can interfere with operation of devices using DMA, like
>>>>>> e.g. the
>>>>>>        >> DWMMC controller. This can in turn cause e.g. SPL to fail
>>>>>> reading
>>>>>>        data
>>>>>>        >> from SD/MMC.
>>>>>>        >>
>>>>>>        >> The obvious solution here would be to fully reset the L2
>>>>>> cache
>>>>>>        controller
>>>>>>        >> via the reset manager MPUMODRST L2 bit, however this
>>>>>> causes bus
>>>>>>        hang even
>>>>>>        >> if executed entirely from L1 I-cache to avoid generating
>>>>>> any bus
>>>>>>        traffic
>>>>>>        >> through the L2 cache controller.
>>>>>>        >>
>>>>>>        >> This patch thus configures and enables the L2 cache
>>>>>> controller
>>>>>>        very early
>>>>>>        >> in the SPL boot process, clears the L2 cache and disables
>>>>>> the L2
>>>>>>        cache
>>>>>>        >> controller again.
>>>>>>        >>
>>>>>>        >> The reason for doing it in SPL is because we need to avoid
>>>>>>        accessing any
>>>>>>        >> of the potentially stale data in the L2 cache, and we are
>>>>>> certain
>>>>>>        any of
>>>>>>        >> the stale data will be below the OCRAM address range. To
>>>>>> further
>>>>>>        reduce
>>>>>>        >> bus traffic during the L2 cache invalidation, we enable L1
>>>>>>        I-cache and
>>>>>>        >> run the invalidation code entirely out of the L1 I-cache.
>>>>>>        >>
>>>>>>        >> Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de
>>>>>> <mailto:marex at denx.de>>
>>>>>>        >> Cc: Dalon Westergreen <dwesterg at gmail.com
>>>>>>        <mailto:dwesterg at gmail.com>>
>>>>>>        >> Cc: Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen at kernel.org
>>>>>> <mailto:dinguyen at kernel.org>>
>>>>>>        >
>>>>>>        > We've tested this and it seems to fix the issue, so:
>>>>>>        >
>>>>>>        > Tested-by: Simon Goldschmidt <simon.k.r.goldschmidt at gmail.com
>>>>>>        <mailto:simon.k.r.goldschmidt at gmail.com>>
>>>>
>>>> Seems like I was a little fast there: the patch does not apply cleanly
>>>> to master. It did apply to our tree, obviously.
>>>>
>>>> It's missing an include to <asm/pl310.h> and 'pl310' is undefined.
>>>> Probably a result of rebasing it...
>>>>
>>>>>>        >
>>>>>>        > However, I don't really get why clearing the L2 cache later in
>>>>>> U-Boot
>>>>>>        > isn't good enough.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>        Because when U-Boot is running, it is already running from RAM,
>>>>>> which is
>>>>>>        on different PL310 master than OCRAM, and you're likely to
>>>>>> hit the
>>>>>>        corrupted cache lines on the DRAM master which is primed by
>>>>>> prior Linux
>>>>>>        operation. Such cacheline can be hit between the code enabling
>>>>>> the PL310
>>>>>>        and the code invalidating it, which is a C code, using stack and
>>>>>> calling
>>>>>>        functions, thus accessing memory which would likely reside in
>>>>>> different
>>>>>>        PL310 cachelines. If one of those cachelines contains
>>>>>> invalid/corrupted
>>>>>>        data, they can be provided to the CPU before the cacheline is
>>>>>>        invalidated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>        To further reduce the likelihood of hitting any such cache line,
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>        code which enables the PL310 and invalidates it runs from
>>>>>> primed L1
>>>>>>        icache lines, thus generating no bus traffic at all.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ah, right. I somehow didn't realize that invalidating is done after
>>>>>> enabling:-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Right. If it could be done before (like e.g. by whacking the L2CC
>>>>> reset), that'd be fantastic.
>>>>
>>>> I haven't yet found a way to cleanly reproduce this on my socrates, so
>>>> unfortunately, I currently cannot test any suggestions, right now :-(
>>>
>>> Did you ever have this hang happen on SoCrates ?
>>
>> I think so, yes.
>>
>> What I did was running some lmb tests loading from mmc, removing the
>> sdcard to write an updated version of U-Boot, replacing it and then
>> typing 'reset'. It would then sometimes hang in cache initialization - I
>> added debug prints throughout cache initialization and was debug prints
>> from one function and then nothing more after a simple function call...
>>
>> That would very much fit to your explanation. However, I cannot
>> reproduce this currently :-(
> 
> So basically a board which uses DMA (like the DWMMC DMA) is likely to be
> affected. Surely, the DMA does trigger PL310 operations.
> 
>>>> Wouldn't it be better to place this function in some central position
>>>> near the cache initialization code instead of running it from SPL? Or is
>>>> it required to run it in SPL?
>>>
>>> It's required in SPL as soon as possible, to avoid accessing the DRAM,
>>> see above. The current location is close to the rest of PL310 init in
>>> SPL.
>>
>> OK, I just did not understand why this is necessary before accessing DRAM.
> 
> :)

Sorry, I phrased that wrong. I *do* (still) not understand why this is 
necessary before accessing DRAM. Sorry if I'm annoying you with that, 
but I'd like to understand.

Does the DWMMC DMA really trigger PL310 operations? I thought DMA would 
only affect cache if it goes through ACP/SCU?

Regards,
Simon

> 
>>>> Also, it seems this patch enables the ICACHE in SPL, which wasn't
>>>> enabled before. Not a bad thing, but might this have side effects?
>>> Actually, I-Cache is enabled in SPL:
>>>
>>> http://git.denx.de/?p=u-boot.git;a=blob;f=arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S;h=0cb6dd39ccfc0584f4e6f01523fef9405c314763;hb=HEAD#l158
>>>
>>
>> Oh, right. Unless disabled via config option.
> 
> Yes
> 