[U-Boot] [PATCH 03/11] Exynos542x: Add workaround for ARM errata 798870

Simon Glass sjg at chromium.org
Wed Jan 28 05:10:02 CET 2015


Hi Akshay,

On 15 January 2015 at 06:42, Akshay Saraswat <akshay.s at samsung.com> wrote:
> This patch adds workaround for ARM errata 798870 which says
> "If back-to-back speculative cache line fills (fill A and fill B) are
> issued from the L1 data cache of a CPU to the L2 cache, the second
> request (fill B) is then cancelled, and the second request would have
> detected a hazard against a recent write or eviction (write B) to the
> same cache line as fill B then the L2 logic might deadlock."
>
> Signed-off-by: Kimoon Kim <kimoon.kim at samsung.com>
> Signed-off-by: Akshay Saraswat <akshay.s at samsung.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/cpu/armv7/exynos/lowlevel_init.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/exynos/lowlevel_init.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/exynos/lowlevel_init.c
> index 43c957b..7073c5c 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/exynos/lowlevel_init.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/exynos/lowlevel_init.c
> @@ -45,6 +45,28 @@ enum {
>
>  #ifdef CONFIG_EXYNOS5420
>  /*
> + * Set L2ACTLR[7] to reissue any memory transaction in the L2 that has been
> + * stalled for 1024 cycles to verify that its hazard condition still exists.
> + */
> +void set_l2cache(void)
> +{
> +       uint32_t val;
> +
> +       /* Read MIDR for Primary Part Number*/

Nit: Space before */

> +       mrc_midr(val);
> +       val = (val >> 4);
> +       val &= 0xf;
> +
> +       /* L2ACTLR[7]: Enable hazard detect timeout for A15 */
> +       if (val == 0xf) {
> +               mrc_l2_aux_ctlr(val);
> +               val |= (1 << 7);
> +               mcr_l2_aux_ctlr(val);
> +               mrc_l2_ctlr(val);
> +       }
> +}
> +
> +/*
>   * Pointer to this function is stored in iRam which is used
>   * for jump and power down of a specific core.
>   */
> --
> 1.9.1
>

Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>

Tested on snow, pit, pi
Tested-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>

Regards,
Simon


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