[U-Boot] [PATCH] MIPS: Hang if run on a secondary CPU

Paul Burton paul.burton at imgtec.com
Wed Sep 21 15:45:07 CEST 2016


On Wednesday, 21 September 2016 15:14:41 BST Daniel Schwierzeck wrote:
> Hi Paul,
> 
> Am 21.09.2016 um 12:08 schrieb Paul Burton:
> > Some systems are configured such that multiple CPUs begin running from
> > their reset vector following a system reset. If this occurs then U-Boot
> > will be run on multiple CPUs simultaneously, which causes all sorts of
> > issues as the multiple instances of U-Boot clobber each other.
> > 
> > Prevent this from happening by simply hanging with an infinite loop if
> > we run on a CPU whose ID, as determined by GlobalNumber or EBase.CPUNum
> > as appropriate, is non-zero.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Paul Burton <paul.burton at imgtec.com>
> 
> just a tipp: please try to use patman with -m to disable automatic
> generation of the CC list and configure the CC addresses manually in the
> patches. Your CC list is always bigger than needed. I doubt that most of
> the guys care about MIPS low-level stuff ;)

Hi Daniel,

OK, happy to do that.

> Also please rebase this and your other patch on top of u-boot-mips/next.
> I'm getting conflicts when applying. Thanks.

I've just submitted a v2 of this patch which is based atop u-boot-mips/next. 
Which other patch were you seeing conflicts with?

Thanks for merging the L2 code.

Thanks,
    Paul

> 
> > ---
> > 
> >  arch/mips/cpu/start.S            | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h |  7 +++++++
> >  2 files changed, 32 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/mips/cpu/start.S b/arch/mips/cpu/start.S
> > index fc6dd66..dd37ac3 100644
> > --- a/arch/mips/cpu/start.S
> > +++ b/arch/mips/cpu/start.S
> > @@ -112,6 +112,31 @@ ENTRY(_start)
> > 
> >  	.align 4
> >  
> >  reset:
> > +#if __mips_isa_rev >= 6
> > +	.set	push
> > +	.set	reorder
> > +	mfc0	t0, CP0_CONFIG, 1
> > +	bgez	t0, 1f
> > +	mfc0	t0, CP0_CONFIG, 2
> > +	bgez	t0, 1f
> > +	mfc0	t0, CP0_CONFIG, 3
> > +	bgez	t0, 1f
> > +	mfc0	t0, CP0_CONFIG, 4
> > +	bgez	t0, 1f
> > +	mfc0	t0, CP0_CONFIG, 5
> > +	and	t0, t0, MIPS_CONF5_VP
> > +	beqz	t0, 1f
> > +
> > +	mfc0	t0, CP0_GLOBALNUMBER
> > +	b	2f
> > +	.set	pop
> > +#endif
> > +
> > +1:	mfc0	t0, CP0_EBASE
> > +	and	t0, t0, EBASE_CPUNUM
> > +
> > +	/* Hang if this isn't the first CPU in the system */
> > +2:	bnez	t0, .
> 
> What about the branch delay slot? start.S is globally set to .noreorder
> and this particular branch instruction is also used for MIPS < r6
> 
> >  	/* Clear watch registers */
> >  	MTC0	zero, CP0_WATCHLO
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h
> > b/arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h index 3185dc7..9a4c4c5 100644
> > --- a/arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h
> > +++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h
> > @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
> > 
> >  #define CP0_ENTRYLO0 $2
> >  #define CP0_ENTRYLO1 $3
> >  #define CP0_CONF $3
> > 
> > +#define CP0_GLOBALNUMBER $3, 1
> > 
> >  #define CP0_CONTEXT $4
> >  #define CP0_PAGEMASK $5
> >  #define CP0_WIRED $6
> > 
> > @@ -361,6 +362,11 @@
> > 
> >  #define CAUSEF_BD		(_ULCAST_(1)   << 31)
> >  
> >  /*
> > 
> > + * Bits in the coprocessor 0 EBase register.
> > + */
> > +#define EBASE_CPUNUM		0x3ff
> > +
> > +/*
> > 
> >   * Bits in the coprocessor 0 config register.
> >   */
> >  
> >  /* Generic bits.  */
> > 
> > @@ -548,6 +554,7 @@
> > 
> >  #define MIPS_CONF5_MRP		(_ULCAST_(1) << 3)
> >  #define MIPS_CONF5_LLB		(_ULCAST_(1) << 4)
> >  #define MIPS_CONF5_MVH		(_ULCAST_(1) << 5)
> > 
> > +#define MIPS_CONF5_VP		(_ULCAST_(1) << 7)
> > 
> >  #define MIPS_CONF5_FRE		(_ULCAST_(1) << 8)
> >  #define MIPS_CONF5_UFE		(_ULCAST_(1) << 9)
> >  #define MIPS_CONF5_MSAEN	(_ULCAST_(1) << 27)




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