[U-Boot] [PATCH v2] MIPS: Hang if run on a secondary CPU

Matthew Fortune Matthew.Fortune at imgtec.com
Wed Sep 21 15:51:05 CEST 2016


Paul Burton <paul.burton at imgtec.com> writes:
> 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>
> 
> ---
> 
> Changes in v2:
> - Rebase atop u-boot-mips/next
> - Execute a wait instruction in the loop
> - Fill delay slots with NOPs
> 
>  arch/mips/cpu/start.S            | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h |  7 +++++++
>  2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/mips/cpu/start.S b/arch/mips/cpu/start.S index
> 8f85ede..171fbfd 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/cpu/start.S
> +++ b/arch/mips/cpu/start.S
> @@ -108,9 +108,38 @@ 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

If you want to shorten this a bit:

According to MD00090-2B-MIPS32PRA-AFP-06.02 config5 must exist if any
feature it describes is implemented and there are features which are
mandatory in release6 within config5... therefore config5 is
guaranteed to exist on release6 upwards.

Matthew

> +
> +	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 */
> +	beqz	t0, 1f
> +	 nop
> +2:	wait
> +	b	2b
> +	 nop
> 
>  	/* Clear watch registers */
> -	MTC0	zero, CP0_WATCHLO
> +1:	MTC0	zero, CP0_WATCHLO
>  	mtc0	zero, CP0_WATCHHI
> 
>  	/* WP(Watch Pending), SW0/1 should be cleared */ diff --git
> a/arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h
> index b4c2dff..9ab5063 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.  */
> @@ -553,6 +559,7 @@
>  #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_L2C		(_ULCAST_(1) << 10)
> --
> 2.10.0
> 
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