[U-Boot] [PATCH 3/3] rockchip: fix incorrect detection of ram size

Dr. Philipp Tomsich philipp.tomsich at theobroma-systems.com
Tue May 8 21:08:14 UTC 2018


> On 8 May 2018, at 21:21, Marty E. Plummer <hanetzer at startmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, May 08, 2018 at 12:21:24PM +0200, Dr. Philipp Tomsich wrote:
>> Marty,
>> 
>>> On 8 May 2018, at 02:52, Marty E. Plummer <hanetzer at startmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Mon, May 07, 2018 at 11:16:28AM +0200, Dr. Philipp Tomsich wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On 7 May 2018, at 04:34, Marty E. Plummer <hanetzer at startmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Mon, May 07, 2018 at 10:20:55AM +0800, Kever Yang wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Marty,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 05/06/2018 10:25 PM, Marty E. Plummer wrote:
>>>>>>> Taken from coreboot's src/soc/rockchip/rk3288/sdram.c
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Without this change, my u-boot build for the asus c201 chromebook (4GiB)
>>>>>>> is incorrectly detected as 0 Bytes of ram.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I know the root cause for this issue, and I have a local patch for it.
>>>>>> The rk3288 is 32bit, and 4GB size is just out of range, so we need to before
>>>>>> the max size before return with '<<20'. Sorry for forgot to send it out.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Marty E. Plummer <hanetzer at startmail.com>
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>> arch/arm/mach-rockchip/sdram_common.c | 62 ++++++++++++++++-----------
>>>>>>> 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/sdram_common.c b/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/sdram_common.c
>>>>>>> index 76dbdc8715..a9c9f970a4 100644
>>>>>>> --- a/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/sdram_common.c
>>>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/sdram_common.c
>>>>>>> @@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
>>>>>>> #include <asm/io.h>
>>>>>>> #include <asm/arch/sdram_common.h>
>>>>>>> #include <dm/uclass-internal.h>
>>>>>>> +#include <linux/kernel.h>
>>>>>>> +#include <linux/sizes.h>
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
>>>>>>> size_t rockchip_sdram_size(phys_addr_t reg)
>>>>>>> @@ -19,34 +21,44 @@ size_t rockchip_sdram_size(phys_addr_t reg)
>>>>>>> 	size_t size_mb = 0;
>>>>>>> 	u32 ch;
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> -	u32 sys_reg = readl(reg);
>>>>>>> -	u32 ch_num = 1 + ((sys_reg >> SYS_REG_NUM_CH_SHIFT)
>>>>>>> -		       & SYS_REG_NUM_CH_MASK);
>>>>>>> +	if (!size_mb) {
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I don't understand this and follow up changes, we don't really need it,
>>>>>> isn't it?
>>>>>> I think don't need the changes before here.
>>>>> Yeah, that was just another level of indentation for the if (!size_mb)
>>>>> guard, but I've reworked the patch to not do that as it was pointed out
>>>>> that since size_mb is initialized to 0 prior.
>>>>>>> +		/*
>>>>>>> +		 * we use the 0x00000000~0xfeffffff space
>>>>>>> +		 * since 0xff000000~0xffffffff is soc register space
>>>>>>> +		 * so we reserve it
>>>>>>> +		 */
>>>>>>> +		size_mb = min(size_mb, 0xff000000/SZ_1M);
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> This is what we really need, as Klaus point out, we need to use
>>>>>> SDRAM_MAX_SIZE
>>>>>> instead of hard code.
>>>>> Yeah, I've got a rework on that which uses SDRAM_MAX_SIZE as instructed,
>>>>> build and boot tested on my hardware.
>>>> 
>>>> In that case you just masked the problem but didn???t solve it: assuming size_mb
>>>> is size_t (I???ll assume this is 64bit, but did not check), then your 4GB is 0x1_0000_0000 )
>>>> which overflows to 0x0 when converted to a u32.
>>>> 
>>>> In other words: we need to figure out where the truncation occurs (image what
>>>> happens if a new 32bit processor with LPAE comes out???).
>>>> 
>>> A very valid point. With the following patch to sdram_common.c and
>>> sdram_rk3288.c applied I get the debug output that follows it:
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/sdram_common.c b/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/sdram_common.c
>>> index 232a7fa655..0fe69bf558 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/sdram_common.c
>>> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/sdram_common.c
>>> @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
>>> * SPDX-License-Identifier:     GPL-2.0+
>>> */
>>> 
>>> +#define DEBUG 1
>>> #include <common.h>
>>> #include <dm.h>
>>> #include <ram.h>
>>> @@ -39,16 +40,19 @@ size_t rockchip_sdram_size(phys_addr_t reg)
>>> 			SYS_REG_ROW_3_4_MASK;
>>> 
>>> 		chipsize_mb = (1 << (cs0_row + col + bk + bw - 20));
>>> +		debug("%s: %d: chipsize_mb %x\n", __func__, __LINE__, chipsize_mb);
>>> 
>>> 		if (rank > 1)
>>> 			chipsize_mb += chipsize_mb >> (cs0_row - cs1_row);
>>> 		if (row_3_4)
>>> 			chipsize_mb = chipsize_mb * 3 / 4;
>>> 		size_mb += chipsize_mb;
>>> +		debug("%s: %d: size_mb %x\n", __func__, __LINE__, size_mb);
>>> 		debug("rank %d col %d bk %d cs0_row %d bw %d row_3_4 %d\n",
>>> 		      rank, col, bk, cs0_row, bw, row_3_4);
>>> 	}
>>> 
>>> +	debug("%s: %d: size_mb %x\n", __func__, __LINE__, size_mb);
>>> 	size_mb = min(size_mb, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE/SZ_1M);
>>> 
>>> 	return (size_t)size_mb << 20;
>>> diff --git a/drivers/ram/rockchip/sdram_rk3288.c b/drivers/ram/rockchip/sdram_rk3288.c
>>> index d99bf12476..9738eb088f 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/ram/rockchip/sdram_rk3288.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/ram/rockchip/sdram_rk3288.c
>>> @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
>>> * Adapted from coreboot.
>>> */
>>> 
>>> +#define DEBUG 1
>>> #include <common.h>
>>> #include <clk.h>
>>> #include <dm.h>
>>> 
>>> ---
>>> U-Boot SPL 2018.05-rc3-02370-g309384e84b-dirty (May 07 2018 - 19:42:15 -0500)
>>> Trying to boot from SPI
>>> 
>>> 
>>> U-Boot 2018.05-rc3-02370-g309384e84b-dirty (May 07 2018 - 19:42:15 -0500)
>>> 
>>> Model: Google Speedy
>>> DRAM:  rockchip_sdram_size ff73009c 3c50dc50
>>> rockchip_sdram_size: 42: chipsize_mb 400
>>> rockchip_sdram_size: 49: size_mb 800
>>> rank 2 col 11 bk 3 cs0_row 14 bw 2 row_3_4 0
>>> rockchip_sdram_size: 42: chipsize_mb 400
>>> rockchip_sdram_size: 49: size_mb 1000
>>> rank 2 col 11 bk 3 cs0_row 14 bw 2 row_3_4 0
>>> rockchip_sdram_size: 54: size_mb 1000
>>> SDRAM base=0, size=fe000000
>>> 4 GiB
>>> MMC:   dwmmc at ff0c0000: 1, dwmmc at ff0d0000: 2, dwmmc at ff0f0000: 0
>>> In:    cros-ec-keyb
>>> Out:   vidconsole
>>> Err:   vidconsole
>>> Model: Google Speedy
>>> rockchip_dnl_key_pressed: adc_channel_single_shot fail!
>>> Net:   Net Initialization Skipped
>>> No ethernet found.
>>> Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
>>> I guess we need to change the size_t to something larger; unless I'm
>>> mistaken, that's a 32 bit value, right? and 0x100000000 is at least 40
>> 
>> 4GB is actually the 33rd bit set and the lower 32bits cleared (i.e. the largest
>> 32bit value ???plus one???).
>> 
>>> bits, unless I'm missing the issue here somewhere. However, that would
>>> take a change to include/ram.h, and would impact far more than just
>>> rk3288/rockchip devices across the board, so I'm unsure how to proceed.
>>> 
>>> Use the min macro here for now, and begin work migrating the ram_info
>>> size member to a 64-bit container?
>> 
>> The min() doesn???t make any sense here, as we implement the hook function
>> ???board_get_usable_ram_top??? just a few lines later???
>> We are at the start of the merge window right now, so I???d rather hold off a
>> week (or two) and have a permanent solution than merging just a band-aid
>> now and then having the full fix come in later during the merge window.
>> 
>> I briefly reviewed the situation yesterday and it looks like the size field in
>> ram_info is the culprit: it???s defined as ???size_t???, which again is __SIZE_TYPE__
>> which again is ???unsigned int??? on a (32bit) arm-*-eabi compiler.
> Yeah, I was talking about this with Marek on irc yesterday, I had the
> same conclusion. However, being very new and inexperienced with u-boot
> development in general, I'm a bit averse to to messing with what appears
> to be a global header file, as it can easily break any other board which
> uses it.

No problem — let’s wait for Simon’s input and I’ll create the patchset.
I’ll need your help testing, as I don’t have any 32bit platforms w/ 4GB… and I’ll
let you know once something is ready for you to test.

>> 
>> Expanding this to a phys_size_t won???t be doing us much good, either (as
>> that one will also be 32bits for the RK3288).
>> 
>> The root cause of this is really that the RAM size and the ???usable RAM??? are
>> two different concepts in U-Boot.  On a 32bit physical address space with
>> memory-mapped peripherals, we can never have the full 4GB of DRAM as
>> we???ll also have some of the physical address-space set aside for the MMIO;
>> however, the MMIO range is only removed from the DRAM size when the
>> usable ram-top is evaluated??? so the size can be 4GB after all and overflow
>> the 32bit size_t.  Note that this separation into two different steps makes a
>> lot of sense, as processors might not use MMIO but specialised instructions
>> to access peripheral space???in which case there might indeed be a usable
>> memory of 4GB on a 32bit physical address space.
>> 
>> From what I can tell, we???ll need to do two things:
>> (a)	fix arch/arm/mach-rockchip/sdram_common.c to not use 32bit types
>> 	for the memory size
>> (b)	touch ram.h to change the type of the ???size??? field in ram_info (it needs
>> 	to be larger than 32bits
>> 
>> I???d like Simon???s input (as he owns ram.h) and can create a patchset for this
>> change, if he agrees that this is the way forward.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Philipp.
>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> - Kever
>>>>>>> 	}
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 	return (size_t)size_mb << 20;
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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