Re: [PATCH 2/4] dt-bindings: remoteproc: qcom: sc7180: Update memory-region requirements

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On 12/14/22 17:00, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
On 14/12/2022 11:25, Sibi Sankar wrote:


On 12/14/22 01:11, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
On 13/12/2022 15:07, Sibi Sankar wrote:
Update the bindings to reflect the addition of the new modem metadata
carveout reference to the memory-region property.

Signed-off-by: Sibi Sankar <quic_sibis@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
   .../devicetree/bindings/remoteproc/qcom,sc7180-mss-pil.yaml    | 3 ++-
   .../devicetree/bindings/remoteproc/qcom,sc7280-mss-pil.yaml    | 3 ++-
   2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/remoteproc/qcom,sc7180-mss-pil.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/remoteproc/qcom,sc7180-mss-pil.yaml
index e4a7da8020f4..b1402bef0ebe 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/remoteproc/qcom,sc7180-mss-pil.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/remoteproc/qcom,sc7180-mss-pil.yaml
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ properties:
       items:
         - description: MBA reserved region
         - description: modem reserved region
+      - description: metadata reserved region

Which makes the third item now required, also for all out of tree DTS
and other users of the bindings. Please write a bit more in commit msg
why this is necessary (e.g. was it broken before?). I assume the driver
does not break the ABI?

I'll pad the commit msg with some of the additional info from patch 4.
commit c44094eee32f "arm64: dma: Drop cache invalidation from
arch_dma_prep_coherent()" exposed a bug in the driver affecting SoCs
from msm8996 on wards. The application processor accessing the
dynamically allocated region after giving control to the modem results
in a XPU violation. The recommended fix was to use a no-map carveout
instead and memunmap before giving control to the modem. The future
kernels that are paired with an older dtbs would crash during modem

Then it's an ABI break.

bootup since we would continue to use dma_alloc_attr. But all the other
combinations (old kernel/new dtb) will continue to work.

Does it mean that old kernel with old DTB was working? If yes, then it's
ABI break without clear benefits.

commit c44094eee32f is going to land regardless soon and will break
modem on mainline and any other branches that picks up the patch.
The suggested way to fix it (no-map carveout) requires this bindings
change.


Best regards,
Krzysztof




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