Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] arm64: Add workaround for Arm Cortex-A77 erratum 1508412

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On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 01:07:00PM +0100, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 03, 2020 at 01:31:27PM -0600, Rob Herring wrote:
> > @@ -979,6 +980,14 @@
> >  		write_sysreg(__scs_new, sysreg);			\
> >  } while (0)
> > 
> > +#define read_sysreg_par() ({						\
> > +	u64 par;							\
> > +	asm(ALTERNATIVE("nop", "dmb sy", ARM64_WORKAROUND_1508412));	\
> > +	par = read_sysreg(par_el1);					\
> > +	asm(ALTERNATIVE("nop", "dmb sy", ARM64_WORKAROUND_1508412));	\
> > +	par;								\
> > +})
> 
> I was about to queue this up but one more point to clarify: can we get
> an interrupt at either side of the PAR_EL1 read and the handler do a
> device read, triggering the erratum? Do we need a DMB at exception
> entry/return?

Disabling irqs around the PAR access would be simpler, I think (assuming
this is needed).

Will
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