On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 01:12:10PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
> 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).
This wouldn't work if it interrupts a guest.
--
Catalin
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