Re: [PATCH V3 1/3] coresight: etm: Override TRCIDR3.CCITMIN on errata affected cpus

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On 8/11/23 14:33, Mike Leach wrote:
> Hi Anshuman,
> 
> A few minor points.
> 
> On Fri, 11 Aug 2023 at 04:46, Anshuman Khandual
> <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> This work arounds errata 1490853 on Cortex-A76, and Neoverse-N1, errata
>> 1491015 on Cortex-A77, errata 1502854 on Cortex-X1, and errata 1619801 on
>> Neoverse-V1, based affected cpus, where software read for TRCIDR3.CCITMIN
>> field in ETM gets an wrong value.
>>
>> If software uses the value returned by the TRCIDR3.CCITMIN register field,
>> then it will limit the range which could be used for programming the ETM.
>> In reality, the ETM could be programmed with a much smaller value than what
>> is indicated by the TRCIDR3.CCITMIN field and still function correctly.
>>
>> If software reads the TRCIDR3.CCITMIN register field, corresponding to the
>> instruction trace counting minimum threshold, observe the value 0x100 or a
>> minimum cycle count threshold of 256. The correct value should be 0x4 or a
>> minimum cycle count threshold of 4.
>>
>> This work arounds the problem via storing 4 in drvdata->ccitmin on affected
>> systems where the TRCIDR3.CCITMIN has been 256, thus preserving cycle count
>> threshold granularity.
>>
>> These errata information has been updated in arch/arm64/silicon-errata.rst,
>> but without their corresponding configs because these have been implemented
>> directly in the driver.
>>
>> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@xxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Mike Leach <mike.leach@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: James Clark <james.clark@xxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
>> Cc: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Cc: coresight@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/arch/arm64/silicon-errata.rst   | 10 +++++
>>  .../coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c          | 37 +++++++++++++++++++
>>  2 files changed, 47 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/arch/arm64/silicon-errata.rst b/Documentation/arch/arm64/silicon-errata.rst
>> index bedd3a1d7b42..b08f33eda5f1 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/arch/arm64/silicon-errata.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/arch/arm64/silicon-errata.rst
>> @@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ stable kernels.
>>  +----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+
>>  | ARM            | Cortex-A76      | #1463225        | ARM64_ERRATUM_1463225       |
>>  +----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+
>> +| ARM            | Cortex-A76      | #1490853        | N/A                         |
>> ++----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+
>> +| ARM            | Cortex-A77      | #1491015        | N/A                         |
>> ++----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+
>>  | ARM            | Cortex-A77      | #1508412        | ARM64_ERRATUM_1508412       |
>>  +----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+
>>  | ARM            | Cortex-A510     | #2051678        | ARM64_ERRATUM_2051678       |
>> @@ -125,6 +129,8 @@ stable kernels.
>>  +----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+
>>  | ARM            | Cortex-A715     | #2645198        | ARM64_ERRATUM_2645198       |
>>  +----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+
>> +| ARM            | Cortex-X1       | #1502854        | N/A                         |
>> ++----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+
>>  | ARM            | Cortex-X2       | #2119858        | ARM64_ERRATUM_2119858       |
>>  +----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+
>>  | ARM            | Cortex-X2       | #2224489        | ARM64_ERRATUM_2224489       |
>> @@ -133,6 +139,8 @@ stable kernels.
>>  +----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+
>>  | ARM            | Neoverse-N1     | #1349291        | N/A                         |
>>  +----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+
>> +| ARM            | Neoverse-N1     | #1490853        | N/A                         |
>> ++----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+
>>  | ARM            | Neoverse-N1     | #1542419        | ARM64_ERRATUM_1542419       |
>>  +----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+
>>  | ARM            | Neoverse-N2     | #2139208        | ARM64_ERRATUM_2139208       |
>> @@ -141,6 +149,8 @@ stable kernels.
>>  +----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+
>>  | ARM            | Neoverse-N2     | #2253138        | ARM64_ERRATUM_2253138       |
>>  +----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+
>> +| ARM            | Neoverse-V1     | #1619801        | N/A                         |
>> ++----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+
>>  | ARM            | MMU-500         | #841119,826419  | N/A                         |
>>  +----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+
>>  | ARM            | MMU-600         | #1076982,1209401| N/A                         |
> 
> Could these doc changes not go in patch 3?

As Suzuki had explained earlier, will keep this errata documentation here in this patch.

> 
>> diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c
>> index 703b6fcbb6a5..1f3d29a639ff 100644
>> --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c
>> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x-core.c
>> @@ -1150,6 +1150,31 @@ static void cpu_detect_trace_filtering(struct etmv4_drvdata *drvdata)
>>         drvdata->trfcr = trfcr;
>>  }
>>
>> +/*
>> + * The following errata on applicable cpu rangess affect the CCITMIN filed
> 
> s/rangess/ranges

Fixed.

> 
>> + * in TCRIDR3 register. Software read for the field returns 0x100 limiting
>> + * the cycle threshold granularity, where as the right value should have
>> + * been 0x4, which is well supported in the hardware.
>> + */
>> +static struct midr_range etm_wrong_ccitmin_cpus[] = {
>> +       /* Erratum #1490853 - Cortex-A76 */
>> +       MIDR_RANGE(MIDR_CORTEX_A76, 0, 0, 4, 0),
>> +       /* Erratum #1490853 - Neoverse-N1 */
>> +       MIDR_RANGE(MIDR_NEOVERSE_N1, 0, 0, 4, 0),
>> +       /* Erratum #1491015 - Cortex-A77 */
>> +       MIDR_RANGE(MIDR_CORTEX_A77, 0, 0, 1, 0),
>> +       /* Erratum #1502854 - Cortex-X1 */
>> +       MIDR_REV(MIDR_CORTEX_X1, 0, 0),
>> +       /* Erratum #1619801 - Neoverse-V1 */
>> +       MIDR_REV(MIDR_NEOVERSE_V1, 0, 0),
>> +       {},
>> +};
>> +
>> +static bool etm4_work_around_wrong_ccitmin(void)
> 
> This is not the actual work around - perhaps this should be
> etm4_core_reads_wrong_ccitmin()?

Sounds better, will rename the function.

> 
>> +{
>> +       return is_midr_in_range_list(read_cpuid_id(), etm_wrong_ccitmin_cpus);
>> +}
>> +
>>  static void etm4_init_arch_data(void *info)
>>  {
>>         u32 etmidr0;
>> @@ -1214,6 +1239,18 @@ static void etm4_init_arch_data(void *info)
>>         etmidr3 = etm4x_relaxed_read32(csa, TRCIDR3);
>>         /* CCITMIN, bits[11:0] minimum threshold value that can be programmed */
>>         drvdata->ccitmin = FIELD_GET(TRCIDR3_CCITMIN_MASK, etmidr3);
>> +       if (etm4_work_around_wrong_ccitmin()) {
>> +               /*
>> +                * Erratum affected cpus will read 256 as the minimum
>> +                * instruction trace cycle counting threshold where as
>> +                * the correct value should be 4 instead. Override the
>> +                * recorded value for 'drvdata->ccitmin' to workaround
>> +                * this problem.
>> +                */
>> +               if (drvdata->ccitmin == 256)
> 
> Not sure this check matters - fixed cores will be 4, non fixed cores
> as identified by the list need to be 4, we don't care what the read
> value is if the core is on the list.

As discussed earlier, will keep this unchanged.

> 
>> +                       drvdata->ccitmin = 4;
>> +       }
>> +
>>         /* EXLEVEL_S, bits[19:16] Secure state instruction tracing */
>>         drvdata->s_ex_level = FIELD_GET(TRCIDR3_EXLEVEL_S_MASK, etmidr3);
>>         drvdata->config.s_ex_level = drvdata->s_ex_level;
>> --
>> 2.25.1
>>
> 
> Regards
> 
> Mike



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