Wu Zhangjin wrote:
From: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@xxxxxxxxx> As the Chapter 15: "Errata: Issue of Out-of-order in loongson"[1] shows, to workaround the Issue of Loongson-2F，We need to do: "When switching from user model to kernel model, you should flush the branch target history such as BTB and RAS."
Just wondered, model or mode?
This patch did clear BTB(branch target buffer), forbid RAS(row address strobe) via Loongson-2F's 64bit diagnostic register.
Are you sure that RAS represents "Row Address Strobe", not "Return Address Stack?" By the way, we have a similar local workaround for vr55xx processors when switching from kernel mode to user mode. It's not necessarily related to out-of-order issues, but we need to prevent the processor from doing instruction prefetch beyond "eret" instruction. In the long term, it would be appreciated that the kernel has a set of hooks when switching KUX-modes, so that each machine could have his own, processor-specific treatmens. Shinya
[1] Chinese Version: http://www.loongson.cn/uploadfile/file/200808211 [2] English Version of Chapter 15: http://groups.google.com.hk/group/loongson-dev/msg/e0d2e220958f10a6?dmode=source Signed-off-by: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@xxxxxxxxx> --- arch/mips/include/asm/stackframe.h | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/stackframe.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/stackframe.h index 3b6da33..b84cfda 100644 --- a/arch/mips/include/asm/stackframe.h +++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/stackframe.h @@ -121,6 +121,25 @@ .endm #else .macro get_saved_sp /* Uniprocessor variation */ +#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_LOONGSON2F + /* + * Clear BTB(branch target buffer), forbid RAS(row address + * strobe) to workaround the Out-of-oder Issue in Loongson2F + * via it's diagnostic register. + */ + move k0, ra + jal 1f + nop +1: jal 1f + nop +1: jal 1f + nop +1: jal 1f + nop +1: move ra, k0 + li k0, 3 + mtc0 k0, $22 +#endif /* CONFIG_CPU_LOONGSON2F */ #if defined(CONFIG_32BIT) || defined(KBUILD_64BIT_SYM32) lui k1, %hi(kernelsp) #else
