This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
powerpc/tau: Disable TAU between measurements
to the 5.4-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
powerpc-tau-disable-tau-between-measurements.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 4ca6542c6e5fc0fddda5e8f5cc867650eaa98f39
Author: Finn Thain <fthain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat Sep 5 09:02:20 2020 +1000
powerpc/tau: Disable TAU between measurements
[ Upstream commit e63d6fb5637e92725cf143559672a34b706bca4f ]
Enabling CONFIG_TAU_INT causes random crashes:
Unrecoverable exception 1700 at c0009414 (msr=1000)
Oops: Unrecoverable exception, sig: 6 [#1]
BE PAGE_SIZE=4K MMU=Hash SMP NR_CPUS=2 PowerMac
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.7.0-pmac-00043-gd5f545e1a8593 #5
NIP: c0009414 LR: c0009414 CTR: c00116fc
REGS: c0799eb8 TRAP: 1700 Not tainted (5.7.0-pmac-00043-gd5f545e1a8593)
MSR: 00001000 <ME> CR: 22000228 XER: 00000100
GPR00: 00000000 c0799f70 c076e300 00800000 0291c0ac 00e00000 c076e300 00049032
GPR08: 00000001 c00116fc 00000000 dfbd3200 ffffffff 007f80a8 00000000 00000000
GPR16: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 c075ce04
GPR24: c075ce04 dfff8880 c07b0000 c075ce04 00080000 00000001 c079ef98 c079ef5c
NIP [c0009414] arch_cpu_idle+0x24/0x6c
LR [c0009414] arch_cpu_idle+0x24/0x6c
Call Trace:
[c0799f70] [00000001] 0x1 (unreliable)
[c0799f80] [c0060990] do_idle+0xd8/0x17c
[c0799fa0] [c0060ba4] cpu_startup_entry+0x20/0x28
[c0799fb0] [c072d220] start_kernel+0x434/0x44c
[c0799ff0] [00003860] 0x3860
Instruction dump:
XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX 3d20c07b XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX 7c0802a6
XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX 4e800421 XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX 7d2000a6
---[ end trace 3a0c9b5cb216db6b ]---
Resolve this problem by disabling each THRMn comparator when handling
the associated THRMn interrupt and by disabling the TAU entirely when
updating THRMn thresholds.
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f41 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <fthain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Stan Johnson <userm57@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/5a0ba3dc5612c7aac596727331284a3676c08472.1599260540.git.fthain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/tau_6xx.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/tau_6xx.c
index 614b5b272d9c6..0b4694b8d2482 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/tau_6xx.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/tau_6xx.c
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ static struct tau_temp
static bool tau_int_enable;
-#undef DEBUG
-
/* TODO: put these in a /proc interface, with some sanity checks, and maybe
* dynamic adjustment to minimize # of interrupts */
/* configurable values for step size and how much to expand the window when
@@ -67,42 +65,33 @@ static void set_thresholds(unsigned long cpu)
static void TAUupdate(int cpu)
{
- unsigned thrm;
-
-#ifdef DEBUG
- printk("TAUupdate ");
-#endif
+ u32 thrm;
+ u32 bits = THRM1_TIV | THRM1_TIN | THRM1_V;
/* if both thresholds are crossed, the step_sizes cancel out
* and the window winds up getting expanded twice. */
- if((thrm = mfspr(SPRN_THRM1)) & THRM1_TIV){ /* is valid? */
- if(thrm & THRM1_TIN){ /* crossed low threshold */
- if (tau[cpu].low >= step_size){
- tau[cpu].low -= step_size;
- tau[cpu].high -= (step_size - window_expand);
- }
- tau[cpu].grew = 1;
-#ifdef DEBUG
- printk("low threshold crossed ");
-#endif
+ thrm = mfspr(SPRN_THRM1);
+ if ((thrm & bits) == bits) {
+ mtspr(SPRN_THRM1, 0);
+
+ if (tau[cpu].low >= step_size) {
+ tau[cpu].low -= step_size;
+ tau[cpu].high -= (step_size - window_expand);
}
+ tau[cpu].grew = 1;
+ pr_debug("%s: low threshold crossed\n", __func__);
}
- if((thrm = mfspr(SPRN_THRM2)) & THRM1_TIV){ /* is valid? */
- if(thrm & THRM1_TIN){ /* crossed high threshold */
- if (tau[cpu].high <= 127-step_size){
- tau[cpu].low += (step_size - window_expand);
- tau[cpu].high += step_size;
- }
- tau[cpu].grew = 1;
-#ifdef DEBUG
- printk("high threshold crossed ");
-#endif
+ thrm = mfspr(SPRN_THRM2);
+ if ((thrm & bits) == bits) {
+ mtspr(SPRN_THRM2, 0);
+
+ if (tau[cpu].high <= 127 - step_size) {
+ tau[cpu].low += (step_size - window_expand);
+ tau[cpu].high += step_size;
}
+ tau[cpu].grew = 1;
+ pr_debug("%s: high threshold crossed\n", __func__);
}
-
-#ifdef DEBUG
- printk("grew = %d\n", tau[cpu].grew);
-#endif
}
#ifdef CONFIG_TAU_INT
@@ -127,17 +116,17 @@ void TAUException(struct pt_regs * regs)
static void tau_timeout(void * info)
{
int cpu;
- unsigned long flags;
int size;
int shrink;
- /* disabling interrupts *should* be okay */
- local_irq_save(flags);
cpu = smp_processor_id();
if (!tau_int_enable)
TAUupdate(cpu);
+ /* Stop thermal sensor comparisons and interrupts */
+ mtspr(SPRN_THRM3, 0);
+
size = tau[cpu].high - tau[cpu].low;
if (size > min_window && ! tau[cpu].grew) {
/* do an exponential shrink of half the amount currently over size */
@@ -159,18 +148,12 @@ static void tau_timeout(void * info)
set_thresholds(cpu);
- /*
- * Do the enable every time, since otherwise a bunch of (relatively)
- * complex sleep code needs to be added. One mtspr every time
- * tau_timeout is called is probably not a big deal.
- *
+ /* Restart thermal sensor comparisons and interrupts.
* The "PowerPC 740 and PowerPC 750 Microprocessor Datasheet"
* recommends that "the maximum value be set in THRM3 under all
* conditions."
*/
mtspr(SPRN_THRM3, THRM3_SITV(0x1fff) | THRM3_E);
-
- local_irq_restore(flags);
}
static struct workqueue_struct *tau_workq;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig
index 92d7f2a7936e7..18792a5b003a0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ config TAU
don't assume the cpu temp is actually what /proc/cpuinfo says it is.
config TAU_INT
- bool "Interrupt driven TAU driver (DANGEROUS)"
+ bool "Interrupt driven TAU driver (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on TAU
---help---
The TAU supports an interrupt driven mode which causes an interrupt
@@ -231,12 +231,7 @@ config TAU_INT
to get notified the temp has exceeded a range. With this option off,
a timer is used to re-check the temperature periodically.
- However, on some cpus it appears that the TAU interrupt hardware
- is buggy and can cause a situation which would lead unexplained hard
- lockups.
-
- Unless you are extending the TAU driver, or enjoy kernel/hardware
- debugging, leave this option off.
+ If in doubt, say N here.
config TAU_AVERAGE
bool "Average high and low temp"
