Hi Thomas,
On 24/10/2014 13:59, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> From: Nadav Haklai <nadavh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Under extremely rare conditions, in an MPCore node consisting of at
> least 3 CPUs, two CPUs trying to perform a STREX to data on the same
> shared cache line can enter a livelock situation.
>
> This patch enables the HW mechanism that overcomes the bug. This fixes
> the incorrect setup of the STREX backoff delay bit due to a wrong
> description in the specification.
>
> Note that enabling the STREX backoff delay mechanism is done by
> leaving the bit *cleared*, while the bit was currently being set by
> the proc-v7.S code.
>
> [Thomas: adapt to latest mainline, slightly reword the commit log, add
> stable markers.]
>
> Cc: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v3.8+
> Fixes: de4901933f6d ("arm: mm: Add support for PJ4B cpu and init routines")
> Signed-off-by: Nadav Haklai <nadavh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> This patch is submitted as part of the suspend/resume work, because
> the suspend/resume path is triggering this rare bug in a very
> reproducible fashion.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S | 2 --
> 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>
Acked-by: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks,
Gregory
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