This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
ARM: 8222/1: mvebu: enable strex backoff delay
to the 3.14-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:
arm-8222-1-mvebu-enable-strex-backoff-delay.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.14 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 995ab5189d1d7264e79e665dfa032a19b3ac646e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 18:43:15 +0100
Subject: ARM: 8222/1: mvebu: enable strex backoff delay
From: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 995ab5189d1d7264e79e665dfa032a19b3ac646e upstream.
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.]
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>
Acked-by: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Jason Cooper <jason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7.S
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ __v7_pj4b_setup:
/* Auxiliary Debug Modes Control 1 Register */
#define PJ4B_STATIC_BP (1 << 2) /* Enable Static BP */
#define PJ4B_INTER_PARITY (1 << 8) /* Disable Internal Parity Handling */
-#define PJ4B_BCK_OFF_STREX (1 << 5) /* Enable the back off of STREX instr */
#define PJ4B_CLEAN_LINE (1 << 16) /* Disable data transfer for clean line */
/* Auxiliary Debug Modes Control 2 Register */
@@ -234,7 +233,6 @@ __v7_pj4b_setup:
/* Auxiliary Debug Modes Control 1 Register */
mrc p15, 1, r0, c15, c1, 1
orr r0, r0, #PJ4B_CLEAN_LINE
- orr r0, r0, #PJ4B_BCK_OFF_STREX
orr r0, r0, #PJ4B_INTER_PARITY
bic r0, r0, #PJ4B_STATIC_BP
mcr p15, 1, r0, c15, c1, 1
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from thomas.petazzoni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-3.14/arm-8222-1-mvebu-enable-strex-backoff-delay.patch
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