Hi Thomas, Andrew, On 28/01/2015 12:55, Thomas Petazzoni wrote: > Since commit f2c3c67f00 (merge commit that adds commit "ARM: mvebu: > completely disable hardware I/O coherency"), we disable I/O coherency > on Armada EBU platforms. > > However, we continue to initialize the coherency fabric, because this > coherency fabric is needed on Armada XP for inter-CPU > coherency. Unfortunately, due to this, we also continued to execute > the coherency fabric initialization code for Armada 375/38x, which > switched the PL310 into I/O coherent mode. This has the effect of > disabling the outer cache sync operation: this is needed when I/O > coherency is enabled to work around a PCIe/L2 deadlock. But obviously, > when I/O coherency is disabled, having the outer cache sync operation > is crucial. > > Therefore, this commit fixes the armada_375_380_coherency_init() so > that the PL310 is switched to I/O coherent mode only if I/O coherency > is enabled. > > Without this fix, all devices using DMA are broken on Armada 375/38x. Without this fix on my Armada 375 DB board, the kernel hang during the XOR engine self-test. This fix is really something we should have in 3.19-rc. Acked-by: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> and also Tested-by: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Thanks, Gregory > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > This fix is needed in 3.19-rc, and in all stable kernel releases in > which f2c3c67f00 was added. > > In mainline, it is not strictly needed, since we have since then > re-enabled I/O coherency using automatic barriers. > > Commit applies on top of 3.19-rc6, and has been tested on Armada XP, > Armada 375 and Armada 38x, by checking that the XOR engine self-tests > are working properly, which is a good indication that DMA and I/O > coherency is minimally working. Without the fix, the XOR engine > self-tests were not even working on Armada 38x. > > arch/arm/mach-mvebu/coherency.c | 7 +++++++ > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/coherency.c b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/coherency.c > index caa21e9..ccef880 100644 > --- a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/coherency.c > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/coherency.c > @@ -190,6 +190,13 @@ static void __init armada_375_380_coherency_init(struct device_node *np) > arch_ioremap_caller = armada_pcie_wa_ioremap_caller; > > /* > + * We should switch the PL310 to I/O coherency mode only if > + * I/O coherency is actually enabled. > + */ > + if (!coherency_available()) > + return; > + > + /* > * Add the PL310 property "arm,io-coherent". This makes sure the > * outer sync operation is not used, which allows to > * workaround the system erratum that causes deadlocks when > -- Gregory Clement, Free Electrons Kernel, drivers, real-time and embedded Linux development, consulting, training and support. http://free-electrons.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html