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[RESEND,v8,1/4] arm64: arch_timer: Add device tree binding for hisilicon-161010101 erratum

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Ding Tianhong Jan. 19, 2017, 11:46 a.m. UTC
This erratum describes a bug in logic outside the core, so MIDR can't be
used to identify its presence, and reading an SoC-specific revision
register from common arch timer code would be awkward.  So, describe it
in the device tree.

Signed-off-by: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@huawei.com>
Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
---
 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

Comments

Mark Rutland Jan. 19, 2017, 12:10 p.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 07:46:43PM +0800, Ding Tianhong wrote:
> This erratum describes a bug in logic outside the core, so MIDR can't be
> used to identify its presence, and reading an SoC-specific revision
> register from common arch timer code would be awkward.  So, describe it
> in the device tree.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@huawei.com>
> Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt
> index ad440a2..9116934 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt
> @@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ to deliver its interrupts via SPIs.
>    This also affects writes to the tval register, due to the implicit
>    counter read.
>  
> +- hisilicon,erratum-161010101 : A boolean property. Indicates the presence of
> +  erratum 161010101, which says that reading the counter is unreliable unless
> +  reading twice on the register and the value of the second read is larger
> +  than the first by less than 32. If the verification is unsuccessful, then
> +  discard the value of this read and repeat this procedure until the verification
> +  is successful.  This also affects writes to the tval register, due to the
> +  implicit counter read.

This describes the workaround, which shouldn't be necessary.

My understanding (from the cover letter) is that reads of the
{virtual,physical} counters may return a value precisely 32 above the
true value.

So it would be better to say:

- hisilicon,erratum-161010101 : A boolean property. Indicates the
  presence of Hisilicon erratum 161010101, which says that reading the
  counters is unreliable in some cases, and reads may return a value 32
  beyond the correct value. This also affects writes to the tval
  registers, due to the implicit counter read.

Thanks,
Mark.
Ding Tianhong Jan. 19, 2017, 12:18 p.m. UTC | #2
On 2017/1/19 20:10, Mark Rutland wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 07:46:43PM +0800, Ding Tianhong wrote:
>> This erratum describes a bug in logic outside the core, so MIDR can't be
>> used to identify its presence, and reading an SoC-specific revision
>> register from common arch timer code would be awkward.  So, describe it
>> in the device tree.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@huawei.com>
>> Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt | 8 ++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt
>> index ad440a2..9116934 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt
>> @@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ to deliver its interrupts via SPIs.
>>    This also affects writes to the tval register, due to the implicit
>>    counter read.
>>  
>> +- hisilicon,erratum-161010101 : A boolean property. Indicates the presence of
>> +  erratum 161010101, which says that reading the counter is unreliable unless
>> +  reading twice on the register and the value of the second read is larger
>> +  than the first by less than 32. If the verification is unsuccessful, then
>> +  discard the value of this read and repeat this procedure until the verification
>> +  is successful.  This also affects writes to the tval register, due to the
>> +  implicit counter read.
> 
> This describes the workaround, which shouldn't be necessary.
> 
> My understanding (from the cover letter) is that reads of the
> {virtual,physical} counters may return a value precisely 32 above the
> true value.
> 
> So it would be better to say:
> 
> - hisilicon,erratum-161010101 : A boolean property. Indicates the
>   presence of Hisilicon erratum 161010101, which says that reading the
>   counters is unreliable in some cases, and reads may return a value 32
>   beyond the correct value. This also affects writes to the tval
>   registers, due to the implicit counter read.
> 
> Thanks,
> Mark.

Looks more accurate.

Thanks.
Ding

> 
> .
>
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diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt
index ad440a2..9116934 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@  to deliver its interrupts via SPIs.
   This also affects writes to the tval register, due to the implicit
   counter read.
 
+- hisilicon,erratum-161010101 : A boolean property. Indicates the presence of
+  erratum 161010101, which says that reading the counter is unreliable unless
+  reading twice on the register and the value of the second read is larger
+  than the first by less than 32. If the verification is unsuccessful, then
+  discard the value of this read and repeat this procedure until the verification
+  is successful.  This also affects writes to the tval register, due to the
+  implicit counter read.
+
 ** Optional properties:
 
 - arm,cpu-registers-not-fw-configured : Firmware does not initialize