[PATCH 2/2] powerpc/476: Workaround for PLB6 hang
Dave Kleikamp
shaggy at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Thu Jan 27 03:17:59 EST 2011
The 476FP core may hang if an instruction fetch happens during an msync
following a tlbsync. This workaround makes sure that enough instruction
cache lines are pre-fetched before executing the msync. (sync and msync
are the same to the compiler.)
Signed-off-by: Dave Kleikamp <shaggy at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
arch/powerpc/mm/tlb_nohash_low.S | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/tlb_nohash_low.S b/arch/powerpc/mm/tlb_nohash_low.S
index af405ee..7c63c0e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/tlb_nohash_low.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/tlb_nohash_low.S
@@ -189,6 +189,13 @@ END_MMU_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(MMU_FTR_TYPE_47x)
blr
#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_47x
+
+/*
+ * 47x variant of icbt
+ */
+# define ICBT(CT,RA,RB) \
+ .long 0x7c00002c | ((CT) << 21) | ((RA) << 16) | ((RB) << 11)
+
/*
* _tlbivax_bcast is only on 47x. We don't bother doing a runtime
* check though, it will blow up soon enough if we mistakenly try
@@ -206,7 +213,35 @@ _GLOBAL(_tlbivax_bcast)
isync
eieio
tlbsync
+BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
+ b 1f
+END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_476_DD2)
+ sync
+ wrtee r10
+ blr
+/*
+ * DD2 HW could hang if in instruction fetch happens before msync completes.
+ * Touch enough instruction cache lines to ensure cache hits
+ */
+1: mflr r9
+ bl 2f
+2: mflr r6
+ li r7,32
+ ICBT(0,r6,r7) /* touch next cache line */
+ add r6,r6,r7
+ ICBT(0,r6,r7) /* touch next cache line */
+ add r6,r6,r7
+ ICBT(0,r6,r7) /* touch next cache line */
sync
+ nop
+ nop
+ nop
+ nop
+ nop
+ nop
+ nop
+ nop
+ mtlr r9
wrtee r10
blr
#endif /* CONFIG_PPC_47x */
--
1.7.3.4
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