[PATCH RFC 5/5] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Work around TEXASR bug in fake suspend mode
Paul Mackerras
paulus at ozlabs.org
Thu Mar 8 18:02:31 AEDT 2018
This works around a hardware bug in "Nimbus" POWER9 DD2.2 processors,
where the contents of the TEXASR can get corrupted while a thread is
in fake suspend state. The workaround is for the instruction emulation
code to use the value saved at the most recent guest exit in real
suspend mode. We achieve this by simply not saving the TEXASR into
the vcpu struct on an exit in fake suspend state. We also have to
take care to set the orig_texasr field only on guest exit in real
suspend state.
This also means that on guest entry in fake suspend state, TEXASR
will be restored to the value it had on the last exit in real suspend
state, effectively counteracting any hardware-caused corruption. This
works because TEXASR may not be written in suspend state.
With this, the guest might see the wrong values in TEXASR if it reads
it while in suspend state, but will see the correct value in
non-transactional state (e.g. after a treclaim), and treclaim will
work correctly.
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus at ozlabs.org>
---
arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S | 17 ++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S
index 7b932f1..f374073 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S
@@ -3105,10 +3105,6 @@ kvmppc_save_tm:
li r3, TM_CAUSE_KVM_RESCHED
BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
- /* Emulation of the treclaim instruction needs TEXASR before treclaim */
- mfspr r6, SPRN_TEXASR
- std r6, VCPU_ORIG_TEXASR(r9)
-
lbz r0, HSTATE_FAKE_SUSPEND(r13) /* Were we fake suspended? */
cmpwi r0, 0
beq 3f
@@ -3116,7 +3112,12 @@ BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
beq 4f
bl pnv_power9_force_smt4_catch
nop
+ b 6f
3:
+ /* Emulation of the treclaim instruction needs TEXASR before treclaim */
+ mfspr r6, SPRN_TEXASR
+ std r6, VCPU_ORIG_TEXASR(r9)
+6:
END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_P9_TM_EMUL)
/* Clear the MSR RI since r1, r13 are all going to be foobar. */
@@ -3160,7 +3161,8 @@ BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
andc r3, r3, r0
mtspr SPRN_PSSCR, r3
ld r9, HSTATE_KVM_VCPU(r13)
- b 1f
+ /* Don't save TEXASR, use value from last exit in real suspend state */
+ b 11f
2:
END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_P9_TM_EMUL)
@@ -3234,12 +3236,13 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_P9_TM_EMUL)
* change these outside of a transaction, so they must always be
* context switched.
*/
+ mfspr r7, SPRN_TEXASR
+ std r7, VCPU_TEXASR(r9)
+11:
mfspr r5, SPRN_TFHAR
mfspr r6, SPRN_TFIAR
- mfspr r7, SPRN_TEXASR
std r5, VCPU_TFHAR(r9)
std r6, VCPU_TFIAR(r9)
- std r7, VCPU_TEXASR(r9)
addi r1, r1, PPC_MIN_STKFRM
ld r0, PPC_LR_STKOFF(r1)
--
2.7.4
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