mpc8xx DCBZ (&friends) hw bug. Tests, analysis + conclusions.

Joakim Tjernlund joakim.tjernlund at lumentis.se
Wed Apr 9 03:25:37 EST 2003


>
> Patch against 2.4.20 devel available on request until I have cleaned it up a little.
>
>    Jocke

Here is the patch, against 2.4.20 devel but I think it will apply
against BK HEAD. Comments welcome :-)

 Jocke
Index: arch/ppc/kernel/head_8xx.S
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvsadmin/cvsroot/kernel/linuxppc/arch/ppc/kernel/head_8xx.S,v
retrieving revision 1.1
diff -u -r1.1 head_8xx.S
--- arch/ppc/kernel/head_8xx.S	1 Nov 2002 13:44:02 -0000	1.1
+++ arch/ppc/kernel/head_8xx.S	8 Apr 2003 17:21:08 -0000
@@ -34,6 +34,24 @@
 #include <asm/ppc_asm.h>
 #include "ppc_defs.h"

+/* These macros are used to tag DAR with a known value so that the
+ * DataTLBError can recognize a buggy dcbx instruction and workaround
+ * the problem.
+ */
+#define TAG_VAL 0xdead
+#define TAG_DAR_R20 	\
+	lis	r20, TAG_VAL;\
+	mtspr	DAR, r20;
+
+/* Macro to make the code more readable. */
+#ifdef CONFIG_8xx_CPU6
+  #define DO_8xx_CPU6(val, reg) \
+	li	reg, val; \
+	stw	reg, 12(r0); \
+	lwz	reg, 12(r0);
+#else
+  #define DO_8xx_CPU6(val, reg)
+#endif
 	.text
 	.globl	_stext
 _stext:
@@ -163,6 +181,7 @@
 	. = n;					\
 label:						\
 	EXCEPTION_PROLOG;			\
+	TAG_DAR_R20;				\
 	addi	r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD;	\
 	li	r20,MSR_KERNEL;			\
 	FINISH_EXCEPTION(hdlr)
@@ -185,6 +204,7 @@
 	mr	r5,r20
 	mfspr	r4,DAR
 	stw	r4,_DAR(r21)
+	TAG_DAR_R20
 	addi	r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
 	li	r20,MSR_KERNEL
 	rlwimi	r20,r23,0,16,16		/* copy EE bit from saved MSR */
@@ -223,6 +243,7 @@
 	EXCEPTION_PROLOG
 	mfspr	r4,DAR
 	stw	r4,_DAR(r21)
+	TAG_DAR_R20
 	mfspr	r5,DSISR
 	stw	r5,_DSISR(r21)
 	addi	r3,r1,STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD
@@ -454,6 +475,7 @@
 #endif
 	mtspr	MD_RPN, r20	/* Update TLB entry */

+	TAG_DAR_R20
 	mfspr	r20, M_TW	/* Restore registers */
 	lwz	r21, 0(r0)
 	mtcr	r21
@@ -463,7 +485,17 @@
 #endif
 	rfi

-2:	mfspr	r20, M_TW	/* Restore registers */
+2:
+	/* Copy 20 msb from MD_EPN to DAR since the dcxx instructions fails
+	 * to update DAR when they cause a DTLB Miss.
+	 */
+	mfspr	r21, MD_EPN
+	rlwinm	r21, r21, 0, 0, 19
+	mfspr	r20, DAR
+	rlwinm	r20, r20, 0, 20, 31
+	or	r20, r20, r21
+	mtspr	DAR, r20
+	mfspr	r20, M_TW	/* Restore registers */
 	lwz	r21, 0(r0)
 	mtcr	r21
 	lwz	r21, 4(r0)
@@ -501,10 +533,18 @@
 	stw	r20, 0(r0)
 	stw	r21, 4(r0)

+	/* If DAR contains TAG_VAL implies a buggy dcbx instruction
+	 * than did not set DAR.
+	 */
+	mfspr	r20, DAR
+	lis	r21, TAG_VAL
+	cmpw	cr0, r20, r21
+	beq-	100f	/* Branch if TAG_VAL to dcbx workaround procedure */
+101: /* return from dcbx instruction bug workaround, r20 holds value of DAR */
 	/* First, make sure this was a store operation.
 	*/
-	mfspr	r20, DSISR
-	andis.	r21, r20, 0x0200	/* If set, indicates store op */
+	mfspr	r21, DSISR
+	andis.	r21, r21, 0x0200	/* If set, indicates store op */
 	beq	2f

 	/* The EA of a data TLB miss is automatically stored in the MD_EPN
@@ -523,7 +563,7 @@
 	 * are initialized in mapin_ram().  This will avoid the problem,
 	 * assuming we only use the dcbi instruction on kernel addresses.
 	 */
-	mfspr	r20, DAR
+	/* DAR is in r20 already */
 	rlwinm	r21, r20, 0, 0, 19
 	ori	r21, r21, MD_EVALID
 	mfspr	r20, M_CASID
@@ -588,6 +628,7 @@
 #endif
 	mtspr	MD_RPN, r20	/* Update TLB entry */

+	TAG_DAR_R20
 	mfspr	r20, M_TW	/* Restore registers */
 	lwz	r21, 0(r0)
 	mtcr	r21
@@ -624,6 +665,146 @@
 	STD_EXCEPTION(0x1f00, Trap_1f, UnknownException)

 	. = 0x2000
+/* This is the workaround procedure to calculate the data EA for a buggy dcbx instruction
+ * by decoding the registers used by the dcbx instruction and adding them.
+ * DAR is set to the calculated address and r20 also holds the EA on exit.
+ */
+139:/* fetch instruction from userspace memory */
+	DO_8xx_CPU6(0x3780, r3)
+	mtspr	MD_EPN, r20	/* Have to use MD_EPN for walk, MI_EPN can't */
+	mfspr	r21, M_TWB	/* Get level 1 table entry address */
+	lwz	r21, 0(r21)	/* Get the level 1 entry */
+	tophys  (r21, r21)
+	DO_8xx_CPU6(0x3b80, r3)
+	mtspr	MD_TWC, r21	/* Load pte table base address */
+	mfspr	r21, MD_TWC	/* ....and get the pte address */
+	lwz	r21, 0(r21)	/* Get the pte */
+	/* concat physical page address and page offset */
+	rlwinm	r21, r21, 0, 0, 19
+	rlwinm	r20, r20, 0, 20, 31
+	or	r21, r20, r21
+	b	140f
+100:/* Entry point for dcbx workaround. */
+    /* fetch instruction from memory. */
+	mfspr	r20,SRR0
+	andis.	r21, r20, 0x8000
+	beq-	139b		/* Branch if user space address */
+	tophys  (r21, r20)
+140:	lwz	r21,0(r21)
+#if DEBUG_DCBX_INSTRUCTIONS
+/* Check if it really is a dcbx instruction */
+	rlwinm r20,r21,0,21,30
+	cmpwi cr0,r20,940	/* Is dcbi? */
+	bc 12,2,142f
+	cmpwi cr0,r20,2028	/* Is dcbz? */
+	bc 12,2,142f
+	cmpwi cr0,r20,492	/* Is dcbtst? */
+	bc 12,2,142f
+	cmpwi cr0,r20,556	/* Is dcbt? */
+	bc 12,2,142f
+	cmpwi cr0,r20,108	/* Is dcbst? */
+	bc 12,2,142f
+	cmpwi cr0,r20,172	/* Is dcbf? */
+	bc 12,2,142f
+
+141:	b 141b /* Stop here if no dcbx instruction */
+142: /* continue, it was a dcbx instruction. */
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_8xx_CPU6
+	lwz	r3, 8(r0)		/* restore r3 from memory */
+#endif
+	mfctr	r20
+	mtdar	r20			/* save ctr reg in DAR */
+	rlwinm	r20, r21, 24, 24, 28	/* offset into jump table for reg RB */
+	addi	r20, r20, 150f at l	/* add start of table */
+	mtctr	r20			/* load ctr with jump address */
+	xor	r20, r20, r20		/* sum starts at zero */
+	bctr				/* jump into table */
+150:
+	add	r20, r20, r0
+	b	151f
+	add	r20, r20, r1
+	b	151f
+	add	r20, r20, r2
+	b	151f
+	add	r20, r20, r3
+	b	151f
+	add	r20, r20, r4
+	b	151f
+	add	r20, r20, r5
+	b	151f
+	add	r20, r20, r6
+	b	151f
+	add	r20, r20, r7
+	b	151f
+	add	r20, r20, r8
+	b	151f
+	add	r20, r20, r9
+	b	151f
+	add	r20, r20, r10
+	b	151f
+	add	r20, r20, r11
+	b	151f
+	add	r20, r20, r12
+	b	151f
+	add	r20, r20, r13
+	b	151f
+	add	r20, r20, r14
+	b	151f
+	add	r20, r20, r15
+	b	151f
+	add	r20, r20, r16
+	b	151f
+	add	r20, r20, r17
+	b	151f
+	add	r20, r20, r18
+	b	151f
+	add	r20, r20, r19
+	b	151f
+	mtctr	r21	/* reg 20 needs special handling */
+	b	154f
+	mtctr	r21	/* reg 21 needs special handling */
+	b	153f
+	add	r20, r20, r22
+	b	151f
+	add	r20, r20, r23
+	b	151f
+	add	r20, r20, r24
+	b	151f
+	add	r20, r20, r25
+	b	151f
+	add	r20, r20, r25
+	b	151f
+	add	r20, r20, r27
+	b	151f
+	add	r20, r20, r28
+	b	151f
+	add	r20, r20, r29
+	b	151f
+	add	r20, r20, r30
+	b	151f
+	add	r20, r20, r31
+151:
+	rlwinm. r21,r21,19,24,28	/* offset into jump table for reg RA */
+	bc	12,2,152f		/* if reg RA is zero, don't add it */
+	addi	r21, r21, 150b at l	/* add start of table */
+	mtctr	r21			/* load ctr with jump address */
+	rlwinm	r21,r21,0,16,10		/* make sure we don't execute this more than once */
+	bctr				/* jump into table */
+152:
+	mfdar	r21
+	mtctr	r21			/* restore ctr reg from DAR */
+	mtdar	r20			/* save fault EA to DAR */
+	b	101b			/* Go back to normal TLB handling */
+
+	/* special handling for r20,r21 since these are modified already */
+153:	lwz	r21, 4(r0)	/* load r21 from memory */
+	b	155f
+154:	mfspr	r21, M_TW	/* load r20 from M_TW */
+155:	add	r20, r20, r21	/* add it */
+	mfctr	r21		/* restore r21 */
+	b	151b

 /*
  * This code finishes saving the registers to the exception frame


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