Re: [RESEND PATCH v2] arm64: errata: add detection for AMEVCNTR01 incrementing incorrectly

[Catalin Marinas]

Hi Ionela,

On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 01:15:51PM +0100, Ionela Voinescu wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c
> index 7e6289e709fc..810dd3c39882 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c
> @@ -654,6 +654,16 @@ const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities arm64_errata[] = {
>  		ERRATA_MIDR_REV_RANGE(MIDR_CORTEX_A510, 0, 0, 2)
>  	},
>  #endif
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_2457168
> +	{
> +		.desc = "ARM erratum 2457168",
> +		.capability = ARM64_WORKAROUND_2457168,
> +		.type = ARM64_CPUCAP_WEAK_LOCAL_CPU_FEATURE,
> +
> +		/* Cortex-A510 r0p0-r1p1 */
> +		CAP_MIDR_RANGE(MIDR_CORTEX_A510, 0, 0, 1, 1)
> +	},
> +#endif
>  #ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_2038923
>  	{
>  		.desc = "ARM erratum 2038923",
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
> index 907401e4fffb..af4de817d712 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
> @@ -1870,7 +1870,10 @@ static void cpu_amu_enable(struct arm64_cpu_capabilities const *cap)
>  		pr_info("detected CPU%d: Activity Monitors Unit (AMU)\n",
>  			smp_processor_id());
>  		cpumask_set_cpu(smp_processor_id(), &amu_cpus);
> -		update_freq_counters_refs();
> +
> +		/* 0 reference values signal broken/disabled counters */
> +		if (!this_cpu_has_cap(ARM64_WORKAROUND_2457168))
> +			update_freq_counters_refs();
>  	}
>  }

>From a CPU errata workaround, this part looks fine to me.

>  
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c
> index 869ffc4d4484..5d7efb15f7cf 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c
> @@ -301,7 +301,8 @@ static void cpu_read_corecnt(void *val)
>  
>  static void cpu_read_constcnt(void *val)
>  {
> -	*(u64 *)val = read_constcnt();
> +	*(u64 *)val = this_cpu_has_cap(ARM64_WORKAROUND_2457168) ?
> +		      0UL : read_constcnt();
>  }
>  
>  static inline
> @@ -328,7 +329,12 @@ int counters_read_on_cpu(int cpu, smp_call_func_t func, u64 *val)
>   */
>  bool cpc_ffh_supported(void)
>  {
> -	return freq_counters_valid(get_cpu_with_amu_feat());
> +	int cpu = get_cpu_with_amu_feat();
> +
> +	if ((cpu >= nr_cpu_ids) || !cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, cpu_present_mask))
> +		return false;
> +
> +	return true;
>  }

So here we tell the core code that FFH is supported but always return 0
via cpc_read_ffh() if the const counter is requested. I assume the core
code figures this out and doesn't use the value on the affected CPUs. I
was hoping cpc_ffh_supported() would be per-CPU and the core code simply
skips calling cpc_read() on the broken cores. Is the other register read
by cpc_read_ffh() still useful without the const one?

While the Kconfig entry describes the behaviour, I'd rather have a
comment in cpc_ffh_supported() and maybe cpu_read_constcnt() on why we
do these tricks.

Thanks.

-- 
Catalin