[PATCH v2] MIPS: mm: tlb-r4k: Uniquify TLB entries on init

From: Jiaxun Yang
Date: Sat Jun 07 2025 - 08:44:09 EST


Hardware or bootloader will initialize TLB entries to any value, which
may collide with kernel's UNIQUE_ENTRYHI value. On MIPS microAptiv/M5150
family of cores this will trigger machine check exception and cause boot
failure. On M5150 simulation this could happen 7 times out of 1000 boots.

Replace local_flush_tlb_all() with r4k_tlb_uniquify() which probes each
TLB ENTRIHI unique value for collisions before it's written, and in case
of collision try a different ASID.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Cycle ASID instead of ENTRYHI index in case of collison.
- Avoid int over flow UB (Maciej)
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250605-tlb-fix-v1-1-4af496f17b2f@xxxxxxxxxxx
---
arch/mips/mm/tlb-r4k.c | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 55 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/tlb-r4k.c b/arch/mips/mm/tlb-r4k.c
index 76f3b9c0a9f0ce60c42e4a9ea8025e1283678bd1..347126dc010dd59904820d9d9e34cdeeb011832f 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/tlb-r4k.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/tlb-r4k.c
@@ -508,6 +508,60 @@ static int __init set_ntlb(char *str)

__setup("ntlb=", set_ntlb);

+/* Initialise all TLB entries with unique values */
+static void r4k_tlb_uniquify(void)
+{
+ int entry = num_wired_entries();
+
+ htw_stop();
+ write_c0_entrylo0(0);
+ write_c0_entrylo1(0);
+
+ while (entry < current_cpu_data.tlbsize) {
+ unsigned long asid_mask = cpu_asid_mask(&current_cpu_data);
+ unsigned long asid = 0;
+ int idx;
+
+ /* Skip wired MMID to make ginvt_mmid work */
+ if (cpu_has_mmid)
+ asid = MMID_KERNEL_WIRED + 1;
+
+ /* Check for match before using UNIQUE_ENTRYHI */
+ do {
+ if (cpu_has_mmid) {
+ write_c0_memorymapid(asid);
+ write_c0_entryhi(UNIQUE_ENTRYHI(entry));
+ } else {
+ write_c0_entryhi(UNIQUE_ENTRYHI(entry) | asid);
+ }
+ mtc0_tlbw_hazard();
+ tlb_probe();
+ tlb_probe_hazard();
+ idx = read_c0_index();
+ /* No match or match is on current entry */
+ if (idx < 0 || idx == entry)
+ break;
+ /*
+ * If we hit a match, we need to try again with
+ * a different ASID.
+ */
+ asid++;
+ } while (asid < asid_mask);
+
+ if (idx >= 0 && idx != entry)
+ panic("Unable to uniquify TLB entry %d", idx);
+
+ write_c0_index(entry);
+ mtc0_tlbw_hazard();
+ tlb_write_indexed();
+ entry++;
+ }
+
+ tlbw_use_hazard();
+ htw_start();
+ flush_micro_tlb();
+}
+
/*
* Configure TLB (for init or after a CPU has been powered off).
*/
@@ -547,7 +601,7 @@ static void r4k_tlb_configure(void)
temp_tlb_entry = current_cpu_data.tlbsize - 1;

/* From this point on the ARC firmware is dead. */
- local_flush_tlb_all();
+ r4k_tlb_uniquify();

/* Did I tell you that ARC SUCKS? */
}

---
base-commit: 911483b25612c8bc32a706ba940738cc43299496
change-id: 20250605-tlb-fix-578bac7be546

Best regards,
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Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@xxxxxxxxxxx>