From: w@1wt.eu (Willy Tarreau)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v7] ARM PJ4B: Add support for errata 4742
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 19:39:37 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130621173937.GG7406@1wt.eu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1371828664-3681-2-git-send-email-gregory.clement@free-electrons.com>
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 05:31:04PM +0200, Gregory CLEMENT wrote:
> This commit fixes the regression on Armada 370 (the kernal hang during
> boot) introduced by the commit: "ARM: 7691/1: mm: kill unused
> TLB_CAN_READ_FROM_L1_CACHE and use ALT_SMP instead".
>
> When coming out of either a Wait for Interrupt (WFI) or a Wait for
> Event (WFE) IDLE states, a specific timing sensitivity exists between
> the retiring WFI/WFE instructions and the newly issued subsequent
> instructions. This sensitivity can result in a CPU hang scenario. The
> workaround is to insert either a Data Synchronization Barrier (DSB) or
> Data Memory Barrier (DMB) command immediately after the WFI/WFE
> instruction.
>
> This commit was based on the work of Lior Amsalem, but heavily
> modified to apply the errata fix dynamically according to the
> processor type thanks to the suggestions of Russell King and Nicolas
> Pitre.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@free-electrons.com>
> Reviewed-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Works fine here, kudos Greg! Feel free to add my Tested-by if you
want :
Tested-By: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
Best regards,
Willy
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-06-21 17:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-06-21 15:31 [PATCH v7] ARM: PJ4B: fix for 3.10-rc Gregory CLEMENT
2013-06-21 15:31 ` [PATCH v7] ARM PJ4B: Add support for errata 4742 Gregory CLEMENT
2013-06-21 17:39 ` Willy Tarreau [this message]
2013-06-22 15:44 ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-22 15:51 ` Willy Tarreau
2013-06-23 7:20 ` Willy Tarreau
2013-06-23 8:30 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-06-23 8:41 ` Willy Tarreau
2013-06-23 23:00 ` Ezequiel Garcia
2013-06-22 1:29 ` [PATCH v7] ARM: PJ4B: fix for 3.10-rc Nicolas Pitre
2013-06-23 8:20 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-06-23 8:27 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-06-23 10:09 ` Gregory CLEMENT
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