From: mark.rutland@arm.com (Mark Rutland)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] arm64: use readq() instead of readl() to read 64bit entry_point
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 14:31:13 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170626133113.GB28086@leverpostej> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170626131625.79059-1-luc.vanoostenryck@gmail.com>
[resending as I bungled modifying the Cc list]
On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 03:16:25PM +0200, Luc Van Oostenryck wrote:
> Here the entrypoint, declared as a 64 bit integer, is read from
> a pointer to 64bit integer but the read is done via readl_relaxed()
> which is for 32bit quantities.
>
> All the high bits will thus be lost which change the meaning
> of the test against zero done later.
>
> Fix this by using readq_relaxed() instead as it should be for
> 64bit quantities.
>
> Signed-off-by: Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@gmail.com>
This looks right per my reading of the spec. FWIW:
Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
It would be good if someone could test this on HW implementing the
parking protocol. I've Cc'd those who've given Tested-by in the past.
Thanks,
Mark.
>
> ---
>
> !!! Warning !!!
> I don't have the HW to test this, nor have I read the ACPI specs.
> This is only compile tested.
> ---
> arch/arm64/kernel/acpi_parking_protocol.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/acpi_parking_protocol.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/acpi_parking_protocol.c
> index 1f5655cd9..f35e80aad 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/acpi_parking_protocol.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/acpi_parking_protocol.c
> @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static void acpi_parking_protocol_cpu_postboot(void)
> struct parking_protocol_mailbox __iomem *mailbox = cpu_entry->mailbox;
> __le64 entry_point;
>
> - entry_point = readl_relaxed(&mailbox->entry_point);
> + entry_point = readq_relaxed(&mailbox->entry_point);
> /*
> * Check if firmware has cleared the entry_point as expected
> * by the protocol specification.
> --
> 2.13.0
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-06-26 13:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-06-26 13:16 [PATCH] arm64: use readq() instead of readl() to read 64bit entry_point Luc Van Oostenryck
2017-06-26 13:31 ` Will Deacon
2017-06-26 13:31 ` Mark Rutland [this message]
2017-07-03 9:44 ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2017-07-03 23:46 ` No subject Khuong Dinh
2017-07-04 0:07 ` [PATCH] arm64: use readq() instead of readl() to read 64bit entry_point Khuong Dinh
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