Re: [PATCH v2 3/6] arm64: cpufeature: Extend bbml2_noabort support list

[Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>]

On 08/07/2026 15:43, Linu Cherian wrote:
> Add below cpus to the midr list, which supports
> BBML2_NOABORT.
> 
> Cortex A520(AE)
> Cortex A715
> Cortex A720(AE)
> Cortex A725
> Neoverse N3
> C1-Nano
> C1-Pro
> C1-Ultra
> C1-Premium
> 
> C1-Ultra and C1-Premium both suffer from erratum 3683289,
> where Break-Before-Make must be followed to avoid a livelock.
> For both CPUs, the erratum is fixed from r1p1.
> Hence we do not enable BBML2_NOABORT for CPU revisions <= r1p0.

Please could you also update the list of errata here :

Documentation/arch/arm64/silicon-errata.rst

> 
> The relevant SDENs are:
> * C1-Ultra: https://developer.arm.com/documentation/111077/9-00/
> * C1-Premium: https://developer.arm.com/documentation/111078/9-00/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Linu Cherian <linu.cherian@arm.com>
> ---
>   arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c | 9 +++++++++
>   1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
> index 9a22df0c5120..adcabea80fcb 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
> @@ -2152,6 +2152,15 @@ bool cpu_supports_bbml2_noabort(void)
>   		MIDR_ALL_VERSIONS(MIDR_NVIDIA_OLYMPUS),
>   		MIDR_ALL_VERSIONS(MIDR_AMPERE1),
>   		MIDR_ALL_VERSIONS(MIDR_AMPERE1A),
> +		MIDR_ALL_VERSIONS(MIDR_CORTEX_A520AE),
> +		MIDR_ALL_VERSIONS(MIDR_CORTEX_A715),
> +		MIDR_ALL_VERSIONS(MIDR_CORTEX_A720AE),
> +		MIDR_ALL_VERSIONS(MIDR_CORTEX_A725),
> +		MIDR_ALL_VERSIONS(MIDR_NEOVERSE_N3),
> +		MIDR_ALL_VERSIONS(MIDR_C1_NANO),
> +		MIDR_ALL_VERSIONS(MIDR_C1_PRO),

And mention it here, so that it is evident from the code alone ?

> +		MIDR_REV_RANGE(MIDR_C1_ULTRA, 1, 1, 0xf),
> +		MIDR_REV_RANGE(MIDR_C1_PREMIUM, 1, 1, 0xf),


Suzuki


>   		{}
>   	};
>