Re: [PATCH] soc: qcom: cmd-db: map shared memory as WT, not WB

[Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@linaro.org>]

On 27.03.2024 9:09 PM, Volodymyr Babchuk wrote:
> It appears that hardware does not like cacheable accesses to this
> region. Trying to access this shared memory region as Normal Memory
> leads to secure interrupt which causes an endless loop somewhere in
> Trust Zone.
> 
> The only reason it is working right now is because Qualcomm Hypervisor
> maps the same region as Non-Cacheable memory in Stage 2 translation
> tables. The issue manifests if we want to use another hypervisor (like
> Xen or KVM), which does not know anything about those specific
> mappings. This patch fixes the issue by mapping the shared memory as
> Write-Through. This removes dependency on correct mappings in Stage 2
> tables.
> 
> I tested this on SA8155P with Xen.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Volodymyr Babchuk <volodymyr_babchuk@epam.com>
> ---

Interesting..

+Doug, Rob have you ever seen this on Chrome? (FYI, Volodymyr, chromebooks
ship with no qcom hypervisor)