From: Ashish Mhetre <amhetre@nvidia.com>
To: <will@kernel.org>, <robin.murphy@arm.com>, <joro@8bytes.org>,
<jgg@ziepe.ca>, <nicolinc@nvidia.com>
Cc: <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>, <iommu@lists.linux.dev>,
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-tegra@vger.kernel.org>,
Ashish Mhetre <amhetre@nvidia.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 0/3] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Tegra264 invalidation workaround
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2026 07:32:01 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260609073204.1760077-1-amhetre@nvidia.com> (raw)
Nvidia Tegra264 SMMUs are affected by an erratum where a TLB entry can
survive an invalidation that races with concurrent traffic targeting
the same entry. The hardware-recommended software workaround is to
issue every CFGI/TLBI command (each followed by CMD_SYNC) twice.
The second issue must execute only after the first issue's CMD_SYNC
has completed, giving the sequence:
TLBI/CFGI ... CMD_SYNC TLBI/CFGI ... CMD_SYNC
ATC_INV is not affected and must not be doubled.
The erratum is not flagged by any SMMUv3 IDR/IIDR register, so it
cannot be detected from hardware ID. Tegra264 is device-tree-only
(no ACPI/IORT support), so detection is purely by compatible string.
This series is structured as a small refactor + detect + apply
sequence so that each step is reviewable in isolation:
1/3 Pure refactor (no functional change): lift the existing
force-sync conditions out of arm_smmu_cmdq_batch_add_cmd_p()
into a new arm_smmu_cmdq_batch_force_sync() helper, so that
adding another condition (in patch 3) is a one-liner.
Authored by Nicolin Chen.
2/3 Detect the erratum and provide the classifier. Adds the
ARM_SMMU_OPT_REPEAT_TLBI_CFGI per-instance option, a global
arm_smmu_erratum_repeat_tlbi_cfgi_key static key, and the
arm_smmu_erratum_cmd_needs_repeating() predicate. The static
key means the wrapper compiles to a single tested branch on
unaffected kernels.
3/3 Apply the workaround: factor arm_smmu_cmdq_issue_cmdlist()
into a thin wrapper around __arm_smmu_cmdq_issue_cmdlist()
that re-issues the cmdlist a second time when the predicate
fires; register the same condition with the batch helper so
full batches of CFGI/TLBI flush with sync=true; and add
arm_vsmmu_can_batch_cmd() so iommufd does not mix command
classes inside a single batch. Also documents the erratum
in silicon-errata.rst.
The series applies cleanly on linux-next/master (base-commit below).
Changes since v3:
- Drop the cmds->num == 0 early-return so the refactor is
truly "no functional change".
- Rename ARM_SMMU_OPT_TLBI_TWICE -> ARM_SMMU_OPT_REPEAT_TLBI_CFGI
and rephrase its kdoc to be hardware-agnostic.
- Rename arm_smmu_cmd_needs_tlbi_twice() ->
arm_smmu_erratum_cmd_needs_repeating() and drop the kdoc
above it.
- Replace the explicit opcode switch with a single range check
opcode >= CMDQ_OP_CFGI_STE && opcode < CMDQ_OP_ATC_INV.
- Introduce arm_smmu_erratum_repeat_tlbi_cfgi_key static key:
the predicate gates on it first so unaffected kernels pay
only a single static_branch_unlikely() check.
- Drop the verbose Tegra264-specific comments above
arm_vsmmu_can_batch_cmd() and inside the batch helper.
- Document the erratum in
Documentation/arch/arm64/silicon-errata.rst.
- Guard the repeat path in arm_smmu_cmdq_issue_cmdlist() with
an n > 0 check so we never inspect cmds[0] on the bare-SYNC
flush emitted by arm_smmu_cmdq_batch_add_cmd_p() when the
next command is unsupported by the batch's pre-selected
cmdq.
- Drop the carried Reviewed-by tags now that the patch
shape has changed; re-review appreciated.
Changes since v2:
- Split into a 3-patch series (refactor / detect / apply) to keep
each step small and bisectable.
- Move the classifier to arm-smmu-v3.h as static inline so the
iommufd file can share it.
- Add arm_vsmmu_can_batch_cmd() to split iommufd batches at
"needs repeating" transitions so the per-batch decision based
on the first command stays correct under mixed user input.
- Spell out in the commit message why detection is via DT and
not via IIDR/ACPI.
Changes since v1:
- Detect the erratum from the existing "nvidia,tegra264-smmu"
compatible instead of adding a new property.
- Centralise the doubling at the CMDQ submission layer and only
apply it to CFGI/TLBI (not ATC_INV).
- Drop the binding/dtsi patches accordingly.
Ashish Mhetre (2):
iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Detect Tegra264 erratum
iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Issue CFGI/TLBI twice on Tegra264
Nicolin Chen (1):
iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Factor out CMDQ batch force-sync conditions
Documentation/arch/arm64/silicon-errata.rst | 2 +
.../arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3-iommufd.c | 15 ++++-
drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c | 65 +++++++++++++++----
drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.h | 24 +++++++
4 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
base-commit: 7da7f07112610a520567421dd2ffcb51beaefbcc
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2.50.1
next reply other threads:[~2026-06-09 7:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-09 7:32 Ashish Mhetre [this message]
2026-06-09 7:32 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Factor out CMDQ batch force-sync conditions Ashish Mhetre
2026-06-09 7:32 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Detect Tegra264 erratum Ashish Mhetre
2026-06-09 7:32 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Issue CFGI/TLBI twice on Tegra264 Ashish Mhetre
2026-06-17 3:58 ` [PATCH v4 0/3] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Tegra264 invalidation workaround Ashish Mhetre
2026-06-17 4:54 ` Nicolin Chen
2026-06-17 8:21 ` Jon Hunter
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