Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Kernel hangs occasionally during boot.

[Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>]

On Wed, Nov 09, 2011 at 11:40:21AM +0400, Gleb O. Raiko wrote:

> On 08.11.2011 21:55, Ralf Baechle wrote:
> >but we may need another hazard barrier to
> >replace back_to_back_c0_hazard().
> Urgently. We need some ticks to wait until counter state machine has
> been updated. The amount of ticks may occasionally be the same as in
> case of back_to_back_hazard for some cpus. It's completely different
> for others, I sure. Original compare_change_hazard waits up to 12
> ticks for r4k. While I don't think this amount should depend on
> irq_disable_hazard as old code assumes, we may still need 12 or so
> ticks for old cpus.

Hmm...  Looking at the R4000 manual which generall has the longest
pipeline hazards, mtc0 gets executed at stage 7, interrupts get sampled
at stage 3 meaning there is a (7 - 3 - 1) = 3 cycles hazard.  Does
that one statisfy your constraints?  Or are additional cycles needed
for a hazard that's generated outside of the CPU's pipeline?

  Ralf