From: Kyle Fox <kylefoxaustin.github@gmail.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: Kyle Fox <kylefoxaustin.github@gmail.com>,
Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>,
qemu-arm@nongnu.org (open list:ARM TCG CPUs)
Subject: [PATCH 03/16] target/arm: opt-in align-down for a misaligned PMSAv7 MPU RBAR
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:48:21 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260820024834.3286721-4-kylefoxaustin.github@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260820024834.3286721-1-kylefoxaustin.github@gmail.com>
A PMSAv7 MPU region base that is not aligned to its region size is
UNPREDICTABLE per the architecture, and QEMU disables such a region.
Some PMSAv7 implementations instead ignore the sub-size low bits of
RBAR.ADDR and match against the aligned-down base. The NXP i.MX 95 RT
core (Cortex-M7) SDK firmware relies on this for a peripheral region
(DRBAR 0x4c800000 programmed with a 512MB size, intended as 0x40000000).
Add an opt-in "pmsav7-rbar-align-down" property that aligns such a base
down instead of dropping the region. It defaults to false, so existing
behaviour is unchanged, and is only registered on PMSAv7 CPUs (v7-M and
v7-R, i.e. v7 without v8), where get_phys_addr_pmsav7() runs.
Signed-off-by: Kyle Fox <kylefoxaustin.github@gmail.com>
---
target/arm/cpu.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
target/arm/cpu.h | 6 ++++++
target/arm/ptw.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----
3 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/target/arm/cpu.c b/target/arm/cpu.c
index 77aa78f00e2..22e84c1ced2 100644
--- a/target/arm/cpu.c
+++ b/target/arm/cpu.c
@@ -1349,6 +1349,16 @@ static const Property arm_cpu_pmsav7_dregion_property =
DEFINE_PROP_UNSIGNED_NODEFAULT("pmsav7-dregion", ARMCPU,
pmsav7_dregion,
qdev_prop_uint32, uint32_t);
+
+/*
+ * Opt-in: treat a PMSAv7 MPU region base that is not aligned to its region
+ * size as aligned-down instead of UNPREDICTABLE (see get_phys_addr_pmsav7()).
+ * Only registered on PMSAv7 (v7-M / v7-R) CPUs, and only enabled by an
+ * integrator whose firmware relies on it (e.g. the i.MX 95 Cortex-M7).
+ */
+static const Property arm_cpu_pmsav7_rbar_align_down_property =
+ DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("pmsav7-rbar-align-down", ARMCPU,
+ pmsav7_rbar_align_down, false);
#endif
static bool arm_get_pmu(Object *obj, Error **errp)
@@ -1659,6 +1669,15 @@ static void arm_cpu_post_init(Object *obj)
if (arm_feature(&cpu->env, ARM_FEATURE_V7)) {
qdev_property_add_static(DEVICE(obj),
&arm_cpu_pmsav7_dregion_property);
+ /*
+ * get_phys_addr_pmsav7() only runs on PMSAv7 CPUs, i.e. v7
+ * without v8 (a v8 M/R core uses the PMSAv8 MPU, which has no
+ * such alignment rule), so only offer the property there.
+ */
+ if (!arm_feature(&cpu->env, ARM_FEATURE_V8)) {
+ qdev_property_add_static(DEVICE(obj),
+ &arm_cpu_pmsav7_rbar_align_down_property);
+ }
}
}
diff --git a/target/arm/cpu.h b/target/arm/cpu.h
index c0492c8dfbc..03ead3cda15 100644
--- a/target/arm/cpu.h
+++ b/target/arm/cpu.h
@@ -1145,6 +1145,12 @@ struct ArchCPU {
* architecture version.
*/
bool cfgend;
+ /*
+ * If set, a PMSAv7 MPU region base that is not aligned to its region
+ * size is treated as aligned-down (matching Cortex-M silicon such as the
+ * i.MX 95 M-cores) instead of the architectural UNPREDICTABLE drop.
+ */
+ bool pmsav7_rbar_align_down;
QLIST_HEAD(, ARMELChangeHook) pre_el_change_hooks;
QLIST_HEAD(, ARMELChangeHook) el_change_hooks;
diff --git a/target/arm/ptw.c b/target/arm/ptw.c
index a29de0385f4..51805c05226 100644
--- a/target/arm/ptw.c
+++ b/target/arm/ptw.c
@@ -2757,11 +2757,29 @@ static bool get_phys_addr_pmsav7(CPUARMState *env,
rmask = (1ull << rsize) - 1;
if (base & rmask) {
- qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR,
- "DRBAR[%d]: 0x%" PRIx32 " misaligned "
- "to DRSR region size, mask = 0x%" PRIx32 "\n",
- n, base, rmask);
- continue;
+ if (cpu->pmsav7_rbar_align_down) {
+ /*
+ * Opt-in behaviour for Cortex-M silicon such as the
+ * i.MX 95 M-cores: a region base not aligned to its size
+ * is treated as aligned-down (RBAR.ADDR is only
+ * [31:log2(size)]), matching that hardware, whose SM/RT
+ * firmware programs e.g. DRBAR 0x4c800000 with a 512MB
+ * size intended as 0x40000000. Off by default because the
+ * architecture calls a misaligned base UNPREDICTABLE.
+ */
+ qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR,
+ "DRBAR[%d]: 0x%" PRIx32 " not aligned to "
+ "DRSR region size (mask 0x%" PRIx32 "); "
+ "aligning down to 0x%" PRIx32 "\n",
+ n, base, rmask, base & ~rmask);
+ base &= ~rmask;
+ } else {
+ qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR,
+ "DRBAR[%d]: 0x%" PRIx32 " misaligned "
+ "to DRSR region size, mask = 0x%" PRIx32 "\n",
+ n, base, rmask);
+ continue;
+ }
}
if (address < base || address > base + rmask) {
--
2.34.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-20 2:51 UTC|newest]
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[not found] <20260820024834.3286721-1-kylefoxaustin.github@gmail.com>
2026-08-20 2:48 ` [PATCH 02/16] hw/arm/boot: let a board preset initrd_start Kyle Fox
2026-08-20 2:48 ` Kyle Fox [this message]
2026-08-20 2:48 ` [PATCH 04/16] hw/arm/armv7m: forward pmsav7-rbar-align-down to the CPU Kyle Fox
2026-08-20 2:48 ` [PATCH 05/16] hw/char: add i.MX LPUART Kyle Fox
2026-08-20 2:48 ` [PATCH 06/16] hw/i2c: add i.MX LPI2C Kyle Fox
2026-08-20 2:48 ` [PATCH 07/16] hw/misc: add i.MX Messaging Unit (MU v2) Kyle Fox
2026-08-20 2:48 ` [PATCH 08/16] hw/misc: add NXP EdgeLock Enclave (ELE) responder Kyle Fox
2026-08-20 2:48 ` [PATCH 09/16] hw/timer: add i.MX 95 system counter Kyle Fox
2026-08-20 2:48 ` [PATCH 10/16] hw/misc: add i.MX 95 watchdog Kyle Fox
2026-08-20 2:48 ` [PATCH 11/16] hw/misc: add i.MX 95 ANATOP/AONMIX/GPC/SRC power and clock blocks Kyle Fox
2026-08-20 2:48 ` [PATCH 12/16] hw/misc: add i.MX 95 PMIC (PF09/PF53/PCAL6408A) and xcache controllers Kyle Fox
2026-08-20 2:48 ` [PATCH 13/16] hw/misc: add i.MX 95 DPU command-sequencer stub (headless) Kyle Fox
2026-08-20 2:48 ` [PATCH 14/16] hw/arm: add i.MX 95 SoC container (fsl-imx95) Kyle Fox
2026-08-20 2:48 ` [PATCH 15/16] hw/arm: add i.MX 95 19x19 EVK board Kyle Fox
2026-08-20 2:48 ` [PATCH 16/16] docs, MAINTAINERS, tests/functional: add i.MX 95 EVK Kyle Fox
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