[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [PATCH] x86/idle: prevent entering C3/C6 on some Intel CPUs due to errata
Apply a workaround for errata BA80, AAK120, AAM108, AAO67, BD59, AAY54: Rapid Core C3/C6 Transition May Cause Unpredictable System Behavior. Limit maximum C state to C2 when SMT is enabled on the affected CPUs. Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx> --- xen/arch/x86/cpu/intel.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+) diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/intel.c b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/intel.c index b77c1a78ed..69e99bb358 100644 --- a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/intel.c +++ b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/intel.c @@ -296,6 +296,41 @@ static void early_init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) ctxt_switch_levelling(NULL); } +/* + * Errata BA80, AAK120, AAM108, AAO67, BD59, AAY54: Rapid Core C3/C6 Transition + * May Cause Unpredictable System Behavior + * + * Under a complex set of internal conditions, cores rapidly performing C3/C6 + * transitions in a system with Intel Hyper-Threading Technology enabled may + * cause a machine check error (IA32_MCi_STATUS.MCACOD = 0x0106), system hang + * or unpredictable system behavior. + */ +static void probe_c3_errata(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) +{ +#define INTEL_FAM6_MODEL(m) { X86_VENDOR_INTEL, 6, m, X86_FEATURE_ALWAYS } + static const struct x86_cpu_id models[] = { + /* Nehalem */ + INTEL_FAM6_MODEL(0x1a), + INTEL_FAM6_MODEL(0x1e), + INTEL_FAM6_MODEL(0x1f), + INTEL_FAM6_MODEL(0x2e), + /* Westmere (note Westmere-EX is not affected) */ + INTEL_FAM6_MODEL(0x2c), + INTEL_FAM6_MODEL(0x25), + { } + }; +#undef INTEL_FAM6_MODEL + + /* Serialized by the AP bringup code. */ + if ( max_cstate > 1 && (c->apicid & (c->x86_num_siblings - 1)) && + x86_match_cpu(models) ) + { + printk(XENLOG_WARNING + "Disabling C-states C3 and C6 due to CPU errata\n"); + max_cstate = 1; + } +} + /* * P4 Xeon errata 037 workaround. * Hardware prefetcher may cause stale data to be loaded into the cache. @@ -323,6 +358,8 @@ static void Intel_errata_workarounds(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) if (cpu_has_tsx_force_abort && opt_rtm_abort) wrmsrl(MSR_TSX_FORCE_ABORT, TSX_FORCE_ABORT_RTM); + + probe_c3_errata(c); } -- 2.26.2
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