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Re: [PATCH v2] xen/arm: Add workaround for Cortex-A76/Neoverse-N1 erratum #1286807



On Mon, 16 Nov 2020, Michal Orzel wrote:
> On the affected Cortex-A76/Neoverse-N1 cores (r0p0 to r3p0),
> if a virtual address for a cacheable mapping of a location is being
> accessed by a core while another core is remapping the virtual
> address to a new physical page using the recommended break-before-make
> sequence, then under very rare circumstances TLBI+DSB completes before
> a read using the translation being invalidated has been observed by
> other observers. The workaround repeats the TLBI+DSB operation
> for all the TLB flush operations on purpose.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michal Orzel <michal.orzel@xxxxxxx>

Looks good and it looks like you addressed all Julien's comments, so:

Reviewed-by: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>


> ---
>  docs/misc/arm/silicon-errata.txt     |  2 ++
>  xen/arch/arm/Kconfig                 | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  xen/arch/arm/cpuerrata.c             | 14 +++++++++++++
>  xen/include/asm-arm/arm64/flushtlb.h | 30 +++++++++++++++++++---------
>  xen/include/asm-arm/cpufeature.h     |  3 ++-
>  5 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/misc/arm/silicon-errata.txt 
> b/docs/misc/arm/silicon-errata.txt
> index 552c4151d3..d183ba543f 100644
> --- a/docs/misc/arm/silicon-errata.txt
> +++ b/docs/misc/arm/silicon-errata.txt
> @@ -53,5 +53,7 @@ stable hypervisors.
>  | ARM            | Cortex-A72      | #853709         | N/A                   
>   |
>  | ARM            | Cortex-A73      | #858921         | ARM_ERRATUM_858921    
>   |
>  | ARM            | Cortex-A76      | #1165522        | N/A                   
>   |
> +| ARM            | Cortex-A76      | #1286807        | ARM64_ERRATUM_1286807 
>   |
>  | ARM            | Neoverse-N1     | #1165522        | N/A
> +| ARM            | Neoverse-N1     | #1286807        | ARM64_ERRATUM_1286807 
>   |
>  | ARM            | MMU-500         | #842869         | N/A                   
>   |
> diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/Kconfig b/xen/arch/arm/Kconfig
> index f938dd21bd..8171b8d04a 100644
> --- a/xen/arch/arm/Kconfig
> +++ b/xen/arch/arm/Kconfig
> @@ -244,6 +244,29 @@ config ARM_ERRATUM_858921
>  
>         If unsure, say Y.
>  
> +config ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI
> +     bool
> +
> +config ARM64_ERRATUM_1286807
> +     bool "Cortex-A76/Neoverse-N1: 1286807: Modification of the translation 
> table for a virtual address might lead to read-after-read ordering violation"
> +     default y
> +     select ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI
> +     depends on ARM_64
> +     help
> +       This option adds a workaround for ARM Cortex-A76/Neoverse-N1 erratum 
> 1286807.
> +
> +       On the affected Cortex-A76/Neoverse-N1 cores (r0p0 to r3p0), if a 
> virtual
> +       address for a cacheable mapping of a location is being
> +       accessed by a core while another core is remapping the virtual
> +       address to a new physical page using the recommended
> +       break-before-make sequence, then under very rare circumstances
> +       TLBI+DSB completes before a read using the translation being
> +       invalidated has been observed by other observers. The
> +       workaround repeats the TLBI+DSB operation for all the TLB flush
> +       operations on purpose.
> +
> +       If unsure, say Y.
> +
>  endmenu
>  
>  config ARM64_HARDEN_BRANCH_PREDICTOR
> diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/cpuerrata.c b/xen/arch/arm/cpuerrata.c
> index 567911d380..cb4795beec 100644
> --- a/xen/arch/arm/cpuerrata.c
> +++ b/xen/arch/arm/cpuerrata.c
> @@ -424,6 +424,20 @@ static const struct arm_cpu_capabilities arm_errata[] = {
>                     (1 << MIDR_VARIANT_SHIFT) | 2),
>      },
>  #endif
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_1286807
> +    {
> +        /* Cortex-A76 r0p0 - r3p0 */
> +        .desc = "ARM erratum 1286807",
> +        .capability = ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI,
> +        MIDR_RANGE(MIDR_CORTEX_A76, 0, 3 << MIDR_VARIANT_SHIFT),
> +    },
> +    {
> +        /* Neoverse-N1 r0p0 - r3p0 */
> +        .desc = "ARM erratum 1286807",
> +        .capability = ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI,
> +        MIDR_RANGE(MIDR_NEOVERSE_N1, 0, 3 << MIDR_VARIANT_SHIFT),
> +    },
> +#endif
>  #ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_HARDEN_BRANCH_PREDICTOR
>      {
>          .capability = ARM_HARDEN_BRANCH_PREDICTOR,
> diff --git a/xen/include/asm-arm/arm64/flushtlb.h 
> b/xen/include/asm-arm/arm64/flushtlb.h
> index ceec59542e..8f2abfaf1d 100644
> --- a/xen/include/asm-arm/arm64/flushtlb.h
> +++ b/xen/include/asm-arm/arm64/flushtlb.h
> @@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
>   * DSB ISH          // Ensure the TLB invalidation has completed
>   * ISB              // See explanation below
>   *
> + * ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI:
> + * Modification of the translation table for a virtual address might lead to
> + * read-after-read ordering violation.
> + * The workaround repeats TLBI+DSB operation for all the TLB flush operations
> + * on purpose.
> + *
>   * For Xen page-tables the ISB will discard any instructions fetched
>   * from the old mappings.
>   *
> @@ -16,15 +22,21 @@
>   * (and therefore the TLB invalidation) before continuing. So we know
>   * the TLBs cannot contain an entry for a mapping we may have removed.
>   */
> -#define TLB_HELPER(name, tlbop) \
> -static inline void name(void)   \
> -{                               \
> -    asm volatile(               \
> -        "dsb  ishst;"           \
> -        "tlbi "  # tlbop  ";"   \
> -        "dsb  ish;"             \
> -        "isb;"                  \
> -        : : : "memory");        \
> +#define TLB_HELPER(name, tlbop)                  \
> +static inline void name(void)                    \
> +{                                                \
> +    asm volatile(                                \
> +        "dsb  ishst;"                            \
> +        "tlbi "  # tlbop  ";"                    \
> +        ALTERNATIVE(                             \
> +            "nop; nop;",                         \
> +            "dsb  ish;"                          \
> +            "tlbi "  # tlbop  ";",               \
> +            ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI,        \
> +            CONFIG_ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI) \
> +        "dsb  ish;"                              \
> +        "isb;"                                   \
> +        : : : "memory");                         \
>  }
>  
>  /* Flush local TLBs, current VMID only. */
> diff --git a/xen/include/asm-arm/cpufeature.h 
> b/xen/include/asm-arm/cpufeature.h
> index 016a9fe203..c7b5052992 100644
> --- a/xen/include/asm-arm/cpufeature.h
> +++ b/xen/include/asm-arm/cpufeature.h
> @@ -46,8 +46,9 @@
>  #define ARM_SMCCC_1_1 8
>  #define ARM64_WORKAROUND_AT_SPECULATE 9
>  #define ARM_WORKAROUND_858921 10
> +#define ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI 11
>  
> -#define ARM_NCAPS           11
> +#define ARM_NCAPS           12
>  
>  #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
>  
> -- 
> 2.28.0
> 



 


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