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ARM: hw_breakpoint: blacklist Scorpion CPUs

Message ID 1483637556-3974-1-git-send-email-mark.rutland@arm.com
State Accepted
Commit ddc37832a1349f474c4532de381498020ed71d31
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Mark Rutland Jan. 5, 2017, 5:32 p.m. UTC
On APQ8060, the kernel crashes in arch_hw_breakpoint_init, taking an
undefined instruction trap within write_wb_reg. This is because Scorpion
CPUs erroneously appear to set DBGPRSR.SPD when WFI is issued, even if
the core is not powered down. When DBGPRSR.SPD is set, breakpoint and
watchpoint registers are treated as undefined.

It's possible to trigger similar crashes later on from userspace, by
requesting the kernel to install a breakpoint or watchpoint, as we can
go idle at any point between the reset of the debug registers and their
later use. This has always been the case.

Given that this has always been broken, no-one has complained until now,
and there is no clear workaround, disable hardware breakpoints and
watchpoints on Scorpion to avoid these issues.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>

Reported-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Cc: Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
Cc: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
---
 arch/arm/include/asm/cputype.h  |  3 +++
 arch/arm/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)

-- 
1.9.1


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Comments

Will Deacon Jan. 6, 2017, 11:19 a.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, Jan 05, 2017 at 03:23:24PM -0800, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> On 01/05, Mark Rutland wrote:

> > On APQ8060, the kernel crashes in arch_hw_breakpoint_init, taking an

> > undefined instruction trap within write_wb_reg. This is because Scorpion

> > CPUs erroneously appear to set DBGPRSR.SPD when WFI is issued, even if

> > the core is not powered down. When DBGPRSR.SPD is set, breakpoint and

> > watchpoint registers are treated as undefined.

> > 

> > It's possible to trigger similar crashes later on from userspace, by

> > requesting the kernel to install a breakpoint or watchpoint, as we can

> > go idle at any point between the reset of the debug registers and their

> > later use. This has always been the case.

> > 

> > Given that this has always been broken, no-one has complained until now,

> > and there is no clear workaround, disable hardware breakpoints and

> > watchpoints on Scorpion to avoid these issues.

> 

> I believe the workaround is to read DBGPRSR after exit from WFI?


That might be do-able via cpuidle, but it's probably better for somebody
familiar with the SoC PM to write that patch.

> I'm fine with the blacklisting approach though.

> 

> Reviewed-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>


Thanks,

Will

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Mark Rutland Jan. 6, 2017, 12:26 p.m. UTC | #2
On Fri, Jan 06, 2017 at 11:21:25AM +0000, Will Deacon wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 05, 2017 at 05:32:36PM +0000, Mark Rutland wrote:

> > +	if (read_cpuid_part() == ARM_CPU_PART_SCORPION) {

> > +		pr_info("Scorpion CPU detected. Breakpoints and watchpoints disabled\n");

> 

> nit: we're disabling *hardware* breakpoints and watchpoints, so it's worth

> mentioning that in the print.


True. I've fixed up the message.

> With that:

> 

> Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>

> 

> Please put this into Russell's patch system.


Cheers.

I've dropped this in the patch system as 8634/1.

Thanks,
Mark.

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Patch

diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/cputype.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/cputype.h
index 522b5fe..b62eaeb 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/cputype.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/cputype.h
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ 
 #define ARM_CPU_XSCALE_ARCH_V2		0x4000
 #define ARM_CPU_XSCALE_ARCH_V3		0x6000
 
+/* Qualcomm implemented cores */
+#define ARM_CPU_PART_SCORPION		0x510002d0
+
 extern unsigned int processor_id;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_CP15
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c b/arch/arm/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
index 188180b..5d68ff9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
@@ -1063,6 +1063,22 @@  static int __init arch_hw_breakpoint_init(void)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Scorpion CPUs (at least those in APQ8060) seem to set DBGPRSR.SPD
+	 * whenever a WFI is issued, even if the core is not powered down, in
+	 * violation of the architecture.  When DBGPRSR.SPD is set, accesses to
+	 * breakpoint and watchpoint registers are treated as undefined, so
+	 * this results in boot time and runtime failures when these are
+	 * accessed and we unexpectedly take a trap.
+	 *
+	 * It's not clear if/how this can be worked around, so we blacklist
+	 * Scorpion CPUs to avoid these issues.
+	*/
+	if (read_cpuid_part() == ARM_CPU_PART_SCORPION) {
+		pr_info("Scorpion CPU detected. Breakpoints and watchpoints disabled\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	has_ossr = core_has_os_save_restore();
 
 	/* Determine how many BRPs/WRPs are available. */