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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 5/6] MIPS: Loongson64: Make sure the PC address is correct when 3A4000+ CPU hotplug
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On 11/03/2020 01:28 PM, Jiaxun Yang wrote:
>
>
> 在 2020/11/3 11:15, Tiezhu Yang 写道:
>> In loongson3_type3_play_dead(), in order to make sure the PC address is
>> correct, use lw to read the low 32 bits first, if the result is not
>> zero,
>> then use ld to read the whole 64 bits, otherwise there maybe exists
>> atomic
>> problem due to write high 32 bits first and then low 32 bits, like this:
>>
>> high 32 bits (write done)
>> -- only read high 32-bits which is
>> wrong
>> low 32 bits (not yet write done)
>>
>> This problem is especially for Loongson 3A4000+ CPU due to using
>> Mail_Send
>> register which can only send 32 bits data one time. Although it is
>> hard to
>> reproduce, we can do something at the software level to avoid the
>> risks for
>> 3A4000+ CPU, this change has no influence on the other Loongson CPUs.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Lu Zeng <zenglu@loongson.cn>
>> Signed-off-by: Jun Yi <yijun@loongson.cn>
>> Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@loongson.cn>
>
> Hi Tiezhu,
>
> Sorry that I didn't look this patch carefully in previous rev, here's
> my comments,
>
> Firstly the commit message and code comment looks bogus...
>
> I'd prefer

Hi Jiaxun,

Thanks for your detail review, it looks better.
Let me update it and then send v3.

Thanks,
Tiezhu

>
> ---
> MIPS: Loongson64: SMP: Fix up play_dead jump indicator
>
> In play_dead function, the whole 64-bit PC mailbox was used as a
> indicator
> to determine if the master core had written boot jump information.
>
> However, after we introduced CSR mailsend, the 64-bit PC mailbox won't be
> written atomicly. Thus we have to use the lower 32-bit, which will be
> written at
> the last, as the jump indicator instead.
> --
>
> Thanks.
>
>> ---
>>
>> v2: No changes
>>
>> arch/mips/loongson64/smp.c | 3 ++-
>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/mips/loongson64/smp.c b/arch/mips/loongson64/smp.c
>> index 736e98d..e32b46e 100644
>> --- a/arch/mips/loongson64/smp.c
>> +++ b/arch/mips/loongson64/smp.c
>> @@ -764,9 +764,10 @@ static void loongson3_type3_play_dead(int
>> *state_addr)
>> "1: li %[count], 0x100 \n" /* wait for init
>> loop */
>> "2: bnez %[count], 2b \n" /* limit mailbox
>> access */
>> " addiu %[count], -1 \n"
>> - " ld %[initfunc], 0x20(%[base]) \n" /* get PC via
>> mailbox */
>> + " lw %[initfunc], 0x20(%[base]) \n" /* get PC (low 32
>> bits) via mailbox */
>
> Here you can comment as "Check jump indicator (lower 32-bit of PC
> mailbox)"
>
> Thanks.
>
> - Jiaxun
>> " beqz %[initfunc], 1b \n"
>> " nop \n"
>> + " ld %[initfunc], 0x20(%[base]) \n" /* get PC (whole
>> 64 bits) via mailbox */
>> " ld $sp, 0x28(%[base]) \n" /* get SP via
>> mailbox */
>> " ld $gp, 0x30(%[base]) \n" /* get GP via
>> mailbox */
>> " ld $a1, 0x38(%[base]) \n"

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