[edk2-devel] [PATCH v2 2/2] ArmVirtPkg/ArmVirtQemu: Avoid early ID map on ThunderX
Ard Biesheuvel
ardb at kernel.org
Tue Jan 17 14:53:43 UTC 2023
On Tue, 17 Jan 2023 at 13:48, Oliver Steffen <osteffen at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Ard, Hi everyone,
>
> Thanks for the work!
>
> But somehow this patch (as it was merged into master branch) does not
> work for me on the ThunderX box we have.
>
> Any idea what could be wrong?
I'm not sure I understand the question. The patch targets ThunderX,
and you are using a ThunderX2.
What were you expecting to happen, and what is happening instead?
> I enabled the erratum during build ;-)
>
> CPU Info:
> # lscpu
> Architecture: aarch64
> CPU op-mode(s): 64-bit
> Byte Order: Little Endian
> CPU(s): 224
> On-line CPU(s) list: 0-223
> Vendor ID: Cavium
> BIOS Vendor ID: Cavium Inc.
> Model name: ThunderX2 99xx
> BIOS Model name: Cavium ThunderX2(R) CPU CN9975 v2.2 @ 2.0GHz
> Model: 2
> Thread(s) per core: 4
> Core(s) per socket: 28
> Socket(s): 2
> Stepping: 0x1
> BogoMIPS: 400.00
> Flags: fp asimd evtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32 atomics cpuid asimdrdm
> Caches (sum of all):
> L1d: 1.8 MiB (56 instances)
> L1i: 1.8 MiB (56 instances)
> L2: 14 MiB (56 instances)
> L3: 64 MiB (2 instances)
> [...]
>
> Thanks a lot!
> - Oliver
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 1:08 AM dann frazier <dann.frazier at canonical.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 05, 2023 at 05:25:28PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>> > The early ID map used by ArmVirtQemu uses ASID scoped non-global
>> > mappings, as this allows us to switch to the permanent ID map seamlessly
>> > without the need for explicit TLB maintenance.
>> >
>> > However, this triggers a known erratum on ThunderX, which does not
>> > tolerate non-global mappings that are executable at EL1, as this appears
>> > to result in I-cache corruption. (Linux disables the KPTI based Meltdown
>> > mitigation on ThunderX for the same reason)
>> >
>> > So work around this, by detecting the CPU implementor and part number,
>> > and proceeding without the early ID map if a ThunderX CPU is detected.
>> >
>> > Note that this requires the C code to be built with strict alignment
>> > again, as we may end up executing it with the MMU and caches off.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb at kernel.org>
>> > ---
>> > ArmVirtPkg/ArmVirtQemu.dsc | 5 +++++
>> > ArmVirtPkg/Library/ArmPlatformLibQemu/AArch64/ArmPlatformHelper.S | 15 +++++++++++++++
>> > 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
>>
>> FTR, this v2 series also worked for me.
>>
>> -dann
>>
>> > diff --git a/ArmVirtPkg/ArmVirtQemu.dsc b/ArmVirtPkg/ArmVirtQemu.dsc
>> > index f77443229e8e..5dd8b6104cca 100644
>> > --- a/ArmVirtPkg/ArmVirtQemu.dsc
>> > +++ b/ArmVirtPkg/ArmVirtQemu.dsc
>> > @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ [Defines]
>> > DEFINE SECURE_BOOT_ENABLE = FALSE
>> > DEFINE TPM2_ENABLE = FALSE
>> > DEFINE TPM2_CONFIG_ENABLE = FALSE
>> > + DEFINE CAVIUM_ERRATUM_27456 = FALSE
>> >
>> > #
>> > # Network definition
>> > @@ -117,7 +118,11 @@ [LibraryClasses.common.UEFI_DRIVER]
>> > UefiScsiLib|MdePkg/Library/UefiScsiLib/UefiScsiLib.inf
>> >
>> > [BuildOptions]
>> > +!if $(CAVIUM_ERRATUM_27456) == TRUE
>> > + GCC:*_*_AARCH64_PP_FLAGS = -DCAVIUM_ERRATUM_27456
>> > +!else
>> > GCC:*_*_AARCH64_CC_XIPFLAGS ==
>> > +!endif
>> >
>> > !include NetworkPkg/NetworkBuildOptions.dsc.inc
>> >
>> > diff --git a/ArmVirtPkg/Library/ArmPlatformLibQemu/AArch64/ArmPlatformHelper.S b/ArmVirtPkg/Library/ArmPlatformLibQemu/AArch64/ArmPlatformHelper.S
>> > index 1787d52fbf51..5ac7c732f6ec 100644
>> > --- a/ArmVirtPkg/Library/ArmPlatformLibQemu/AArch64/ArmPlatformHelper.S
>> > +++ b/ArmVirtPkg/Library/ArmPlatformLibQemu/AArch64/ArmPlatformHelper.S
>> > @@ -42,6 +42,21 @@
>> >
>> >
>> > ASM_FUNC(ArmPlatformPeiBootAction)
>> > +#ifdef CAVIUM_ERRATUM_27456
>> > + /*
>> > + * On Cavium ThunderX, using non-global mappings that are executable at EL1
>> > + * results in I-cache corruption. So just avoid the early ID mapping there.
>> > + *
>> > + * MIDR implementor 0x43
>> > + * MIDR part numbers 0xA1 0xA2 (but not 0xAF)
>> > + */
>> > + mrs x0, midr_el1 // read the MIDR into X0
>> > + ubfx x1, x0, #24, #8 // grab implementor id
>> > + ubfx x0, x0, #7, #9 // grab part number bits [11:3]
>> > + cmp x1, #0x43 // compare implementor id
>> > + ccmp x0, #0xA0 >> 3, #0, eq // compare part# bits [11:3]
>> > + b.eq 0f
>> > +#endif
>> > mrs x0, CurrentEL // check current exception level
>> > tbnz x0, #3, 0f // omit early ID map if above EL1
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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