[PATCH] ARM: virt: Relax arch timer version check during early boot

[PATCH] ARM: virt: Relax arch timer version check during early boot

[Vladimir Murzin]

Updates to the Generic Timer architecture allow ID_PFR1.GenTimer to
have values other than 0 or 1. At the moment, Linux is quite strict in
the way it handles this field at early boot and will not configure
arch timer if it doesn't find the value 1.

Since here use ubfx for arch timer version extraction (hyb-stub build
with -march=armv7-a, so it is safe)

To help backports (even though the code was correct at the time of writing)
Fixes: 8ec58be9f3ff ("ARM: virt: arch_timers: enable access to physical timers")
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Murzin <vladimir.murzin@arm.com>
---
 arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S b/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
index ae50203..6607fa8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
@@ -146,10 +146,9 @@ ARM_BE8(orr	r7, r7, #(1 << 25))     @ HSCTLR.EE
 #if !defined(ZIMAGE) && defined(CONFIG_ARM_ARCH_TIMER)
 	@ make CNTP_* and CNTPCT accessible from PL1
 	mrc	p15, 0, r7, c0, c1, 1	@ ID_PFR1
-	lsr	r7, #16
-	and	r7, #0xf
-	cmp	r7, #1
-	bne	1f
+	ubfx	r7, r7, #16, #4
+	teq	r7, #0
+	beq	1f
 	mrc	p15, 4, r7, c14, c1, 0	@ CNTHCTL
 	orr	r7, r7, #3		@ PL1PCEN | PL1PCTEN
 	mcr	p15, 4, r7, c14, c1, 0	@ CNTHCTL
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[PATCH] ARM: virt: Relax arch timer version check during early boot

[Vladimir Murzin]

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Updates to the Generic Timer architecture allow ID_PFR1.GenTimer to
have values other than 0 or 1. At the moment, Linux is quite strict in
the way it handles this field at early boot and will not configure
arch timer if it doesn't find the value 1.

Since here use ubfx for arch timer version extraction (hyb-stub build
with -march=armv7-a, so it is safe)

To help backports (even though the code was correct at the time of writing)
Fixes: 8ec58be9f3ff ("ARM: virt: arch_timers: enable access to physical timers")
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Murzin <vladimir.murzin@arm.com>
---
 arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S b/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
index ae50203..6607fa8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
@@ -146,10 +146,9 @@ ARM_BE8(orr	r7, r7, #(1 << 25))     @ HSCTLR.EE
 #if !defined(ZIMAGE) && defined(CONFIG_ARM_ARCH_TIMER)
 	@ make CNTP_* and CNTPCT accessible from PL1
 	mrc	p15, 0, r7, c0, c1, 1	@ ID_PFR1
-	lsr	r7, #16
-	and	r7, #0xf
-	cmp	r7, #1
-	bne	1f
+	ubfx	r7, r7, #16, #4
+	teq	r7, #0
+	beq	1f
 	mrc	p15, 4, r7, c14, c1, 0	@ CNTHCTL
 	orr	r7, r7, #3		@ PL1PCEN | PL1PCTEN
 	mcr	p15, 4, r7, c14, c1, 0	@ CNTHCTL
-- 
2.7.4

Re: [PATCH] ARM: virt: Relax arch timer version check during early boot

[Vladimir Murzin]

+ Marc
+ kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu

On 1/15/20 2:16 PM, Vladimir Murzin wrote:
> Updates to the Generic Timer architecture allow ID_PFR1.GenTimer to
> have values other than 0 or 1. At the moment, Linux is quite strict in
> the way it handles this field at early boot and will not configure
> arch timer if it doesn't find the value 1.
> 
> Since here use ubfx for arch timer version extraction (hyb-stub build
> with -march=armv7-a, so it is safe)
> 
> To help backports (even though the code was correct at the time of writing)
> Fixes: 8ec58be9f3ff ("ARM: virt: arch_timers: enable access to physical timers")
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Murzin <vladimir.murzin@arm.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S | 7 +++----
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S b/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
> index ae50203..6607fa8 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
> @@ -146,10 +146,9 @@ ARM_BE8(orr	r7, r7, #(1 << 25))     @ HSCTLR.EE
>  #if !defined(ZIMAGE) && defined(CONFIG_ARM_ARCH_TIMER)
>  	@ make CNTP_* and CNTPCT accessible from PL1
>  	mrc	p15, 0, r7, c0, c1, 1	@ ID_PFR1
> -	lsr	r7, #16
> -	and	r7, #0xf
> -	cmp	r7, #1
> -	bne	1f
> +	ubfx	r7, r7, #16, #4
> +	teq	r7, #0
> +	beq	1f
>  	mrc	p15, 4, r7, c14, c1, 0	@ CNTHCTL
>  	orr	r7, r7, #3		@ PL1PCEN | PL1PCTEN
>  	mcr	p15, 4, r7, c14, c1, 0	@ CNTHCTL
> 

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Re: [PATCH] ARM: virt: Relax arch timer version check during early boot

[Vladimir Murzin]

+ Marc
+ kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu

On 1/15/20 2:16 PM, Vladimir Murzin wrote:
> Updates to the Generic Timer architecture allow ID_PFR1.GenTimer to
> have values other than 0 or 1. At the moment, Linux is quite strict in
> the way it handles this field at early boot and will not configure
> arch timer if it doesn't find the value 1.
> 
> Since here use ubfx for arch timer version extraction (hyb-stub build
> with -march=armv7-a, so it is safe)
> 
> To help backports (even though the code was correct at the time of writing)
> Fixes: 8ec58be9f3ff ("ARM: virt: arch_timers: enable access to physical timers")
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Murzin <vladimir.murzin@arm.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S | 7 +++----
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S b/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
> index ae50203..6607fa8 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
> @@ -146,10 +146,9 @@ ARM_BE8(orr	r7, r7, #(1 << 25))     @ HSCTLR.EE
>  #if !defined(ZIMAGE) && defined(CONFIG_ARM_ARCH_TIMER)
>  	@ make CNTP_* and CNTPCT accessible from PL1
>  	mrc	p15, 0, r7, c0, c1, 1	@ ID_PFR1
> -	lsr	r7, #16
> -	and	r7, #0xf
> -	cmp	r7, #1
> -	bne	1f
> +	ubfx	r7, r7, #16, #4
> +	teq	r7, #0
> +	beq	1f
>  	mrc	p15, 4, r7, c14, c1, 0	@ CNTHCTL
>  	orr	r7, r7, #3		@ PL1PCEN | PL1PCTEN
>  	mcr	p15, 4, r7, c14, c1, 0	@ CNTHCTL
> 


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Re: [PATCH] ARM: virt: Relax arch timer version check during early boot

[Marc Zyngier]

Hi Vladimir,

On 2020-01-20 11:46, Vladimir Murzin wrote:
> + Marc
> + kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu
> 
> On 1/15/20 2:16 PM, Vladimir Murzin wrote:
>> Updates to the Generic Timer architecture allow ID_PFR1.GenTimer to
>> have values other than 0 or 1. At the moment, Linux is quite strict in
>> the way it handles this field at early boot and will not configure
>> arch timer if it doesn't find the value 1.
>> 
>> Since here use ubfx for arch timer version extraction (hyb-stub build
>> with -march=armv7-a, so it is safe)
>> 
>> To help backports (even though the code was correct at the time of 
>> writing)
>> Fixes: 8ec58be9f3ff ("ARM: virt: arch_timers: enable access to 
>> physical timers")
>> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Murzin <vladimir.murzin@arm.com>

I'm not opposed to such a change, but it'd be good to document what 
other values
are expected here, as the current (Rev E_a) ARM ARM only mentions values 
0 and 1.

Thanks,

         M.

>> ---
>>  arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S | 7 +++----
>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S b/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
>> index ae50203..6607fa8 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
>> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
>> @@ -146,10 +146,9 @@ ARM_BE8(orr	r7, r7, #(1 << 25))     @ HSCTLR.EE
>>  #if !defined(ZIMAGE) && defined(CONFIG_ARM_ARCH_TIMER)
>>  	@ make CNTP_* and CNTPCT accessible from PL1
>>  	mrc	p15, 0, r7, c0, c1, 1	@ ID_PFR1
>> -	lsr	r7, #16
>> -	and	r7, #0xf
>> -	cmp	r7, #1
>> -	bne	1f
>> +	ubfx	r7, r7, #16, #4
>> +	teq	r7, #0
>> +	beq	1f
>>  	mrc	p15, 4, r7, c14, c1, 0	@ CNTHCTL
>>  	orr	r7, r7, #3		@ PL1PCEN | PL1PCTEN
>>  	mcr	p15, 4, r7, c14, c1, 0	@ CNTHCTL
>> 

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Re: [PATCH] ARM: virt: Relax arch timer version check during early boot

[Marc Zyngier]

Hi Vladimir,

On 2020-01-20 11:46, Vladimir Murzin wrote:
> + Marc
> + kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu
> 
> On 1/15/20 2:16 PM, Vladimir Murzin wrote:
>> Updates to the Generic Timer architecture allow ID_PFR1.GenTimer to
>> have values other than 0 or 1. At the moment, Linux is quite strict in
>> the way it handles this field at early boot and will not configure
>> arch timer if it doesn't find the value 1.
>> 
>> Since here use ubfx for arch timer version extraction (hyb-stub build
>> with -march=armv7-a, so it is safe)
>> 
>> To help backports (even though the code was correct at the time of 
>> writing)
>> Fixes: 8ec58be9f3ff ("ARM: virt: arch_timers: enable access to 
>> physical timers")
>> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Murzin <vladimir.murzin@arm.com>

I'm not opposed to such a change, but it'd be good to document what 
other values
are expected here, as the current (Rev E_a) ARM ARM only mentions values 
0 and 1.

Thanks,

         M.

>> ---
>>  arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S | 7 +++----
>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S b/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
>> index ae50203..6607fa8 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
>> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
>> @@ -146,10 +146,9 @@ ARM_BE8(orr	r7, r7, #(1 << 25))     @ HSCTLR.EE
>>  #if !defined(ZIMAGE) && defined(CONFIG_ARM_ARCH_TIMER)
>>  	@ make CNTP_* and CNTPCT accessible from PL1
>>  	mrc	p15, 0, r7, c0, c1, 1	@ ID_PFR1
>> -	lsr	r7, #16
>> -	and	r7, #0xf
>> -	cmp	r7, #1
>> -	bne	1f
>> +	ubfx	r7, r7, #16, #4
>> +	teq	r7, #0
>> +	beq	1f
>>  	mrc	p15, 4, r7, c14, c1, 0	@ CNTHCTL
>>  	orr	r7, r7, #3		@ PL1PCEN | PL1PCTEN
>>  	mcr	p15, 4, r7, c14, c1, 0	@ CNTHCTL
>> 

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Re: [PATCH] ARM: virt: Relax arch timer version check during early boot

[Vladimir Murzin]

Hi Marc,

On 1/20/20 11:14 AM, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> Hi Vladimir,
> 
> On 2020-01-20 11:46, Vladimir Murzin wrote:
>> + Marc
>> + kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu
>>
>> On 1/15/20 2:16 PM, Vladimir Murzin wrote:
>>> Updates to the Generic Timer architecture allow ID_PFR1.GenTimer to
>>> have values other than 0 or 1. At the moment, Linux is quite strict in
>>> the way it handles this field at early boot and will not configure
>>> arch timer if it doesn't find the value 1.
>>>
>>> Since here use ubfx for arch timer version extraction (hyb-stub build
>>> with -march=armv7-a, so it is safe)
>>>
>>> To help backports (even though the code was correct at the time of writing)
>>> Fixes: 8ec58be9f3ff ("ARM: virt: arch_timers: enable access to physical timers")
>>> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Murzin <vladimir.murzin@arm.com>
> 
> I'm not opposed to such a change, but it'd be good to document what other values
> are expected here, as the current (Rev E_a) ARM ARM only mentions values 0 and 1.

That true, ARM ARM doesn't mention it yet. OTOH, should we really care about exact
values as soon it stays compatible?

Cheers
Vladimir

> 
> Thanks,
> 
>         M.
> 
>>> ---
>>>  arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S | 7 +++----
>>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S b/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
>>> index ae50203..6607fa8 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
>>> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
>>> @@ -146,10 +146,9 @@ ARM_BE8(orr    r7, r7, #(1 << 25))     @ HSCTLR.EE
>>>  #if !defined(ZIMAGE) && defined(CONFIG_ARM_ARCH_TIMER)
>>>      @ make CNTP_* and CNTPCT accessible from PL1
>>>      mrc    p15, 0, r7, c0, c1, 1    @ ID_PFR1
>>> -    lsr    r7, #16
>>> -    and    r7, #0xf
>>> -    cmp    r7, #1
>>> -    bne    1f
>>> +    ubfx    r7, r7, #16, #4
>>> +    teq    r7, #0
>>> +    beq    1f
>>>      mrc    p15, 4, r7, c14, c1, 0    @ CNTHCTL
>>>      orr    r7, r7, #3        @ PL1PCEN | PL1PCTEN
>>>      mcr    p15, 4, r7, c14, c1, 0    @ CNTHCTL
>>>
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Re: [PATCH] ARM: virt: Relax arch timer version check during early boot

[Vladimir Murzin]

Hi Marc,

On 1/20/20 11:14 AM, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> Hi Vladimir,
> 
> On 2020-01-20 11:46, Vladimir Murzin wrote:
>> + Marc
>> + kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu
>>
>> On 1/15/20 2:16 PM, Vladimir Murzin wrote:
>>> Updates to the Generic Timer architecture allow ID_PFR1.GenTimer to
>>> have values other than 0 or 1. At the moment, Linux is quite strict in
>>> the way it handles this field at early boot and will not configure
>>> arch timer if it doesn't find the value 1.
>>>
>>> Since here use ubfx for arch timer version extraction (hyb-stub build
>>> with -march=armv7-a, so it is safe)
>>>
>>> To help backports (even though the code was correct at the time of writing)
>>> Fixes: 8ec58be9f3ff ("ARM: virt: arch_timers: enable access to physical timers")
>>> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Murzin <vladimir.murzin@arm.com>
> 
> I'm not opposed to such a change, but it'd be good to document what other values
> are expected here, as the current (Rev E_a) ARM ARM only mentions values 0 and 1.

That true, ARM ARM doesn't mention it yet. OTOH, should we really care about exact
values as soon it stays compatible?

Cheers
Vladimir

> 
> Thanks,
> 
>         M.
> 
>>> ---
>>>  arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S | 7 +++----
>>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S b/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
>>> index ae50203..6607fa8 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
>>> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
>>> @@ -146,10 +146,9 @@ ARM_BE8(orr    r7, r7, #(1 << 25))     @ HSCTLR.EE
>>>  #if !defined(ZIMAGE) && defined(CONFIG_ARM_ARCH_TIMER)
>>>      @ make CNTP_* and CNTPCT accessible from PL1
>>>      mrc    p15, 0, r7, c0, c1, 1    @ ID_PFR1
>>> -    lsr    r7, #16
>>> -    and    r7, #0xf
>>> -    cmp    r7, #1
>>> -    bne    1f
>>> +    ubfx    r7, r7, #16, #4
>>> +    teq    r7, #0
>>> +    beq    1f
>>>      mrc    p15, 4, r7, c14, c1, 0    @ CNTHCTL
>>>      orr    r7, r7, #3        @ PL1PCEN | PL1PCTEN
>>>      mcr    p15, 4, r7, c14, c1, 0    @ CNTHCTL
>>>
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Re: [PATCH] ARM: virt: Relax arch timer version check during early boot

[Marc Zyngier]

On 2020-01-20 12:34, Vladimir Murzin wrote:
> Hi Marc,
> 
> On 1/20/20 11:14 AM, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>> Hi Vladimir,
>> 
>> On 2020-01-20 11:46, Vladimir Murzin wrote:
>>> + Marc
>>> + kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu
>>> 
>>> On 1/15/20 2:16 PM, Vladimir Murzin wrote:
>>>> Updates to the Generic Timer architecture allow ID_PFR1.GenTimer to
>>>> have values other than 0 or 1. At the moment, Linux is quite strict 
>>>> in
>>>> the way it handles this field at early boot and will not configure
>>>> arch timer if it doesn't find the value 1.
>>>> 
>>>> Since here use ubfx for arch timer version extraction (hyb-stub 
>>>> build
>>>> with -march=armv7-a, so it is safe)
>>>> 
>>>> To help backports (even though the code was correct at the time of 
>>>> writing)
>>>> Fixes: 8ec58be9f3ff ("ARM: virt: arch_timers: enable access to 
>>>> physical timers")
>>>> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Murzin <vladimir.murzin@arm.com>
>> 
>> I'm not opposed to such a change, but it'd be good to document what 
>> other values
>> are expected here, as the current (Rev E_a) ARM ARM only mentions 
>> values 0 and 1.
> 
> That true, ARM ARM doesn't mention it yet. OTOH, should we really care
> about exact values as soon it stays compatible?

That's for you to say, really. But given that you hint at some changes,
it'd be good to have at least a short sentence explaining that, for 
example,
"upcoming revisions of the architecture will allow different 
ID_PFR1.GenTimer
values while preserving backward compatibility".

Other than that, feel free to add my

Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>

Thanks,

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Re: [PATCH] ARM: virt: Relax arch timer version check during early boot

[Marc Zyngier]

On 2020-01-20 12:34, Vladimir Murzin wrote:
> Hi Marc,
> 
> On 1/20/20 11:14 AM, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>> Hi Vladimir,
>> 
>> On 2020-01-20 11:46, Vladimir Murzin wrote:
>>> + Marc
>>> + kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu
>>> 
>>> On 1/15/20 2:16 PM, Vladimir Murzin wrote:
>>>> Updates to the Generic Timer architecture allow ID_PFR1.GenTimer to
>>>> have values other than 0 or 1. At the moment, Linux is quite strict 
>>>> in
>>>> the way it handles this field at early boot and will not configure
>>>> arch timer if it doesn't find the value 1.
>>>> 
>>>> Since here use ubfx for arch timer version extraction (hyb-stub 
>>>> build
>>>> with -march=armv7-a, so it is safe)
>>>> 
>>>> To help backports (even though the code was correct at the time of 
>>>> writing)
>>>> Fixes: 8ec58be9f3ff ("ARM: virt: arch_timers: enable access to 
>>>> physical timers")
>>>> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Murzin <vladimir.murzin@arm.com>
>> 
>> I'm not opposed to such a change, but it'd be good to document what 
>> other values
>> are expected here, as the current (Rev E_a) ARM ARM only mentions 
>> values 0 and 1.
> 
> That true, ARM ARM doesn't mention it yet. OTOH, should we really care
> about exact values as soon it stays compatible?

That's for you to say, really. But given that you hint at some changes,
it'd be good to have at least a short sentence explaining that, for 
example,
"upcoming revisions of the architecture will allow different 
ID_PFR1.GenTimer
values while preserving backward compatibility".

Other than that, feel free to add my

Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>

Thanks,

         M.
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