OMAP3: workaround for ARM Cortex-A8 erratum 725233

725233: PLD instructions executed with PLD data forwarding
enabled can result in a processor deadlock

This deadlock can happen when NEON load instructions are used together
with cache preload instructions (PLD). The problematic conditions
can be triggered in-the-wild by NEON optimized functions from pixman
library (http://cgit.freedesktop.org/pixman), which perform dynamic
adjustment of prefetch distance.

The workaround disables PLD data forwarding by setting PLD_FWD bit
in L2 Cache Auxiliary Control Register as recommended in ARM Cortex-A8
errata list.

The deadlock can only happen on r1pX revisions of Cortex-A8 (used in
OMAP34xx/OMAP35xx). Performance impact of the workaround is practically
non-existant.

Signed-off-by: Siarhei Siamashka <siarhei.siamashka@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Sandeep Paulraj <s-paulraj@ti.com>
master
Siarhei Siamashka 15 years ago committed by Tom Rix
parent 7c966a8bdf
commit 041d42e789
  1. 6
      cpu/arm_cortexa8/omap3/board.c

@ -146,6 +146,12 @@ void setup_auxcr()
__asm__ __volatile__("orr r0, r0, #1 << 5");
/* SMI instruction to call ROM Code API */
__asm__ __volatile__(".word 0xE1600070");
/* Set PLD_FWD bit in L2AUXCR (Cortex-A8 erratum 725233 workaround) */
__asm__ __volatile__("mov r12, #0x2");
__asm__ __volatile__("mrc p15, 1, r0, c9, c0, 2");
__asm__ __volatile__("orr r0, r0, #1 << 27");
/* SMI instruction to call ROM Code API */
__asm__ __volatile__(".word 0xE1600070");
__asm__ __volatile__("mov r0, %0":"=r"(i));
__asm__ __volatile__("mov r12, %0":"=r"(j));
}

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