Commit f1df3239 authored by Wu Zhangjin's avatar Wu Zhangjin Committed by Ralf Baechle

MIPS: Loongson-2F: Flush the branch target history in BTB and RAS

As per chapter 15 "Errata: Issue of Out-of-order in loongson"[1] to work
around the Loongson 2F erratum we need to do:

"When switching from user mode to kernel mode, you should flush the
branch target history such as BTB and RAS."

[1] Chinese version: http://www.loongson.cn/uploadfile/file/200808211
[2] English version of chapter 15:
    http://groups.google.com.hk/group/loongson-dev/msg/e0d2e220958f10a6?dmode=sourceSigned-off-by: default avatarWu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Cc: Shinya Kuribayashi <shinya.kuribayashi@necel.com>
Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/1066/Signed-off-by: default avatarRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
parent d814c28c
......@@ -121,6 +121,25 @@
.endm
#else
.macro get_saved_sp /* Uniprocessor variation */
#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_LOONGSON2F
/*
* Clear BTB (branch target buffer), forbid RAS (return address
* stack) to workaround the Out-of-order Issue in Loongson2F
* via its diagnostic register.
*/
move k0, ra
jal 1f
nop
1: jal 1f
nop
1: jal 1f
nop
1: jal 1f
nop
1: move ra, k0
li k0, 3
mtc0 k0, $22
#endif /* CONFIG_CPU_LOONGSON2F */
#if defined(CONFIG_32BIT) || defined(KBUILD_64BIT_SYM32)
lui k1, %hi(kernelsp)
#else
......
Markdown is supported
0%
or
You are about to add 0 people to the discussion. Proceed with caution.
Finish editing this message first!
Please register or to comment