Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757588Ab0DVTwj (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:52:39 -0400 Received: from kroah.org ([198.145.64.141]:40916 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756487Ab0DVT2m (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:28:42 -0400 X-Mailbox-Line: From gregkh@kvm.kroah.org Thu Apr 22 12:09:15 2010 Message-Id: <20100422190915.563848474@kvm.kroah.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.48-4.4 Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:09:02 -0700 From: Greg KH To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org Cc: stable-review@kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, Venkatesh Pallipadi , "H. Peter Anvin" , Venkatesh Pallipadi Subject: [091/197] x86, hpet: Erratum workaround for read after write of HPET comparator In-Reply-To: <20100422191857.GA13268@kroah.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3962 Lines: 95 2.6.32-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Pallipadi, Venkatesh commit 8da854cb02156c90028233ae1e85ce46a1d3f82c upstream. On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 03:37:04PM -0800, Justin Piszcz wrote: > Hello, > > Again, on the Intel DP55KG board: > > # uname -a > Linux host 2.6.33 #1 SMP Wed Feb 24 18:31:00 EST 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > [ 1.237600] ------------[ cut here ]------------ > [ 1.237890] WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c:404 hpet_next_event+0x70/0x80() > [ 1.238221] Hardware name: > [ 1.238504] hpet: compare register read back failed. > [ 1.238793] Modules linked in: > [ 1.239315] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.33 #1 > [ 1.239605] Call Trace: > [ 1.239886] [] ? warn_slowpath_common+0x73/0xb0 > [ 1.240409] [] ? tick_dev_program_event+0x38/0xc0 > [ 1.240699] [] ? warn_slowpath_fmt+0x40/0x50 > [ 1.240992] [] ? tick_dev_program_event+0x38/0xc0 > [ 1.241281] [] ? hpet_next_event+0x70/0x80 > [ 1.241573] [] ? tick_dev_program_event+0x38/0xc0 > [ 1.241859] [] ? tick_handle_oneshot_broadcast+0xe2/0x100 > [ 1.246533] [] ? timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x30 > [ 1.246826] [] ? handle_IRQ_event+0x39/0xd0 > [ 1.247118] [] ? handle_edge_irq+0xb8/0x160 > [ 1.247407] [] ? handle_irq+0x15/0x20 > [ 1.247689] [] ? do_IRQ+0x62/0xe0 > [ 1.247976] [] ? ret_from_intr+0x0/0xa > [ 1.248262] [] ? mwait_idle+0x57/0x80 > [ 1.248796] [] ? cpu_idle+0x5c/0xb0 > [ 1.249080] ---[ end trace db7f668fb6fef4e1 ]--- > > Is this something Intel has to fix or is it a bug in the kernel? This is a chipset erratum. Thomas: You mentioned we can retain this check only for known-buggy and hpet debug kind of options. But here is the simple workaround patch for this particular erratum. Some chipsets have a erratum due to which read immediately following a write of HPET comparator returns old comparator value instead of most recently written value. Erratum 15 in "Intel I/O Controller Hub 9 (ICH9) Family Specification Update" (http://www.intel.com/assets/pdf/specupdate/316973.pdf) Workaround for the errata is to read the comparator twice if the first one fails. Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi LKML-Reference: <20100225185348.GA9674@linux-os.sc.intel.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin Cc: Venkatesh Pallipadi Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c @@ -398,9 +398,15 @@ static int hpet_next_event(unsigned long * then we might have a real hardware problem. We can not do * much about it here, but at least alert the user/admin with * a prominent warning. + * An erratum on some chipsets (ICH9,..), results in comparator read + * immediately following a write returning old value. Workaround + * for this is to read this value second time, when first + * read returns old value. */ - WARN_ONCE((u32)hpet_readl(HPET_Tn_CMP(timer)) != cnt, + if (unlikely((u32)hpet_readl(HPET_Tn_CMP(timer)) != cnt)) { + WARN_ONCE((u32)hpet_readl(HPET_Tn_CMP(timer)) != cnt, KERN_WARNING "hpet: compare register read back failed.\n"); + } return (s32)((u32)hpet_readl(HPET_COUNTER) - cnt) >= 0 ? -ETIME : 0; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/