On 13 November 2014 17:47, Olivier Martin <olivier.mar...@arm.com> wrote:
> Ard, I have just reviewed and committed your patch (SVN rev16344).
>
> I removed the reference to Linux kernel to answer Christoffer comment.
> I also replaced 'lower levels' by 'higher privilege levels'.
>

OK, thanks!

For the record, the original symptom I experienced was an unresponsive
BDS UI, i.e., countdown timer not changing and no response to key
presses. However, it turned out that I was using the GICv3 capable
Foundation model (using --gicv3 cmdline option) in combination with a
GICv2 device tree, and hence there was no awareness in KVM of the SRE
capability and the need to disable/trap it.

So when I started using the correct device tree, I started getting
exceptions due to the fact that KVM trapped the ICC_SRE_EL1 access but
did not actually handle it. Christoffer's fix for that issue is here:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-arm-kernel&m=141582259511445&w=2

In summary, if you want to run the latest version of QEMU/KVM
mach-virt port of Tianocore on a GICv3 capable host, you will need to
apply this patch and the Linux patch above *and* ensure that the host
device tree accurately reports the GICv3 capability and not just the
GICv2 compatible MMIO interface.

Regards,
Ard.


> Christoffer, yes ArmGicV3SetControlSystemRegisterEnable() does an isb()
> after changing the system register.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Christoffer Dall [mailto:christoffer.d...@linaro.org]
>> Sent: 12 November 2014 19:49
>> To: Ard Biesheuvel
>> Cc: Olivier Martin; edk2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Marc Zyngier;
>> leif.lindh...@linaro.org; kvm...@lists.cs.columbia.edu;
>> ler...@redhat.com
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ArmGicLib: select GICv2 mode if SRE is present
>> but unavailable
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 12:46:33PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>> > Even if the CPU id registers indicate hardware support for the
>> > System Register interface to the GIC, higher exception levels
>> > may disable that interface and only allow access through MMIO.
>> >
>> > So move the enabling of the SRE bit to the GIC version detection
>> > routine: if we trigger an exception, we would have anyway at a
>> > later stage, so the net effect is the same. However, if setting
>> > the bit doesn't stick, it means we can switch to MMIO and proceed
>> > normally otherwise. (This is analogous to how the Linux kernel
>> > behaves when executed as a guest under KVM.)
>>
>> not quite, Linux tries to use the device it's being told about in the
>> DT.  But it still does the set/check of the bit, but if it doesn't
>> stick, it prints an error and dies...
>>
>> >
>> > Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.0
>> > Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheu...@linaro.org>
>> > ---
>> >  ArmPkg/Drivers/ArmGic/AArch64/ArmGicArchLib.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
>> >  ArmPkg/Drivers/ArmGic/Arm/ArmGicArchLib.c     | 14 +++++++++++++-
>> >  ArmPkg/Drivers/ArmGic/GicV3/ArmGicV3Dxe.c     |  8 --------
>> >  3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/ArmPkg/Drivers/ArmGic/AArch64/ArmGicArchLib.c
>> b/ArmPkg/Drivers/ArmGic/AArch64/ArmGicArchLib.c
>> > index 5a7837f43d94..e2955ae861d5 100644
>> > --- a/ArmPkg/Drivers/ArmGic/AArch64/ArmGicArchLib.c
>> > +++ b/ArmPkg/Drivers/ArmGic/AArch64/ArmGicArchLib.c
>> > @@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
>> >  #include <Library/ArmLib.h>
>> >  #include <Library/ArmGicLib.h>
>> >
>> > +#include "GicV3/ArmGicV3Lib.h"
>> > +
>> >  ARM_GIC_ARCH_REVISION
>> >  EFIAPI
>> >  ArmGicGetSupportedArchRevision (
>> > @@ -28,7 +30,17 @@ ArmGicGetSupportedArchRevision (
>> >    // driver requires SRE. If only Memory mapped access is available
>> we try to
>> >    // drive the GIC as a v2.
>> >    if (ArmReadIdPfr0 () & AARCH64_PFR0_GIC) {
>> > -    return ARM_GIC_ARCH_REVISION_3;
>> > +    // Make sure System Register access is enabled (SRE). This
>> depends on the
>> > +    // lower levels giving us permission, otherwise we will either
>> cause an
>>
>> lower levels...  not sure what the convention here is, but higher
>> privilege level would be more accurate, no?
>>
>> > +    // exception here, or the write doesn't stick in which case we
>> need to
>> > +    // fall back to the GICv2 MMIO interface.
>> > +    // Note: We do not need to set ICC_SRE_EL2.Enable because the OS
>> is started
>> > +    // at the same exception level.
>> > +    // It is the OS responsibility to set this bit.
>> > +    ArmGicV3SetControlSystemRegisterEnable
>> (ArmGicV3GetControlSystemRegisterEnable () | ICC_SRE_EL2_SRE);
>>
>> don't you need an isb() here like the linux code has or is that implied
>> in the ArmGicV3SetControlSystemRegisterEnable function?
>>
>> > +    if (ArmGicV3GetControlSystemRegisterEnable () & ICC_SRE_EL2_SRE)
>> {
>> > +      return ARM_GIC_ARCH_REVISION_3;
>> > +    }
>> >    }
>> >
>> >    return ARM_GIC_ARCH_REVISION_2;
>> > diff --git a/ArmPkg/Drivers/ArmGic/Arm/ArmGicArchLib.c
>> b/ArmPkg/Drivers/ArmGic/Arm/ArmGicArchLib.c
>> > index 668858f79a3d..02e5638f2fcf 100644
>> > --- a/ArmPkg/Drivers/ArmGic/Arm/ArmGicArchLib.c
>> > +++ b/ArmPkg/Drivers/ArmGic/Arm/ArmGicArchLib.c
>> > @@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
>> >  #include <Library/ArmLib.h>
>> >  #include <Library/ArmGicLib.h>
>> >
>> > +#include "GicV3/ArmGicV3Lib.h"
>> > +
>> >  ARM_GIC_ARCH_REVISION
>> >  EFIAPI
>> >  ArmGicGetSupportedArchRevision (
>> > @@ -28,7 +30,17 @@ ArmGicGetSupportedArchRevision (
>> >    // driver requires SRE. If only Memory mapped access is available
>> we try to
>> >    // drive the GIC as a v2.
>> >    if (ArmReadIdPfr1 () & ARM_PFR1_GIC) {
>> > -    return ARM_GIC_ARCH_REVISION_3;
>> > +    // Make sure System Register access is enabled (SRE). This
>> depends on the
>> > +    // lower levels giving us permission, otherwise we will either
>> cause an
>> > +    // exception here, or the write doesn't stick in which case we
>> need to
>> > +    // fall back to the GICv2 MMIO interface.
>> > +    // Note: We do not need to set ICC_SRE_EL2.Enable because the OS
>> is started
>> > +    // at the same exception level.
>> > +    // It is the OS responsibility to set this bit.
>> > +    ArmGicV3SetControlSystemRegisterEnable
>> (ArmGicV3GetControlSystemRegisterEnable () | ICC_SRE_EL2_SRE);
>>
>> same
>>
>> > +    if (ArmGicV3GetControlSystemRegisterEnable () & ICC_SRE_EL2_SRE)
>> {
>> > +      return ARM_GIC_ARCH_REVISION_3;
>> > +    }
>> >    }
>> >
>> >    return ARM_GIC_ARCH_REVISION_2;
>> > diff --git a/ArmPkg/Drivers/ArmGic/GicV3/ArmGicV3Dxe.c
>> b/ArmPkg/Drivers/ArmGic/GicV3/ArmGicV3Dxe.c
>> > index 8042f718f5b0..f756d3080386 100644
>> > --- a/ArmPkg/Drivers/ArmGic/GicV3/ArmGicV3Dxe.c
>> > +++ b/ArmPkg/Drivers/ArmGic/GicV3/ArmGicV3Dxe.c
>> > @@ -281,14 +281,6 @@ GicV3DxeInitialize (
>> >      }
>> >    }
>> >
>> > -  // Make sure System Register access is enabled (SRE). This depends
>> on the
>> > -  // lower levels giving us permission, otherwise we will cause an
>> exception
>> > -  // here.
>> > -  // Note: We do not need to set ICC_SRE_EL2.Enable because the OS
>> is started at the
>> > -  // same exception level.
>> > -  // It is the OS responsibility to set this bit.
>> > -  ArmGicV3SetControlSystemRegisterEnable
>> (ArmGicV3GetControlSystemRegisterEnable () | ICC_SRE_EL2_SRE);
>> > -
>> >    // Set binary point reg to 0x7 (no preemption)
>> >    ArmGicV3SetBinaryPointer (0x7);
>> >
>> > --
>> > 1.8.3.2
>> >
>> apart from the above, the logic looks good to me.
>
>
>
>

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