CPU does not received signals for interrupts with a priority masked by ICC_PMR_EL1. This means the CPU might not come back from a WFI instruction.
Make sure ICC_PMR_EL1 does not mask interrupts when doing a WFI. Signed-off-by: Julien Thierry <julien.thie...@arm.com> Suggested-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thomp...@linaro.org> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.mari...@arm.com> Cc: Will Deacon <will.dea...@arm.com> --- arch/arm64/mm/proc.S | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S b/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S index 5f9a73a..e7cafbf 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ #include <linux/init.h> #include <linux/linkage.h> +#include <linux/irqchip/arm-gic-v3.h> #include <asm/assembler.h> #include <asm/asm-offsets.h> #include <asm/hwcap.h> @@ -53,10 +54,27 @@ * cpu_do_idle() * * Idle the processor (wait for interrupt). + * + * If the CPU supports priority masking we must do additional work to + * ensure that interrupts are not masked at the PMR (because the core will + * not wake up if we block the wake up signal in the interrupt controller). */ ENTRY(cpu_do_idle) +alternative_if_not ARM64_HAS_IRQ_PRIO_MASKING + dsb sy // WFI may enter a low-power mode + wfi + ret +alternative_else + mrs x0, daif // save I bit + msr daifset, #2 // set I bit + mrs_s x1, SYS_ICC_PMR_EL1 // save PMR +alternative_endif + mov x2, #ICC_PMR_EL1_UNMASKED + msr_s SYS_ICC_PMR_EL1, x2 // unmask at PMR dsb sy // WFI may enter a low-power mode wfi + msr_s SYS_ICC_PMR_EL1, x1 // restore PMR + msr daif, x0 // restore I bit ret ENDPROC(cpu_do_idle) -- 1.9.1