Before switching to non-secure, make sure that CNTVOFF is set to zero on all CPUs. Otherwise, kernel running in non-secure without HYP enabled (hence using virtual timers) may observe timers that are not synchronized, effectively seeing time going backward...
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyng...@arm.com> --- arch/arm/cpu/armv7/nonsec_virt.S | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/nonsec_virt.S b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/nonsec_virt.S index 12de5c2..b5c946f 100644 --- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/nonsec_virt.S +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/nonsec_virt.S @@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ _secure_monitor: bic r1, r1, #0x4e @ clear IRQ, FIQ, EA, nET bits orr r1, r1, #0x31 @ enable NS, AW, FW bits -#ifdef CONFIG_ARMV7_VIRT mrc p15, 0, r0, c0, c1, 1 @ read ID_PFR1 and r0, r0, #CPUID_ARM_VIRT_MASK @ mask virtualization bits cmp r0, #(1 << CPUID_ARM_VIRT_SHIFT) +#ifdef CONFIG_ARMV7_VIRT orreq r1, r1, #0x100 @ allow HVC instruction #endif @@ -52,7 +52,14 @@ _secure_monitor: mrceq p15, 0, r0, c12, c0, 1 @ get MVBAR value mcreq p15, 4, r0, c12, c0, 0 @ write HVBAR #endif + bne 1f + @ Reset CNTVOFF to 0 before leaving monitor mode + mrc p15, 0, r0, c0, c1, 1 @ read ID_PFR1 + ands r0, r0, #CPUID_ARM_GENTIMER_MASK @ test arch timer bits + movne r0, #0 + mcrrne p15, 4, r0, r0, c14 @ Reset CNTVOFF to zero +1: movs pc, lr @ return to non-secure SVC _hyp_trap: -- 1.9.2 _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot