Hi Julien,

> On 3 May 2022, at 4:58 pm, Julien Grall <jul...@xen.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Rahul,
> 
> On 27/04/2022 17:14, Rahul Singh wrote:
>> MAPC_LPI_OFF ITS command error can be reported to software if LPIs are
>> not enabled before mapping the collection table using MAPC command.
>> Enable the LPIs using GICR_CTLR.EnableLPIs before mapping the collection
>> table.
>> Signed-off-by: Rahul Singh <rahul.si...@arm.com>
>> ---
>> xen/arch/arm/gic-v3.c | 4 ++--
>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>> diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/gic-v3.c b/xen/arch/arm/gic-v3.c
>> index 3c472ed768..8fb0014b16 100644
>> --- a/xen/arch/arm/gic-v3.c
>> +++ b/xen/arch/arm/gic-v3.c
>> @@ -812,11 +812,11 @@ static int gicv3_cpu_init(void)
>> /* If the host has any ITSes, enable LPIs now. */
>> if ( gicv3_its_host_has_its() )
>> {
>> + if ( !gicv3_enable_lpis() )
>> + return -EBUSY;
> 
> gicv3_enable_lpis() is using writel_relaxed(). So in theory, the write may 
> not be visible before gicv3_its_setup_collection() send the command.
Agree.
> 
> So I think we need to add an smp_wmb() to ensure the ordering with a comment 
> explaning why this is necessary.

Or maybe be we can change the writer_relaxed() to writel() that will also work.

-    writel_relaxed(val | GICR_CTLR_ENABLE_LPIS, GICD_RDIST_BASE + GICR_CTLR);
+    writel(val | GICR_CTLR_ENABLE_LPIS, GICD_RDIST_BASE + GICR_CTLR);
 


Regards,
Rahul 


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