ARM: 8634/1: hw_breakpoint: blacklist Scorpion CPUs
authorMark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Fri, 6 Jan 2017 12:12:47 +0000 (13:12 +0100)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 26 Jan 2017 07:24:40 +0000 (08:24 +0100)
commitdf35a8f51fcbad255df9ac541eef2e84182a4c50
tree9a9697ae73e3c8a7184f2136a518505b9c0c14ba
parent73a2e2405d300931f9e30ae439dcda21f592d110
ARM: 8634/1: hw_breakpoint: blacklist Scorpion CPUs

commit ddc37832a1349f474c4532de381498020ed71d31 upstream.

On APQ8060, the kernel crashes in arch_hw_breakpoint_init, taking an
undefined instruction trap within write_wb_reg. This is because Scorpion
CPUs erroneously appear to set DBGPRSR.SPD when WFI is issued, even if
the core is not powered down. When DBGPRSR.SPD is set, breakpoint and
watchpoint registers are treated as undefined.

It's possible to trigger similar crashes later on from userspace, by
requesting the kernel to install a breakpoint or watchpoint, as we can
go idle at any point between the reset of the debug registers and their
later use. This has always been the case.

Given that this has always been broken, no-one has complained until now,
and there is no clear workaround, disable hardware breakpoints and
watchpoints on Scorpion to avoid these issues.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Reported-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>
Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
arch/arm/include/asm/cputype.h
arch/arm/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c