tree 382716b98cb953cd8c9025787f9e9bc6ed5b2732
parent 270c8cf1cacc69cb8d99dea812f06067a45e4609
author Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> 1483704767 +0100
committer Russell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk> 1484091146 +0000

ARM: 8634/1: hw_breakpoint: blacklist Scorpion CPUs

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>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>