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From: Beata Michalska <beata.michalska@arm.com>
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: Vladimir.Murzin@arm.com, catalin.marinas@arm.com,
	will@kernel.org, suzuki.poulose@arm.com, James.Morse@arm.com,
	xuewen.yan94@gmail.com, seanwang1@lenovo.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/2] arm64: errata: Add Cortex-A725 erratum 3821522 workaround
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 17:42:14 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260929154325.3416271-3-beata.michalska@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260929154325.3416271-1-beata.michalska@arm.com>

Cortex-A725 erratum 3821522 affects the CNT_CYCLES event, which can
incur a significant increment error when a CPU enters and subsequently
exits WFE or WFI, and may no longer track the system counter
frequency.

The AMEVCNTR01_EL0 counter is used as the AMU constant counter for
frequency invariance and CPPC FFH feedback counters. Wire the affected
Cortex-A725 range into the shared broken AMU constant-counter capability
so the affected counter is treated as unavailable by returning zero in
the AMU counter paths. This prevents the broken counter from being used
as a reference source.

The erratum can also affect PMUv3 users of the CNT_CYCLES event,
but this workaround intentionally does not change PMU event handling.
Hiding or rejecting the PMU event from the erratum code would change
the perf-visible PMU event interface, including raw event selection,
and would need a separate PMU-specific approach rather than being
folded into the AMU reference-counter workaround.

Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Beata Michalska <beata.michalska@arm.com>
---
 Documentation/arch/arm64/silicon-errata.rst |  2 ++
 arch/arm64/Kconfig                          | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c              |  6 ++++++
 arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c                |  9 +++++----
 4 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/arch/arm64/silicon-errata.rst b/Documentation/arch/arm64/silicon-errata.rst
index ac3248b9f2f3b..99a1eb4b833dd 100644
--- a/Documentation/arch/arm64/silicon-errata.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arch/arm64/silicon-errata.rst
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ stable kernels.
 +----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+
 | ARM            | Cortex-A725     | #3456106        | ARM64_ERRATUM_3194386       |
 +----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+
+| ARM            | Cortex-A725     | #3821522        | ARM64_ERRATUM_3821522       |
++----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+
 | ARM            | Cortex-X1       | #1502854        | N/A                         |
 +----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+
 | ARM            | Cortex-X1       | #3324344        | ARM64_ERRATUM_3194386       |
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 3b6c052d46a18..cab741a695f52 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -1081,6 +1081,28 @@ config ARM64_ERRATUM_2645198
 
 	  If unsure, say Y.
 
+config ARM64_ERRATUM_3821522
+	bool "Cortex-A725: 3821522: workaround for possible CNT_CYCLES increment error due to WFE/WFI"
+	depends on ARM64_AMU_EXTN
+	select ARM64_WORKAROUND_BROKEN_AMU_CONSTCNT
+	default y
+	help
+	  This option adds the workaround for ARM Cortex-A725 erratum 3821522.
+
+	  On affected A725 cores, the CNT_CYCLES event may incur a significant
+	  increment error when entering and subsequently exiting WFx.
+	  As a result, the CNT_CYCLES may diverge from the system counter
+	  frequency at which it is expected to increment.
+	  This renders the AMU counter AMEVCNTR01, that implements CNT_CYCLES,
+	  being unreliable and unsuitable for use.
+
+	  Since there is no hardware workaround, reads of the affected CNT_CYCLES
+	  counter return 0 in the relevant paths. This causes users of the counter
+	  to treat it as unavailable and is functionally equivalent to firmware
+	  disabling the affected counter.
+
+	  If unsure, say Y.
+
 config ARM64_WORKAROUND_SPECULATIVE_UNPRIV_LOAD
 	bool
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c
index f18683e56184b..42a6fff8c3f44 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c
@@ -388,6 +388,12 @@ static const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities arm64_repeat_amu_constcnt_list[] = {
 		/* Cortex-A510 r0p0-r1p1 */
 		CAP_MIDR_RANGE(MIDR_CORTEX_A510, 0, 0, 1, 1)
 	},
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_3821522
+	{
+		/* Cortex-A725 r0p0 - r0p2 */
+		CAP_MIDR_RANGE(MIDR_CORTEX_A725, 0, 0, 0, 2)
+	},
 #endif
 	{}
 };
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c
index 64588554e7f76..fc5d3abd12905 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c
@@ -397,10 +397,11 @@ static void cpu_read_corecnt(void *val)
 static void cpu_read_constcnt(void *val)
 {
 	/*
-	 * Return 0 if the current CPU is affected by erratum 2457168. A value
-	 * of 0 is also returned if the current CPU does not support AMUs or if
-	 * the counter is disabled. A return value of 0 at counter read is
-	 * properly handled as an error case by the users of the counter.
+	 * Return 0 if the current CPU is affected by either erratum 2457168
+	 * or erratum 3821522. A value of 0 is also returned if the current
+	 * CPU does not support AMUs or if the counter is disabled. A return
+	 * value of 0 at counter read is properly handled as an error case
+	 * by the users of the counter.
 	 */
 	*(u64 *)val = this_cpu_has_cap(ARM64_WORKAROUND_BROKEN_AMU_CONSTCNT) ?
 		      0UL : read_constcnt();
-- 
2.43.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-29 15:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-29 15:42 [PATCH v3 0/2] arm64: errata: Share broken AMU constant-counter handling Beata Michalska
2026-09-29 15:42 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] arm64: errata: Factor out broken AMU const counter cap Beata Michalska
2026-09-30  9:21   ` Vladimir Murzin
2026-10-01  8:50     ` Beata Michalska
2026-09-29 15:42 ` Beata Michalska [this message]
2026-09-30  9:27   ` [PATCH v3 2/2] arm64: errata: Add Cortex-A725 erratum 3821522 workaround Vladimir Murzin
2026-10-01  8:51     ` Beata Michalska

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