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-rw-r--r--lib/cpus/aarch64/cortex_a57.S12
-rw-r--r--lib/cpus/cpu-ops.mk9
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/cpus/aarch64/cortex_a57.S b/lib/cpus/aarch64/cortex_a57.S
index dd03c0f02..3fee4704e 100644
--- a/lib/cpus/aarch64/cortex_a57.S
+++ b/lib/cpus/aarch64/cortex_a57.S
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
/*
* Copyright (c) 2014-2019, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2020, NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved.
*
* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
*/
@@ -469,6 +470,17 @@ func cortex_a57_reset_func
dsb sy
#endif
+#if A57_ENABLE_NONCACHEABLE_LOAD_FWD
+ /* ---------------------------------------------
+ * Enable higher performance non-cacheable load
+ * forwarding
+ * ---------------------------------------------
+ */
+ mrs x0, CORTEX_A57_CPUACTLR_EL1
+ orr x0, x0, #CORTEX_A57_CPUACTLR_EL1_EN_NC_LOAD_FWD
+ msr CORTEX_A57_CPUACTLR_EL1, x0
+#endif
+
/* ---------------------------------------------
* Enable the SMP bit.
* ---------------------------------------------
diff --git a/lib/cpus/cpu-ops.mk b/lib/cpus/cpu-ops.mk
index e3bfc2f2e..3c0c9cd13 100644
--- a/lib/cpus/cpu-ops.mk
+++ b/lib/cpus/cpu-ops.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
#
# Copyright (c) 2014-2020, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2020, NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved.
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
#
@@ -16,6 +17,10 @@ A53_DISABLE_NON_TEMPORAL_HINT ?=1
# It is enabled by default.
A57_DISABLE_NON_TEMPORAL_HINT ?=1
+# Flag to enable higher performance non-cacheable load forwarding.
+# It is disabled by default.
+A57_ENABLE_NONCACHEABLE_LOAD_FWD ?= 0
+
WORKAROUND_CVE_2017_5715 ?=1
WORKAROUND_CVE_2018_3639 ?=1
DYNAMIC_WORKAROUND_CVE_2018_3639 ?=0
@@ -24,6 +29,10 @@ DYNAMIC_WORKAROUND_CVE_2018_3639 ?=0
# By default internal
NEOVERSE_N1_EXTERNAL_LLC ?=0
+# Process A57_ENABLE_NONCACHEABLE_LOAD_FWD flag
+$(eval $(call assert_boolean,A57_ENABLE_NONCACHEABLE_LOAD_FWD))
+$(eval $(call add_define,A57_ENABLE_NONCACHEABLE_LOAD_FWD))
+
# Process SKIP_A57_L1_FLUSH_PWR_DWN flag
$(eval $(call assert_boolean,SKIP_A57_L1_FLUSH_PWR_DWN))
$(eval $(call add_define,SKIP_A57_L1_FLUSH_PWR_DWN))