[PATCH v2 5/8] ARM: Add a config option for the ARM11MPCore DMA cache maintenance workaround
Catalin Marinas
catalin.marinas at arm.com
Wed Jun 2 13:02:40 EDT 2010
Commit f4d6477f introduced a workaround for the lack of hardware
broadcasting of the cache maintenance operations on ARM11MPCore.
However, the workaround is only valid on CPUs that do not do speculative
loads into the D-cache.
This patch adds a Kconfig option with the corresponding help to make the
above clear. When the DMA_CACHE_RWFO option is disabled, the kernel
behaviour is that prior to the f4d6477f commit. This also allows ARMv6
UP processors with speculative loads to work correctly.
For other processors, a different workaround may be needed.
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
Cc: Ronen Shitrit <rshitrit at marvell.com>
---
arch/arm/mm/Kconfig | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
arch/arm/mm/cache-v6.S | 15 ++++++++++++---
2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
index 521f3cc..adfc663 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
@@ -735,6 +735,25 @@ config NEEDS_SYSCALL_FOR_CMPXCHG
Forget about fast user space cmpxchg support.
It is just not possible.
+config DMA_CACHE_RWFO
+ bool "Enable read/write for ownership DMA cache maintenance"
+ depends on CPU_V6 && SMP
+ default y
+ help
+ The Snoop Control Unit on ARM11MPCore does not detect the
+ cache maintenance operations and the dma_{map,unmap}_area()
+ functions may leave stale cache entries on other CPUs. By
+ enabling this option, Read or Write For Ownership in the ARMv6
+ DMA cache maintenance functions is performed. These LDR/STR
+ instructions change the cache line state to shared or modified
+ so that the cache operation has the desired effect.
+
+ Note that the workaround is only valid on processors that do
+ not perform speculative loads into the D-cache. For such
+ processors, if cache maintenance operations are not broadcast
+ in hardware, other workarounds are needed (e.g. cache
+ maintenance broadcasting in software via FIQ).
+
config OUTER_CACHE
bool
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/cache-v6.S b/arch/arm/mm/cache-v6.S
index 332b48c..86aa689 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/cache-v6.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/cache-v6.S
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ v6_dma_inv_range:
mcrne p15, 0, r1, c7, c15, 1 @ clean & invalidate unified line
#endif
1:
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+#ifdef CONFIG_DMA_CACHE_RWFO
ldr r2, [r0] @ read for ownership
str r2, [r0] @ write for ownership
#endif
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ v6_dma_inv_range:
v6_dma_clean_range:
bic r0, r0, #D_CACHE_LINE_SIZE - 1
1:
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+#ifdef CONFIG_DMA_CACHE_RWFO
ldr r2, [r0] @ read for ownership
#endif
#ifdef HARVARD_CACHE
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ v6_dma_clean_range:
ENTRY(v6_dma_flush_range)
bic r0, r0, #D_CACHE_LINE_SIZE - 1
1:
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+#ifdef CONFIG_DMA_CACHE_RWFO
ldr r2, [r0] @ read for ownership
str r2, [r0] @ write for ownership
#endif
@@ -284,9 +284,13 @@ ENTRY(v6_dma_map_area)
add r1, r1, r0
teq r2, #DMA_FROM_DEVICE
beq v6_dma_inv_range
+#ifndef CONFIG_DMA_CACHE_RWFO
+ b v6_dma_clean_range
+#else
teq r2, #DMA_TO_DEVICE
beq v6_dma_clean_range
b v6_dma_flush_range
+#endif
ENDPROC(v6_dma_map_area)
/*
@@ -296,6 +300,11 @@ ENDPROC(v6_dma_map_area)
* - dir - DMA direction
*/
ENTRY(v6_dma_unmap_area)
+#ifndef CONFIG_DMA_CACHE_RWFO
+ add r1, r1, r0
+ teq r2, #DMA_TO_DEVICE
+ bne v6_dma_inv_range
+#endif
mov pc, lr
ENDPROC(v6_dma_unmap_area)
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