[PATCH] ARM: errata: pl310 cache sync operation may be faulty

Srinidhi KASAGAR srinidhi.kasagar at stericsson.com
Wed Feb 16 01:03:55 EST 2011


On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 12:34:22 +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 04:48:03PM +0530, srinidhi kasagar wrote:
> > +#ifdef ARM_ERRATA_753970
> > +#define L2X0_DUMMY_REG  0x740
> > +	/* write to an unmmapped register */
> > +	writel_relaxed(0, base + L2X0_DUMMY_REG);
> > +	cache_wait(base + L2X0_CACHE_SYNC, 1);
> > +#else
> >  	writel_relaxed(0, base + L2X0_CACHE_SYNC);
> >  	cache_wait(base + L2X0_CACHE_SYNC, 1);
> > +#endif
> 
> So why wrap cache_wait() up in that horrible ifdef as well - and why not
> put the dummy register definition along side the other register definitions?

updated patch below




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