[PATCH 4/4] msm: scm: Get cacheline size from CTR
Thomas Gleixner
tglx at linutronix.de
Thu Feb 24 14:56:45 EST 2011
On Thu, 24 Feb 2011, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> On 02/24/2011 11:01 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > On Thu, 24 Feb 2011, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> /**
> >> * scm_call() - Send an SCM command
> >> * @svc_id: service identifier
> >> @@ -243,11 +248,13 @@ int scm_call(u32 svc_id, u32 cmd_id, const void *cmd_buf, size_t cmd_len,
> >> do {
> >> u32 start = (u32)rsp;
> >> u32 end = (u32)scm_get_response_buffer(rsp) + resp_len;
> >> - start &= ~(CACHELINESIZE - 1);
> >> + u32 cacheline_size = dcache_line_size();
> >
> > And why do you want to do that on every scm_call() invocation and on
> > every loop of that code? If your dcache_line_size() changes at
> > runtime, then you might have other problems.
>
> I definitely don't want to do it for every loop. I'm fine with getting
> it every scm_call() invocation though.
>
> For now, I'll pull the end and cacheline_size variables out of the
> do-while loop.
Why not do it correct right away and retrieve it in an __init
function?
Thanks,
tglx
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