[PATCH 2/3] ARM: convert platform hotplug inline assembly to C

[Nicolas Pitre]

On Thu, 17 Jan 2013, Rob Herring wrote:

> On 01/16/2013 10:40 PM, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> > On Wed, 16 Jan 2013, Rob Herring wrote:
> > 
> >> From: Rob Herring <rob.herring at calxeda.com>
> >>
> >> With the addition of set_auxcr/get_auxcr, all the hotplug inline assembly
> >> code for exynos, imx, realview, spear13xx and vexpress can be converted to
> >> C code.
> > 
> > That might not be all safe.  Please see
> > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ports.arm.kernel/209584
> 
> Other than the OR/AND operations, it's all just inline assembly
> functions that are called, so it gets compiled to the same code. Perhaps
> I should put noinline on the functions so they stay of limited
> complexity. If you don't think doing this in C is okay, then there is
> probably no point in having the set_auxcr/get_auxcr functions.

I think set_auxcr/get_auxcr is fine.

But your patch goes beyond simply converting those.  You also converted 
the cache flush and disable from assembly to C, which on a Cortex A9 
might be unsafe if the stack is modified in the sequence according to 
the discussion I referenced.


Nicolas