[PATCH 3/6] ARM: prefetch: add support for prefetchw using pldw on SMP ARMv7+ CPUs

Will Deacon will.deacon at arm.com
Tue Jul 23 07:36:26 EDT 2013


SMP ARMv7 CPUs implement the pldw instruction, which allows them to
prefetch data cachelines in an exclusive state.

This patch defines the prefetchw macro using pldw for CPUs that support
it.

Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
---
 arch/arm/include/asm/processor.h | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/processor.h
index cbdb130..d571697 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -116,12 +116,19 @@ static inline void prefetch(const void *ptr)
 		:: "p" (ptr));
 }
 
+#if __LINUX_ARM_ARCH__ >= 7 && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
 #define ARCH_HAS_PREFETCHW
-#define prefetchw(ptr)	prefetch(ptr)
-
-#define ARCH_HAS_SPINLOCK_PREFETCH
-#define spin_lock_prefetch(x) do { } while (0)
-
+static inline void prefetchw(const void *ptr)
+{
+	__asm__ __volatile__(
+		".arch_extension	mp\n"
+	__ALT_SMP_ASM(
+		WASM(pldw)		"\t%a0",
+		WASM(pld)		"\t%a0"
+	)
+		:: "p" (ptr));
+}
+#endif
 #endif
 
 #define HAVE_ARCH_PICK_MMAP_LAYOUT
-- 
1.8.2.2




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