[PATCH 5/5] ARM: KVM: issue a DSB after cache maintainance operations
Will Deacon
will.deacon at arm.com
Thu Jun 20 06:46:10 EDT 2013
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 02:20:06PM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> When performing the Set/Way cache maintainance operations, it is
> important to make sure the operation completes by issueing a DSB.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>
> ---
> arch/arm/kvm/coproc.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/coproc.c b/arch/arm/kvm/coproc.c
> index 4a51990..9e6bef4 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kvm/coproc.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/kvm/coproc.c
> @@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ static bool access_dcsw(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> break;
> }
>
> + dsb();
Worth noting that this can become -ishst once my barriers branch goes
upstream (aiming for 3.12).
Will
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