[PATCH 1/6] arm64: barriers: allow dsb macro to take option parameter

Catalin Marinas catalin.marinas at arm.com
Thu Feb 6 06:39:44 EST 2014


On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 11:30:48AM +0000, Will Deacon wrote:
> The dsb instruction takes an option specifying both the target access
> types and shareability domain.
> 
> This patch allows such an option to be passed to the dsb macro,
> resulting in potentially more efficient code. Currently the option is
> ignored until all callers are updated (unlike ARM, the option is
> mandated by the assembler).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
> ---
> 
> Catalin -- I'd like to get this simple change in for 3.14, since it's a
>            blocker for actually implementing the barrier options (we
> 	   need to move all of the callers over before making the switch).

OK, no problem. Applied.

-- 
Catalin



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