[PATCH] efi-entry.S: add dsb and isb
Joel Schopp
joel.schopp at amd.com
Mon Nov 10 22:32:04 PST 2014
Add a dsb and isb after the instruction flush before the data cache and
mm offing. Without this patch I am seeing synchronous exceptions occur
every few boots.
Signed-off-by: Joel Schopp <joel.schopp at amd.com>
Tested-by: Tom Lendacky <Thomas.Lendacky at amd.com>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/efi-entry.S | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/efi-entry.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/efi-entry.S
index 619b1dd..7d95eda 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/efi-entry.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/efi-entry.S
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ ENTRY(efi_stub_entry)
bl __flush_dcache_area
ic ialluis
+ /* We need to sync again after the instruction cache sync
+ * and before turning off the dcache and mmu
+ */
+ dsb sy
+ isb
+
/* Turn off Dcache and MMU */
mrs x0, CurrentEL
cmp x0, #CurrentEL_EL2
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