[PATCH V3] iommu/arm-smmu-v2: ThunderX mis-extends 64bit registers
Will Deacon
will.deacon at arm.com
Tue Aug 18 05:44:48 PDT 2015
Hi Tirumalesh,
On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 12:13:55AM +0100, tchalamarla at caviumnetworks.com wrote:
> From: Tirumalesh Chalamarla <tchalamarla at caviumnetworks.com>
>
> The SMMU architecture defines two different behaviors when 64-bit
> registers are written with 32-bit writes. The first behavior causes
> zero extension into the upper 32-bits. The second behavior splits a
> 64-bit register into "normal" 32-bit register pairs.
>
> On some buggy implementations, registers incorrectly zero extended
> when they should instead behave as normal 32-bit register pairs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tirumalesh Chalamarla <tchalamarla at caviumnetworks.com>
>
> Changes from V2:
> - removed unused definitions
>
> Changes from V1:
> - Introduced smmu_writeq
> ---
> drivers/iommu/arm-smmu.c | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
> 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
I'm happy with this, but it doesn't apply against mainline or my tree.
Please can you rebase it onto something more recent, preferably my
iommu/devel branch?
Thanks,
Will
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