[PATCH v2 1/2] IOMMU: arm-smmu-v3: Fix broken STE.VALID check in Broadcom Vulcan

Prem (Premachandra) Mallappa prem.mallappa at broadcom.com
Fri Dec 18 20:47:30 PST 2015


Hi Will, 

> 
> Is this workaround only needed for bypass STEs? If not, we have a problem
> when we install a stage-1 entry, because we'll clear the EATS bits as it stands.
>

Yes, this _was_ needed only in Bypass STEs, AFAIK.
However, the h/w fixes that were committed recently has this worked out. 
I have tested and confirmed this patch is no longer necessary. We'll drop this series as STE.VALID is not broken anymore :).

Cheers,
/Prem



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