[PATCH 03/45] arm64: barrier: Add CSDB macros to control data-value prediction
Alex Shi
alex.shi at linaro.org
Thu Mar 1 04:53:40 PST 2018
From: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
commit 669474e772b9 upstream.
For CPUs capable of data value prediction, CSDB waits for any outstanding
predictions to architecturally resolve before allowing speculative execution
to continue. Provide macros to expose it to the arch code.
Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi at linaro.org>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h | 7 +++++++
arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h
index 851290d..8760300 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h
@@ -87,6 +87,13 @@
.endm
/*
+ * Value prediction barrier
+ */
+ .macro csdb
+ hint #20
+ .endm
+
+/*
* NOP sequence
*/
.macro nops, num
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h
index 0fe7e43..c68fdc5 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
#define dmb(opt) asm volatile("dmb " #opt : : : "memory")
#define dsb(opt) asm volatile("dsb " #opt : : : "memory")
+#define csdb() asm volatile("hint #20" : : : "memory")
+
#define mb() dsb(sy)
#define rmb() dsb(ld)
#define wmb() dsb(st)
--
2.7.4
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