[PATCH v7] arm64: Add support for new control bits CTR_EL0.DIC and CTR_EL0.IDC

Will Deacon will.deacon at arm.com
Fri Mar 9 05:47:59 PST 2018


On Fri, Mar 09, 2018 at 01:44:40PM +0000, Mark Rutland wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 09:00:08AM -0600, Shanker Donthineni wrote:
> >  static inline void __flush_icache_all(void)
> >  {
> > -	asm("ic	ialluis");
> > -	dsb(ish);
> > +	/* Instruction cache invalidation is not required for I/D coherence? */
> > +	if (!cpus_have_const_cap(ARM64_HAS_CACHE_DIC)) {
> > +		asm("ic	ialluis");
> > +		dsb(ish);
> > +	}
> >  }
> 
> I don't think we need the comment here. We don't have this in the other
> cases we look at the ARM64_HAS_CACHE_{IDC,DIC} caps.
> 
> This would also be slightly nicer as an early return:
> 
> static inline void __flush_icache_all(void)
> {
> 	if (cpus_have_const_cap(ARM64_HAS_CACHE_DIC))
> 		return;
> 	
> 	asm("ic ialluis");
> 	dsb(ish);
> }
> 
> ... which minimizes indentation, and the diffstat.
> 
> The rest looks fine to me, so with the above changes:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>

I've already queued this, but not pushed out yet so I'll fold these changes
in.

Will



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