[RFC PATCH 0/2] arm64: add SMCCC cache invalidation backend for memregion users
Srirangan Madhavan
smadhavan at nvidia.com
Thu May 21 00:30:45 PDT 2026
This series adds an arm64 backend for memregion cache invalidation users
based on the Arm SMCCC cache clean+invalidate interface.
Per DEN0028, this interface targets systems where a Normal Cacheable
memory region can be modified in ways that are not handled by usual PE
coherency mechanisms, and where VA-based CMOs may be too slow or
insufficient for large ranges and/or system-cache implementations.
Representative use cases include device-backed memory state transitions
where stale CPU/system cache lines must be invalidated reliably (for
example secure erase, reset/offline flows, and dynamic memory
reconfiguration).
Patch 1 introduces the Arm SMCCC cache clean/invalidate function IDs and
transient return codes needed by callers [1].
Patch 2 adds an arm64 cache maintenance provider that:
- discovers SMCCC support and attributes at init time
- registers with the generic cache coherency framework used by
cpu_cache_invalidate_memregion()
- handles transient BUSY/RATE_LIMITED responses with bounded retries
- coalesces waiters when firmware reports a global operation type
This patch set does not add a software fallback path; when firmware does
not implement the SMCCC cache maintenance interface, the provider is not
registered and existing behavior is preserved.
Reference:
[1] https://developer.arm.com/documentation/den0028/latest
Srirangan Madhavan (2):
arm64: smccc: add cache clean/invalidate IDs and return codes
arm64: mm: add SMCCC-backed cache invalidate provider
MAINTAINERS | 1 +
arch/arm64/mm/Makefile | 1 +
arch/arm64/mm/cache_maint.c | 180 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/arm-smccc.h | 17 ++-
tools/include/linux/arm-smccc.h | 17 ++-
5 files changed, 212 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 arch/arm64/mm/cache_maint.c
base-commit: 3b3bea6d4b9c162f9e555905d96b8c1da67ecd5b
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