[PATCHv3 4/5] arm64: Emulate CP15 Barrier instructions

[Catalin Marinas]

On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 06:40:06PM +0000, Punit Agrawal wrote:
> +static int cp15barrier_handler(struct pt_regs *regs, u32 instr)
> +{
> +	perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_EMULATION_FAULTS, 1, regs, regs->pc);
> +
> +	switch (arm_check_condition(instr, regs->pstate)) {
> +	case ARM_OPCODE_CONDTEST_PASS:
> +		break;
> +	case ARM_OPCODE_CONDTEST_FAIL:
> +		/* Condition failed - return to next instruction */
> +		goto ret;
> +	case ARM_OPCODE_CONDTEST_UNCOND:
> +		/* If unconditional encoding - not a barrier instruction */
> +		return -EFAULT;
> +	default:
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
> +	switch (aarch32_insn_mcr_extract_crm(instr)) {
> +	case 10:
> +		/*
> +		 * dmb - mcr p15, 0, Rt, c7, c10, 5
> +		 * dsb - mcr p15, 0, Rt, c7, c10, 4
> +		 */
> +		if (aarch32_insn_mcr_extract_opc2(instr) == 5)
> +			dmb(sy);
> +		else
> +			dsb(sy);
> +		break;
> +	case 5:
> +		/*
> +		 * isb - mcr p15, 0, Rt, c7, c5, 4
> +		 */
> +		isb();
> +		break;
> +	}

IIRC we concluded that an isb() isn't needed here as taking an exception
or returning from one would act as an instruction barrier.

-- 
Catalin