[PATCH v2 4/4] arm64: document the cache policy behavior

[Alex Van Brunt]

Add a comment that clairfies how the kernel should behave given the cache
policy reported by the CPU.

Signed-off-by: Alex Van Brunt <avanbrunt at nvidia.com>
Cc: <stable at vger.kernel.org>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c
index ae04ac1..bf7e5e2 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c
@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@ static void cpuinfo_detect_icache_policy(struct cpuinfo_arm64 *info)
 	unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 	u32 l1ip = CTR_L1IP(info->reg_ctr);
 
+	/*
+	 * The ARM architecture defines PIPT, VIPT and AIVIVT in terms of the
+	 * the observable behavior not how the CPU implements the policy.
+	 * Specifically, the policies differentiate the correct way to
+	 * invalidate the cache. The definitions say that the only
+	 * architecturally guaranteed way to invalidate a VIPT or AIVIVT
+	 * instruction cache is to invalidate the entire instruction cache.
+	 */
 	if (l1ip != ICACHE_POLICY_PIPT)
 		set_bit(ICACHEF_ALIASING, &__icache_flags);
 	if (l1ip == ICACHE_POLICY_AIVIVT)
-- 
2.1.4