[PATCH 1/9] arm64: barrier: Add CSDB macros to control data-value prediction

Will Deacon will.deacon at arm.com
Mon Feb 5 07:34:16 PST 2018


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>
---
 arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h | 7 +++++++
 arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h   | 1 +
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h
index 794fe8122602..709adde9e80f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h
@@ -116,6 +116,13 @@
 	.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 77651c49ef44..c0a846d2c602 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #define dsb(opt)	asm volatile("dsb " #opt : : : "memory")
 
 #define psb_csync()	asm volatile("hint #17" : : : "memory")
+#define csdb()		asm volatile("hint #20" : : : "memory")
 
 #define mb()		dsb(sy)
 #define rmb()		dsb(ld)
-- 
2.1.4




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