[PATCH v3 1/5] arm64: Provide dcache_by_myline_op_nosync helper
Barry Song
21cnbao at gmail.com
Sat Feb 28 14:12:16 PST 2026
From: Barry Song <baohua at kernel.org>
dcache_by_myline_op ensures completion of the data cache operations for a
region, while dcache_by_myline_op_nosync only issues them without waiting.
This enables deferred synchronization so completion for multiple regions
can be handled together later.
Cc: Leon Romanovsky <leon at kernel.org>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>
Cc: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski at samsung.com>
Cc: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy at arm.com>
Cc: Ada Couprie Diaz <ada.coupriediaz at arm.com>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb at kernel.org>
Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>
Cc: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual at arm.com>
Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts at arm.com>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb at google.com>
Cc: Tangquan Zheng <zhengtangquan at oppo.com>
Tested-by: Xueyuan Chen <xueyuan.chen21 at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Barry Song <baohua at kernel.org>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h | 25 +++++++++++++++++++------
arch/arm64/kernel/relocate_kernel.S | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h
index d3d46e5f7188..cdbaad41bddb 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h
@@ -371,14 +371,13 @@ alternative_endif
* [start, end) with dcache line size explicitly provided.
*
* op: operation passed to dc instruction
- * domain: domain used in dsb instruction
* start: starting virtual address of the region
* end: end virtual address of the region
* linesz: dcache line size
* fixup: optional label to branch to on user fault
* Corrupts: start, end, tmp
*/
- .macro dcache_by_myline_op op, domain, start, end, linesz, tmp, fixup
+ .macro dcache_by_myline_op_nosync op, start, end, linesz, tmp, fixup
sub \tmp, \linesz, #1
bic \start, \start, \tmp
alternative_if ARM64_WORKAROUND_4311569
@@ -412,14 +411,28 @@ alternative_if ARM64_WORKAROUND_4311569
cbnz \start, .Ldcache_op\@
.endif
alternative_else_nop_endif
- dsb \domain
_cond_uaccess_extable .Ldcache_op\@, \fixup
.endm
/*
* Macro to perform a data cache maintenance for the interval
- * [start, end)
+ * [start, end) without waiting for completion
+ *
+ * op: operation passed to dc instruction
+ * start: starting virtual address of the region
+ * end: end virtual address of the region
+ * fixup: optional label to branch to on user fault
+ * Corrupts: start, end, tmp1, tmp2
+ */
+ .macro dcache_by_line_op_nosync op, start, end, tmp1, tmp2, fixup
+ dcache_line_size \tmp1, \tmp2
+ dcache_by_myline_op_nosync \op, \start, \end, \tmp1, \tmp2, \fixup
+ .endm
+
+/*
+ * Macro to perform a data cache maintenance for the interval
+ * [start, end) and wait for completion
*
* op: operation passed to dc instruction
* domain: domain used in dsb instruction
@@ -429,8 +442,8 @@ alternative_else_nop_endif
* Corrupts: start, end, tmp1, tmp2
*/
.macro dcache_by_line_op op, domain, start, end, tmp1, tmp2, fixup
- dcache_line_size \tmp1, \tmp2
- dcache_by_myline_op \op, \domain, \start, \end, \tmp1, \tmp2, \fixup
+ dcache_by_line_op_nosync \op, \start, \end, \tmp1, \tmp2, \fixup
+ dsb \domain
.endm
/*
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/relocate_kernel.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/relocate_kernel.S
index 413f899e4ac6..6cb4209f5dab 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/relocate_kernel.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/relocate_kernel.S
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ SYM_CODE_START(arm64_relocate_new_kernel)
mov x19, x13
copy_page x13, x12, x1, x2, x3, x4, x5, x6, x7, x8
add x1, x19, #PAGE_SIZE
- dcache_by_myline_op civac, sy, x19, x1, x15, x20
+ dcache_by_myline_op_nosync civac, x19, x1, x15, x20
+ dsb sy
b .Lnext
.Ltest_indirection:
tbz x16, IND_INDIRECTION_BIT, .Ltest_destination
--
2.39.3 (Apple Git-146)
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