[U-Boot] [PATCH 2/4] cache_v7: Check for dcache enablement in dcache flush functions

Tom Rini trini at ti.com
Fri Jun 15 00:11:09 CEST 2012


On 06/14/2012 03:00 PM, Marek Vasut wrote:
> Dear Tom Rini,
> 
>> If we are built with D-CACHE enabled but have run 'dcache off' and then
>> attempt to flush unaligned regions we spam the console with problems
>> that aren't true (as the cache was off).
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tom Rini <trini at ti.com>
>> ---
>>  arch/arm/cpu/armv7/cache_v7.c |   11 +++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/cache_v7.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/cache_v7.c
>> index 1b4e808..1c0f5b0 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/cache_v7.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/cache_v7.c
>> @@ -250,6 +250,9 @@ static void v7_inval_tlb(void)
>>
>>  void invalidate_dcache_all(void)
>>  {
>> +	if (!dcache_status())
>> +		return;
> 
> Will this get optimized out of the dcache is disabled altogether in uboot 
> config?

That's another side of #ifs and that has empty functions.

> btw this is 20% cooler in 10 seconds flat!
> https://plus.google.com/102150693225130002912/posts/9gntjh57dXt

Ha.

-- 
Tom


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