[U-Boot] [PATCH v2] ARM1136: Fix cache_flush() error and correct cpu_init_crit() comments

George G. Davis gdavis at mvista.com
Fri May 28 17:12:19 CEST 2010


Ping,

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:41:13AM +0200, Dirk Behme wrote:
> On 11.05.2010 16:15, gdavis at mvista.com wrote:
> >From: George G. Davis<gdavis at mvista.com>
> >
> >The ARM1136 cache_flush() function uses the "mcr p15, 0, rn, c7, c7, 0"
> >instruction which means "Invalidate Both Caches" when in fact the intent
> >is to clean and invalidate all caches.  So add an "mcr p15, 0, %0, c7,
> >c10, 0" instruction to "Clean Entire Data Cache" prior to the "Invalidate
> >Both Caches" instruction to insure that memory is consistent with any
> >dirty cache lines.
> >
> >Also fix a couple of "flush v*" comments in ARM1136 cpu_init_crit() so
> >that they correctly describe the actual ARM1136 CP15 C7 Cache Operations
> >used.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: George G. Davis<gdavis at mvista.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Dirk Behme <dirk.behme at googlemail.com>

Is this OK now or does it need more work?  Perhaps I should CC the
u-boot/u-boot-arm.git fork maintainer?

TIA!

--
Regards,
George

> 
> Thanks
> 
> Dirk
> 
> >---
> >  arch/arm/cpu/arm1136/cpu.c   |    1 +
> >  arch/arm/cpu/arm1136/start.S |    4 ++--
> >  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> >diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm1136/cpu.c b/arch/arm/cpu/arm1136/cpu.c
> >index ade7f46..2b91631 100644
> >--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm1136/cpu.c
> >+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm1136/cpu.c
> >@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ static void cache_flush(void)
> >  {
> >  	unsigned long i = 0;
> >
> >+	asm ("mcr p15, 0, %0, c7, c10, 0": :"r" (i)); /* clean entire data cache */
> >  	asm ("mcr p15, 0, %0, c7, c7, 0": :"r" (i));  /* invalidate both caches and flush btb */
> >  	asm ("mcr p15, 0, %0, c7, c10, 4": :"r" (i)); /* mem barrier to sync things */
> >  }
> >diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm1136/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm1136/start.S
> >index 957f438..922d01c 100644
> >--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm1136/start.S
> >+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm1136/start.S
> >@@ -226,8 +226,8 @@ cpu_init_crit:
> >  	 * flush v4 I/D caches
> >  	 */
> >  	mov	r0, #0
> >-	mcr	p15, 0, r0, c7, c7, 0	/* flush v3/v4 cache */
> >-	mcr	p15, 0, r0, c8, c7, 0	/* flush v4 TLB */
> >+	mcr	p15, 0, r0, c7, c7, 0	/* Invalidate I+D+BTB caches */
> >+	mcr	p15, 0, r0, c8, c7, 0	/* Invalidate Unified TLB */
> >
> >  	/*
> >  	 * disable MMU stuff and caches


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