[U-Boot] [PATCH v3 11/18] arm: Add control over cachability of memory regions
Albert ARIBAUD
albert.u.boot at aribaud.net
Thu Jul 12 20:12:41 CEST 2012
Hi Simon,
On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 08:25:11 -0700, Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:
> Add support for adjusting the cachability of an L1 section by updating
> the MMU. The mmu_set_region_dcache() function allows drivers to make
> these changes after the MMU is set up.
>
> It is implemented only for ARMv7 at present.
>
> This is needed for LCD support, where we want to make the LCD frame buffer
> write-through (or off) rather than write-back.
>
> Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> ---
>
> arch/arm/cpu/armv7/cache_v7.c | 11 +++++++
> arch/arm/include/asm/system.h | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++
> arch/arm/lib/cache-cp15.c | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> 3 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/cache_v7.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/cache_v7.c
> index 1b4e808..5f6d039 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/cache_v7.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/cache_v7.c
> @@ -297,6 +297,12 @@ void arm_init_before_mmu(void)
> v7_inval_tlb();
> }
>
> +void mmu_page_table_flush(unsigned long start, unsigned long stop)
> +{
> + flush_dcache_range(start, stop);
> + v7_inval_tlb();
> +}
> +
> /*
> * Flush range from all levels of d-cache/unified-cache used:
> * Affects the range [start, start + size - 1]
> @@ -329,6 +335,11 @@ void arm_init_before_mmu(void)
> void flush_cache(unsigned long start, unsigned long size)
> {
> }
> +
> +void mmu_page_table_flush(unsigned long start, unsigned long stop)
> +{
> +}
> +
> #endif /* #ifndef CONFIG_SYS_DCACHE_OFF */
>
> #ifndef CONFIG_SYS_ICACHE_OFF
> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/system.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/system.h
> index 2b28a26..f52a4fc 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/system.h
> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/system.h
> @@ -75,6 +75,36 @@ static inline void set_cr(unsigned int val)
> isb();
> }
>
> +/* options available for data cache on each page */
> +enum dcache_option {
> + DCACHE_OFF,
> + DCACHE_WRITETHROUGH,
> + DCACHE_WRITEBACK,
> +};
> +
> +/* Size of an MMU section */
> +enum {
> + MMU_SECTION_SHIFT = 20,
> + MMU_SECTION_SIZE = 1 << MMU_SECTION_SHIFT,
> +};
> +
> +/**
> + * Change the cache settings for a region.
> + *
> + * \param start start address of memory region to change
> + * \param size size of memory region to change
> + * \param option dcache option to select
> + */
> +void mmu_set_region_dcache(u32 start, int size, enum dcache_option option);
> +
> +/**
> + * Register an update to the page tables, and flush the TLB
> + *
> + * \param start start address of update in page table
> + * \param stop stop address of update in page table
> + */
> +void mmu_page_table_flush(unsigned long start, unsigned long stop);
> +
> #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
>
> #define arch_align_stack(x) (x)
> diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/cache-cp15.c b/arch/arm/lib/cache-cp15.c
> index 939de10..52a1fc6 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/lib/cache-cp15.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/lib/cache-cp15.c
> @@ -26,12 +26,6 @@
>
> #if !(defined(CONFIG_SYS_ICACHE_OFF) && defined(CONFIG_SYS_DCACHE_OFF))
>
> -#if defined(CONFIG_SYS_ARM_CACHE_WRITETHROUGH)
> -#define CACHE_SETUP 0x1a
> -#else
> -#define CACHE_SETUP 0x1e
> -#endif
> -
> DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
>
> void __arm_init_before_mmu(void)
> @@ -50,9 +44,52 @@ static void cp_delay (void)
> asm volatile("" : : : "memory");
> }
>
> -static inline void dram_bank_mmu_setup(int bank)
> +void set_section_dcache(int section, enum dcache_option option)
> {
> + u32 value = section << MMU_SECTION_SHIFT | (3 << 10);
> u32 *page_table = (u32 *)gd->tlb_addr;
> +
> + switch (option) {
> + case DCACHE_WRITETHROUGH:
> + value |= 0x1a;
> + break;
> +
> + case DCACHE_WRITEBACK:
> + value |= 0x1e;
> + break;
> +
> + case DCACHE_OFF:
> + value |= 0x12;
> + break;
> + }
what's the benefit of introducing an arbitrary enum rather than
defining DCACHE_WRITETHROUGH, DCACHE_WRITEBACK and DCACHE_OFF equal
respecitvely to 0x1a, 0x1e and 0x12? All it does is force this
switch case instead of a simple 'value |= option;' statement.
> + page_table[section] = value;
> +}
> +
> +void __mmu_page_table_flush(unsigned long start, unsigned long stop)
> +{
> + debug("%s: Warning: not implemented\n", __func__);
> +}
> +
> +void mmu_page_table_flush(unsigned long start, unsigned long stop)
> + __attribute__((weak, alias("__mmu_page_table_flush")));
> +
> +void mmu_set_region_dcache(u32 start, int size, enum dcache_option option)
> +{
> + u32 *page_table = (u32 *)gd->tlb_addr;
> + u32 upto, end;
> +
> + end = ALIGN(start + size, MMU_SECTION_SIZE) >> MMU_SECTION_SHIFT;
> + start = start >> MMU_SECTION_SHIFT;
> + debug("mmu_set_region_dcache start=%x, size=%x, option=%d\n",
> + start, size, option);
> + for (upto = start; upto < end; upto++)
> + set_section_dcache(upto, option);
> + mmu_page_table_flush((u32)&page_table[start], (u32)&page_table[end]);
> +}
> +
> +static inline void dram_bank_mmu_setup(int bank)
> +{
> bd_t *bd = gd->bd;
> int i;
>
> @@ -60,21 +97,24 @@ static inline void dram_bank_mmu_setup(int bank)
> for (i = bd->bi_dram[bank].start >> 20;
> i < (bd->bi_dram[bank].start + bd->bi_dram[bank].size) >> 20;
> i++) {
> - page_table[i] = i << 20 | (3 << 10) | CACHE_SETUP;
> +#if defined(CONFIG_SYS_ARM_CACHE_WRITETHROUGH)
> + set_section_dcache(i, DCACHE_WRITETHROUGH);
> +#else
> + set_section_dcache(i, DCACHE_WRITEBACK);
> +#endif
> }
> }
>
> /* to activate the MMU we need to set up virtual memory: use 1M areas */
> static inline void mmu_setup(void)
> {
> - u32 *page_table = (u32 *)gd->tlb_addr;
> int i;
> u32 reg;
>
> arm_init_before_mmu();
> /* Set up an identity-mapping for all 4GB, rw for everyone */
> for (i = 0; i < 4096; i++)
> - page_table[i] = i << 20 | (3 << 10) | 0x12;
> + set_section_dcache(i, DCACHE_OFF);
>
> for (i = 0; i < CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS; i++) {
> dram_bank_mmu_setup(i);
> @@ -82,7 +122,7 @@ static inline void mmu_setup(void)
>
> /* Copy the page table address to cp15 */
> asm volatile("mcr p15, 0, %0, c2, c0, 0"
> - : : "r" (page_table) : "memory");
> + : : "r" (gd->tlb_addr) : "memory");
> /* Set the access control to all-supervisor */
> asm volatile("mcr p15, 0, %0, c3, c0, 0"
> : : "r" (~0));
Amicalement,
--
Albert.
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