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

Marek Vasut marek.vasut at gmail.com
Fri Jun 15 00:00:41 CEST 2012


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?

btw this is 20% cooler in 10 seconds flat!
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> +
>  	v7_maint_dcache_all(ARMV7_DCACHE_INVAL_ALL);
> 
>  	v7_outer_cache_inval_all();

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Best regards,
Marek Vasut


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