[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 01:17:40 CEST 2012


Dear Tom Rini,

> 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.

Ok, that's good :-)

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

Best regards,
Marek Vasut


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