[U-Boot] [PATCH v3] arm: cache: always flush cache line size for page table

Stefan Agner stefan at agner.ch
Sun Aug 7 19:34:00 CEST 2016


On 2016-08-07 10:29, Andreas Färber wrote:
> Am 07.08.2016 um 19:17 schrieb Stefan Agner:
>> From: Stefan Agner <stefan.agner at toradex.com>
>>
>> The page table is maintained by the CPU, hence it is safe to always
>> align cache flush to a whole cache line size. This allows to use
>> mmu_page_table_flush for a single page table, e.g. when configure
>> only small regions through mmu_set_region_dcache_behaviour.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Agner <stefan.agner at toradex.com>
>> Tested-by: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam at nxp.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
>> ---
>> Changes since v2:
>> - Fixed spelling misstake
>> Changes since v1:
>> - Move cache line alignment from mmu_page_table_flush to
>>   mmu_set_region_dcache_behaviour
>>
>>  arch/arm/lib/cache-cp15.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
>>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/cache-cp15.c b/arch/arm/lib/cache-cp15.c
>> index 1121dc3..bf79edd 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/lib/cache-cp15.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm/lib/cache-cp15.c
>> @@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ void mmu_set_region_dcache_behaviour(phys_addr_t start, size_t size,
>>  				     enum dcache_option option)
>>  {
>>  	u32 *page_table = (u32 *)gd->arch.tlb_addr;
>> +	phys_addr_t startpt, stoppt;
>>  	unsigned long upto, end;
>>
>>  	end = ALIGN(start + size, MMU_SECTION_SIZE) >> MMU_SECTION_SHIFT;
>> @@ -70,7 +71,17 @@ void mmu_set_region_dcache_behaviour(phys_addr_t start, size_t 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]);
>> +
>> +	/*
>> +	 * Make sure range is cache line aligned
>> +	 * Only CPU maintains page tables, hence it is save to always
> 
> "safe"
> 

Ugh, I thought I just fixed that spelling misstake. I think I need
another coffee.

--
Stefan

>> +	 * flush complete cache lines...
>> +	 */
>> +	startpt = (phys_addr_t)&page_table[start];
>> +	startpt &= ~(CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE - 1);
>> +	stoppt = (phys_addr_t)&page_table[end];
>> +	stoppt = ALIGN(stoppt, CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE);
>> +	mmu_page_table_flush(startpt, stoppt);
>>  }
>>
>>  __weak void dram_bank_mmu_setup(int bank)
> 
> Regards,
> Andreas


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