[U-Boot] [PATCH] api: bootelf: go: flush cache before starting

Emmanuel Vadot manu at bidouilliste.com
Mon Dec 4 18:33:45 UTC 2017


From: Warner Losh <imp at freebsd.org>

Some application might load some code at location that contain stale
cache entries. Before running a elf or raw binary, flush the caches
if they are enabled.

Reviewed-by: Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Vadot <manu at bidouilliste.com>
---
 api/api.c  | 5 +++++
 cmd/boot.c | 4 ++++
 cmd/elf.c  | 5 +++++
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/api/api.c b/api/api.c
index 7eee2fc083..853a3f7b0a 100644
--- a/api/api.c
+++ b/api/api.c
@@ -290,6 +290,11 @@ static int API_dev_close(va_list ap)
 	if (!err)
 		di->state = DEV_STA_CLOSED;
 
+	if (dcache_status())
+		flush_dcache_all();
+	if (icache_status())
+		invalidate_icache_all();
+
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/boot.c b/cmd/boot.c
index 72f2cf362d..b66ae67fcb 100644
--- a/cmd/boot.c
+++ b/cmd/boot.c
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ __attribute__((weak))
 unsigned long do_go_exec(ulong (*entry)(int, char * const []), int argc,
 				 char * const argv[])
 {
+	if (dcache_status())
+		flush_dcache_all();
+	if (icache_status())
+		invalidate_icache_all();
 	return entry (argc, argv);
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/elf.c b/cmd/elf.c
index 5745a389da..5126c0e57d 100644
--- a/cmd/elf.c
+++ b/cmd/elf.c
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ static unsigned long do_bootelf_exec(ulong (*entry)(int, char * const[]),
 {
 	unsigned long ret;
 
+	if (dcache_status())
+		flush_dcache_all();
+	if (icache_status())
+		invalidate_icache_all();
+
 	/*
 	 * pass address parameter as argv[0] (aka command name),
 	 * and all remaining args
-- 
2.15.0



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