[PATCH 2/3] arm: implement invalidate_icache_all on ARM11

Tom Rini trini at konsulko.com
Wed Jun 19 17:24:49 CEST 2024


On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 02:56:24PM +0200, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> On 19.06.24 14:22, Ilias Apalodimas wrote:
> > Hi Heinrich,
> > 
> > On Sun, 16 Jun 2024 at 20:31, Heinrich Schuchardt
> > <heinrich.schuchardt at canonical.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > In EFI sub-system we rely on invalidate_icache_all() to invalidate the
> > > instruction cache after loading binaries. Add the missing implementation on
> > > ARM1136, ARM1176.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt at canonical.com>
> > > ---
> > >   arch/arm/cpu/arm11/cpu.c | 12 ++++++++++++
> > >   1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm11/cpu.c b/arch/arm/cpu/arm11/cpu.c
> > > index 01d2e1a125d..4bf0446b543 100644
> > > --- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm11/cpu.c
> > > +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm11/cpu.c
> > > @@ -116,3 +116,15 @@ void enable_caches(void)
> > >   #endif
> > >   }
> > >   #endif
> > > +
> > > +#if !CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(SYS_ICACHE_OFF)
> > > +/* Invalidate entire I-cache */
> > > +void invalidate_icache_all(void)
> > > +{
> > > +       unsigned long i = 0;
> > > +
> > > +       asm ("mcr p15, 0, %0, c7, c5, 0" : : "r" (i));
> > 
> > This looks correct, but can't we define it as
> > __asm__("mcr p15, 0, %0, c7, c5, 0" : : "r" (0)); ?
> 
> Both compile to the same code. So we should simplify the expression.
> 
> arch/arm/cpu/armv7/cache_v7.c and other modules always uses asm and not
> __asm__.
> 
> @Tom:
> Can we specify what is preferred in doc/develop/codingstyle.rst?
> 
> https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Alternate-Keywords.html gives some
> background.

Sure.

-- 
Tom
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