ARM: 8009/1: dcscb.c: remove call to outer_flush_all()
Strictly speaking this call is a no-op on the platform where dcscb.c is used since it only has architected caches. The call was there as a hint to people inspired by this code when writing their own backend, but the hint might not always be correct. For example, if a PL310 were to be used it wouldn't be safe to call the regular outer_flush_all() as atomic instructions for locking are involved in that case and those instructions cannot be assumed to still be operational after v7_exit_coherency_flush() has returned. Given no other CPUs (in the cluster) should be running at that point then standard concurrency concerns wouldn't apply. So let's simply kill this call for now and enhance the existing comment. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
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@ -137,11 +137,16 @@ static void dcscb_power_down(void)
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v7_exit_coherency_flush(all);
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v7_exit_coherency_flush(all);
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/*
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* This is a harmless no-op. On platforms with a real
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* A full outer cache flush could be needed at this point
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* outer cache this might either be needed or not,
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* on platforms with such a cache, depending on where the
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* depending on where the outer cache sits.
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* outer cache sits. In some cases the notion of a "last
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* cluster standing" would need to be implemented if the
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* outer cache is shared across clusters. In any case, when
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* the outer cache needs flushing, there is no concurrent
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* access to the cache controller to worry about and no
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* special locking besides what is already provided by the
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* MCPM state machinery is needed.
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*/
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*/
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outer_flush_all();
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/*
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* Disable cluster-level coherency by masking
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* Disable cluster-level coherency by masking
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