Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 19 Aug 2011 22:14:02 +0100 | From | Jamie Iles <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH RFC] ARM: vexpress: Use assembler mnemonic for WFI in platform_do_lowpower. |
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On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 03:26:38PM -0400, Nick Bowler wrote: > On 2011-08-19 19:15 +0100, Jamie Iles wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 02:03:24PM -0400, Nick Bowler wrote: > [...] > > > - /* > > > - * here's the WFI > > > - */ > > > - asm(".word 0xe320f003\n" > > > + asm("wfi\n" > > > : > > > : > > > : "memory", "cc"); > > > > There's a wfi() macro defined in arch/arm/include/asm/system.h that > > could be used here. > > Indeed, thanks for pointing that out. > > I'm a little wary, however: the wfi macro does not include the "cc" > clobber that this code has currently, and I don't know what the > implications of removing it are. There appears to be no current > users of the wfi macro.
As far as I can tell from the ARM ARM, the instruction shouldn't alter the condition flags so the cc clobber shouldn't be necessary. I'm not sure that my reading of the ARM ARM should be considered authoritative though!
Jamie
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