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SubjectRe: [PATCH RFC 2/3] ARM: kernel: add support for cpu cache information
On 08/01/14 20:57, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 08, 2014 at 07:26:07PM +0000, Sudeep Holla wrote:
>> +#if __LINUX_ARM_ARCH__ < 7 /* pre ARMv7 */
>> +
>> +#define MAX_CACHE_LEVEL 1 /* Only 1 level supported */
>> +#define CTR_CTYPE_SHIFT 24
>> +#define CTR_CTYPE_MASK (1 << CTR_CTYPE_SHIFT)
>> +
>> +static inline unsigned int get_ctr(void)
>> +{
>> + unsigned int ctr;
>> + asm volatile ("mrc p15, 0, %0, c0, c0, 1" : "=r" (ctr));
>> + return ctr;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static enum cache_type get_cache_type(int level)
>> +{
>> + if (level > MAX_CACHE_LEVEL)
>> + return CACHE_TYPE_NOCACHE;
>> + return get_ctr() & CTR_CTYPE_MASK ?
>> + CACHE_TYPE_SEPARATE : CACHE_TYPE_UNIFIED;
>
> So, what do we do for CPUs that don't implement the CTR? Just return
> random rubbish based on decoding the CPU Identity register as if it
> were the cache type register?
>

I assume you referring to some particular CPUs which don't implement this.
I could not find it as optional or IMPLEMENTATION defined in ARM ARM.
I might be missing to find it or there may be exceptions.
Can you please provide more information on that ?

Regards,
Sudeep



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