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SubjectRe: [PATCH] arm64: Add flush_cache_vmap call in __early_set_fixmap
On Mon, Jun 09, 2014 at 02:24:29PM +0100, Leif Lindholm wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 09, 2014 at 12:03:56PM +0100, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> > A quick grep through the kernel shows that we have other set_pte() calls
> > without additional dsb() like create_mapping(), I think kvm_set_pte() as
> > well.
> >
> > So I'm proposing an alternative patch (which needs some benchmarking as
> > well to see if anything is affected, maybe application startup time).
>
> I'm happy for any fix which can be included in 3.16.

Steve Capper made a point about performance. He'll follow up.

> But is the dsb(ishst) sufficient? We need to also prevent reads from
> overtaking the set_pte(). i.e.:
>
> ptr = early_ioremap(phys_addr, size);
> if (ptr && strcmp(ptr, "magic") == 0)
> ...
>
> Does it not require a dsb(ish)?

So doesn't early_ioremap() now include a dsb() after set_pte() with my
patch?

BTW, according to the ARM ARM (and confirmed with architects), we needs
DSB+ISB even if we have just a data access (rather than instruction
fetch). We have to revisit both 32 and 64-bit code for this.

--
Catalin


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