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SubjectRe: [v4,1/2] powerpc32: memcpy: only use dcbz once cache is enabled
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On Wed, 2015-16-09 at 10:04:51 UTC, LEROY Christophe wrote:
> memcpy() uses instruction dcbz to speed up copy by not wasting time
> loading cache line with data that will be overwritten.
> Some platform like mpc52xx do no have cache active at startup and
> can therefore not use memcpy(). Allthough no part of the code
> explicitly uses memcpy(), GCC makes calls to it.
>
> This patch modifies memcpy() such that at startup, memcpy()
> unconditionally jumps to generic_memcpy() which doesn't use
> the dcbz instruction.
>
> Once the initial MMU is set up, in machine_init() we patch memcpy()
> by replacing this inconditional jump by a NOP
>
> Reported-by: Michal Sojka <sojkam1@fel.cvut.cz>
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@c-s.fr>

Applied to powerpc fixes, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/1cd03890ea64795e53f17a94

cheers


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