From: Stefano Babic <sbabic@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] MX28: MMC: Avoid DMA DCache race condition
Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:20:51 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <50489523.2040101@denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1346465890-5008-1-git-send-email-marex@denx.de>
On 01/09/2012 04:18, Marek Vasut wrote:
> This patch prevents dcache-related problem. The problem manifested
> itself on the SPI driver, this is just a port to the MMC driver.
>
> The scenario is the same. In case an "mmc read" is issued to a
> buffer which was written right before it and data cache is enabled,
> the cache eviction might happen during the DMA transfer into the
> buffer, therefore corrupting the buffer. Clear any cache lines that
> might contain the buffer to prevent such issue.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
> Cc: Fabio Estevam <festevam@gmail.com>
> Cc: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
> Cc: Stefano Babic <sbabic@denx.de>
> ---
Applied to u-boot-imx, thanks.
Best regards,
Stefano Babic
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2012-09-01 2:18 [U-Boot] [PATCH] MX28: MMC: Avoid DMA DCache race condition Marek Vasut
2012-09-06 12:20 ` Stefano Babic [this message]
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