From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: will.deacon@arm.com (Will Deacon) Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:46:10 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 5/5] ARM: KVM: issue a DSB after cache maintainance operations In-Reply-To: <1371648006-8036-6-git-send-email-marc.zyngier@arm.com> References: <1371648006-8036-1-git-send-email-marc.zyngier@arm.com> <1371648006-8036-6-git-send-email-marc.zyngier@arm.com> Message-ID: <20130620104610.GH2842@mudshark.cambridge.arm.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 02:20:06PM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote: > When performing the Set/Way cache maintainance operations, it is > important to make sure the operation completes by issueing a DSB. > > Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier > --- > arch/arm/kvm/coproc.c | 2 ++ > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/coproc.c b/arch/arm/kvm/coproc.c > index 4a51990..9e6bef4 100644 > --- a/arch/arm/kvm/coproc.c > +++ b/arch/arm/kvm/coproc.c > @@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ static bool access_dcsw(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, > break; > } > > + dsb(); Worth noting that this can become -ishst once my barriers branch goes upstream (aiming for 3.12). Will