From: marc.zyngier@arm.com (Marc Zyngier)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/6] irqchip: gic: use writel instead of dsb + writel_relaxed
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 11:39:13 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <52F37461.8020504@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1391686253-13436-3-git-send-email-will.deacon@arm.com>
On 06/02/14 11:30, Will Deacon wrote:
> When sending an SGI to another CPU, we require a DSB to ensure that
> any pending stores to normal memory are made visible to the recipient
> before the interrupt arrives.
>
> Rather than use a dsb() (which will soon cause an assembly error on
> arm64) followed by a writel_relaxed, we can use a writel instead, which
> will emit a dsb st prior to the str.
>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Looks sensible to me.
Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>
M.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-02-06 11:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-02-06 11:30 [PATCH 1/6] arm64: barriers: allow dsb macro to take option parameter Will Deacon
2014-02-06 11:30 ` [PATCH 2/6] arm64: barriers: make use of barrier options with explicit barriers Will Deacon
2014-02-06 11:41 ` Catalin Marinas
2014-02-06 11:45 ` Will Deacon
2014-02-06 11:49 ` Catalin Marinas
2014-02-06 11:52 ` Will Deacon
2014-02-06 11:30 ` [PATCH 3/6] irqchip: gic: use writel instead of dsb + writel_relaxed Will Deacon
2014-02-06 11:39 ` Marc Zyngier [this message]
2014-02-06 11:45 ` Catalin Marinas
2014-02-06 11:51 ` Will Deacon
2014-02-06 11:54 ` Catalin Marinas
2014-02-06 11:57 ` Will Deacon
2014-02-06 12:00 ` Catalin Marinas
2014-02-06 12:13 ` Will Deacon
2014-02-06 12:23 ` Catalin Marinas
2014-02-06 13:26 ` Will Deacon
2014-02-06 15:20 ` Catalin Marinas
2014-02-07 11:23 ` Will Deacon
2014-02-07 12:57 ` Catalin Marinas
2014-02-14 16:30 ` Will Deacon
2014-02-14 16:48 ` Catalin Marinas
2014-02-14 17:18 ` Rob Herring
2014-02-06 11:30 ` [PATCH 4/6] iommu/arm-smmu: provide option to dsb macro when publishing tables Will Deacon
2014-02-06 11:51 ` Catalin Marinas
2014-02-06 11:30 ` [PATCH 5/6] arm64: barriers: wire up new barrier options Will Deacon
2014-02-06 11:55 ` Catalin Marinas
2014-02-06 11:30 ` [PATCH 6/6] arm64: barriers: use barrier() instead of smp_mb() when !SMP Will Deacon
2014-02-06 11:56 ` Catalin Marinas
2014-02-06 11:39 ` [PATCH 1/6] arm64: barriers: allow dsb macro to take option parameter Catalin Marinas
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