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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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  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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