Re: [PATCH] irqchip/gic-v5: Remove the redundant ITS cache invalidation

[Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>]

On Wed, 03 Sep 2025 03:33:19 +0100,
Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com> wrote:
> 
> An ITS cache invalidation has been performed immediately after programming
> the L2 DTE in gicv5_its_device_register(). No need to perform it again
> right after a successful gicv5_its_device_register().

Indeed. And this call doesn't check it's been successful either.

> 
> Remove it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com>
> ---
>  drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v5-its.c | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v5-its.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v5-its.c
> index 2fb58d76f521..554485f0be1f 100644
> --- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v5-its.c
> +++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v5-its.c
> @@ -768,8 +768,6 @@ static struct gicv5_its_dev *gicv5_its_alloc_device(struct gicv5_its_chip_data *
>  		goto out_dev_free;
>  	}
>  
> -	gicv5_its_device_cache_inv(its, its_dev);
> -
>  	its_dev->its_node = its;
>  
>  	its_dev->event_map = (unsigned long *)bitmap_zalloc(its_dev->num_events, GFP_KERNEL);

Reviewed-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>

	M.

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