Re: [PATCH] powerpc/asm/cacheflush: Cleanup cacheflush function params

[Michael Ellerman <mpe-Gsx/Oe8HsFggBc27wqDAHg@public.gmane.org>]

Geert Uytterhoeven <geert-Td1EMuHUCqxL1ZNQvxDV9g@public.gmane.org> writes:

> On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 1:43 PM, Michael Ellerman <mpe-Gsx/Oe8HsFggBc27wqDAHg@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> Matt Brown <matthew.brown.dev-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:
>>> The cacheflush prototypes currently use start and stop values and each
>>> call requires typecasting the address to an unsigned long.
>>> This patch changes the cacheflush prototypes to follow the x86 style of
>>> using a base and size values, with base being a void pointer.
>>>
>>> All callers of the cacheflush functions, including drivers, have been
>>> modified to conform to the new prototypes.
>>>
>>> The 64 bit cacheflush functions which were implemented in assembly code
>>> (flush_dcache_range, flush_inval_dcache_range) have been translated into
>>> C for readability and coherence.
>
>>> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cacheflush.h
>>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cacheflush.h
>>> @@ -51,13 +51,13 @@ static inline void __flush_dcache_icache_phys(unsigned long physaddr)
>>>   * Write any modified data cache blocks out to memory and invalidate them.
>>>   * Does not invalidate the corresponding instruction cache blocks.
>>>   */
>>> -static inline void flush_dcache_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long stop)
>>> +static inline void flush_dcache_range(void *start, unsigned long size)
>>>  {
>>> -     void *addr = (void *)(start & ~(L1_CACHE_BYTES - 1));
>>> -     unsigned long size = stop - (unsigned long)addr + (L1_CACHE_BYTES - 1);
>>> +     void *addr = (void *)((u32)start & ~(L1_CACHE_BYTES - 1));
>>
>> unsigned long would be nicer than u32.
>
> Indeed. That would make this work on ppc64, too.
> After which ppc64 has an identical copy (u64 = unsigned long on ppc64) below?

That was Matt's homework to notice that ;)

cheers
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