* powerpc wmb()
@ 2001-11-18 12:58 Momchil Velikov
2001-11-18 13:13 ` Anton Blanchard
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From: Momchil Velikov @ 2001-11-18 12:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
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wmb is defined as
#define wmb() __asm__ __volatile__ ("eieio" : : : "memory")
however, ``eieio'' has no effect on memory, that is
Write Through Not Required, thus I think it should be
#define wmb() __asm__ __volatile__ ("sync" : : : "memory")
Comments ?
Regards,
-velco
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2001-11-18 12:58 powerpc wmb() Momchil Velikov
@ 2001-11-18 13:13 ` Anton Blanchard
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From: Anton Blanchard @ 2001-11-18 13:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Momchil Velikov; +Cc: linuxppc-dev
Hi,
[ yes this is a better place than debian-powerpc for this sort of
conversation :) ]
> wmb is defined as
>
> #define wmb() __asm__ __volatile__ ("eieio" : : : "memory")
>
> however, ``eieio'' has no effect on memory, that is
> Write Through Not Required, thus I think it should be
>
> #define wmb() __asm__ __volatile__ ("sync" : : : "memory")
While the original ppc spec did not guarantee eieio ordered writes
to caching allowed, write through not required, memory coherence
required storage, there have been modifications since:
http://www.rs6000.ibm.com/tech/ppc-chg2.html
Look for the change "Book II, Section 3.3, page 350"
My understanding is that the earlier chips completed stores in order
which allowed the above change to be made safely, but I am not 100%
on this.
Anton
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