[PATCH] powerpc: add the missing required isync for the coherent icache flush
Benjamin Herrenschmidt
benh at kernel.crashing.org
Mon Aug 19 13:37:17 EST 2013
On Mon, 2013-08-19 at 13:36 +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> The semantic of this function is to make data executable. Even if the
> implementation has a snooping icache, it *still* needs to make sure
> prefetched code is tossed out of the pipeline which is what isync
> should provide.
>
> The architecture actually specifies that.
In fact, on P5 and later, I think we are supposed to do a single dummy
icbi followed by sync and isync.
Cheers,
Ben.
> Cheers,
> Ben.
>
> > > blr
> > > END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_COHERENT_ICACHE)
> > > rlwinm r3,r3,0,0,31-PAGE_SHIFT /* Get page base address
> > > */
> > > @@ -474,6 +475,7 @@ END_MMU_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(MMU_FTR_TYPE_44x)
> > > */
> > > _GLOBAL(__flush_dcache_icache_phys)
> > > BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
> > > + isync
> > > blr /* for 601, do nothing */
> > > END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_COHERENT_ICACHE)
> > > mfmsr r10
> > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S
> > > b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S
> > > index 992a78e..d74fefb 100644
> > > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S
> > > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S
> > > @@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ PPC64_CACHES:
> > >
> > > _KPROBE(flush_icache_range)
> > > BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
> > > + isync
> > > blr
> > > END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_COHERENT_ICACHE)
> > > /*
> > > --
> > > 1.8.3.1
> > >
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