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[v3,06/14] ARM: mvebu: Low level functions to disable cache snooping

Message ID 1381759106-15004-7-git-send-email-gregory.clement@free-electrons.com (mailing list archive)
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Gregory CLEMENT Oct. 14, 2013, 1:58 p.m. UTC
When going to deep idle we need to disable the SoC snooping by
"hand". Playing with the coherency fabric requires to use assembly
code to be sure that the compiler doesn't reorder the instructions nor
do wrong optimization.

This function will be called by the low level (in assembly) part of
the CPU idle functions.

Signed-off-by: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@free-electrons.com>
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 arch/arm/mach-mvebu/coherency_ll.S | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Thomas Petazzoni Oct. 14, 2013, 2:32 p.m. UTC | #1
Dear Gregory CLEMENT,

On Mon, 14 Oct 2013 15:58:18 +0200, Gregory CLEMENT wrote:
> When going to deep idle we need to disable the SoC snooping by
> "hand". Playing with the coherency fabric requires to use assembly
> code to be sure that the compiler doesn't reorder the instructions nor
> do wrong optimization.
> 
> This function will be called by the low level (in assembly) part of
> the CPU idle functions.

So, this is this opposite of adding the CPU into the coherency fabric,
as is done in ll_set_cpu_coherent(), right? If that's the case, then
the function should be named to be symmetrical with
ll_set_cpu_coherent(), i.e something like ll_set_cpu_uncoherent(), or
rename the two functions to ll_coherency_fabric_register() /
ll_coherency_fabric_unregister() or something.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@free-electrons.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/mach-mvebu/coherency_ll.S | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/coherency_ll.S b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/coherency_ll.S
> index 1526b94..3fb426e 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/coherency_ll.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/coherency_ll.S
> @@ -73,6 +73,28 @@ ENTRY(ll_set_cpu_coherent)
>  	mov	pc, lr
>  ENDPROC(ll_set_cpu_coherent)
>  
> +/*
> + * r0: if r0==0 => physical addres, else virtual address

addres -> address

Address of what?

> + */
> +ENTRY(armada_370_xp_disable_snoop_ena)
> +	ldr	r0, =(coherency_base)

So it takes an argument that tells whether it should use a physical or
a virtual address, but at the first instruction you overwrite r0. Seems
like the function assumes it's called with the MMU enabled, and the
comment about the argument is wrong.

> +	ldr	r0, [r0]
> +	/* Enable SnoopEna - Exclusive */

An empty new line before the comment would be useful, but honestly I
don't see the relation with the comment. The function is about
disabling the snooping (i.e removing the CPU from the coherency
fabric), but the comment says it enables snooping. Not clear.

> +	mrc	15, 0, r1, cr0, cr0, 5
> +	and	r1, r1, #15
> +	mov	r2, #(1 << 24)
> +	lsl	r2, r2, r1

Some more comment here would be useful: we're reading the current CPU
hardware ID, and creating the bitfield that we need to remove this CPU
from the coherency fabric.

> +
> +1:
> +	ldrex	r1, [r0]
> +	bic	r1, r1, r2
> +	strex	r3, r1, [r0]
> +	cmp	r3, #0
> +	bne 1b

And here we actually remove it from the coherency fabric, with a loop
needed to make sure we don't get cheated by other CPUs doing the same
thing at the same time.

> +
> +	mov pc, lr
> +ENDPROC(armada_370_xp_disable_snoop_ena)
> +
>  	.align 2
>  3:
> -	.long	coherency_phys_base - .
> +		.long	coherency_phys_base - .

This change is unrelated and unnecessary.

Thomas
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diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/coherency_ll.S b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/coherency_ll.S
index 1526b94..3fb426e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/coherency_ll.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/coherency_ll.S
@@ -73,6 +73,28 @@  ENTRY(ll_set_cpu_coherent)
 	mov	pc, lr
 ENDPROC(ll_set_cpu_coherent)
 
+/*
+ * r0: if r0==0 => physical addres, else virtual address
+ */
+ENTRY(armada_370_xp_disable_snoop_ena)
+	ldr	r0, =(coherency_base)
+	ldr	r0, [r0]
+	/* Enable SnoopEna - Exclusive */
+	mrc	15, 0, r1, cr0, cr0, 5
+	and	r1, r1, #15
+	mov	r2, #(1 << 24)
+	lsl	r2, r2, r1
+
+1:
+	ldrex	r1, [r0]
+	bic	r1, r1, r2
+	strex	r3, r1, [r0]
+	cmp	r3, #0
+	bne 1b
+
+	mov pc, lr
+ENDPROC(armada_370_xp_disable_snoop_ena)
+
 	.align 2
 3:
-	.long	coherency_phys_base - .
+		.long	coherency_phys_base - .