Subject: [PATCH] ARM: cache-l2x0.c: save aux ctrl for resume in case that l2x0 is enabled before init

From: [email-masked] (Catalin Marinas)
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:44:00 +0100

On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 10:25:31AM +0100, Yilu Mao wrote:
> On 04/26/2012 04:35 PM, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 06:00:09AM +0100, Yilu Mao wrote:
> >> On 04/24/2012 04:28 PM, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> >>> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 03:41:20AM +0100, Yilu Mao wrote:
> >>>> +	l2x0_saved_regs.aux_ctrl = aux;
> >>>> +
> >>>>    	aux&= aux_mask;
> >>>>    	aux |= aux_val;
> >>>
> >>> I think that's the wrong place to save it, it should be after the
> >>> masking was done.
> >>>
> >>> Anyway, if we cannot write this register in l2x0_init() because the L2
> >>> was enabled, do we expect the L2 to be disabled during resume?
> >>>
> >> Sorry, I don't think so.
> >> This is the right place to save it because we must make sure the saved
> >> aux_ctrl is the same as what it is set.
> >> If we save it after masking was done, the saved value will be different
> >> because we can't actually change the real setting.
> >
> > And since we can't actually change the real setting on the resume path,
> > why do we need to save it anyway. Is your L2 cache disabled on the
> > resume path but not on the cold boot one?
>
> We can't change L2 aux ctrl setting when do init because it has been 
> enabled.

This is normally for the case where the kernel running in non-secure
mode is not allowed to write the L2 aux ctrl register. Does this
permission change with core idle?

-- 
Catalin