From: sudeep.holla@arm•com (Sudeep Holla)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 8/9] ARM: kernel: add support for cpu cache information
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 10:38:57 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <53AD3BB1.6020404@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <53AC6A3A.1010001@codeaurora.org>
Hi,
On 26/06/14 19:45, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> On 06/26/14 04:36, Sudeep Holla wrote:
>> Hi Stephen,
>>
>> On 26/06/14 01:19, Stephen Boyd wrote:
>>> On 06/25/14 10:30, Sudeep Holla wrote:
>>>> +
>>>> +/*
>>>> + * Which cache CCSIDR represents depends on CSSELR value
>>>> + * Make sure no one else changes CSSELR during this
>>>> + * smp_call_function_single prevents preemption for us
>>>> + */
>>>
>>> Where's the smp_call_function_single() or preemption disable happening?
>>>
>>
>> init_cache_level is called using smp_call_function_single in
>> drivers/base/cacheinfo.c(PATCH 2/9)
>
> Oh that's unexpected. Do other architectures require the use of
> smp_call_function_single() to read their cache information? It seems
> like an ARM architecture specific detail that has been pushed up into
> the generic layer.
>
Right, since I started with x86 as reference and it requires it, I missed to
see others. So x86,ARM{32,64} requires it while ppc,s390 and ia64 doesn't.
I see how to fix that. Thanks for spotting it.
Regards,
Sudeep
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-06-27 9:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-06-25 17:30 [PATCH 0/9] drivers: cacheinfo support Sudeep Holla
2014-06-25 17:30 ` [PATCH 2/9] drivers: base: support cpu cache information interface to userspace via sysfs Sudeep Holla
2014-06-25 22:23 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2014-06-26 18:41 ` Sudeep Holla
2014-06-26 18:50 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2014-06-26 19:03 ` Sudeep Holla
2014-07-10 0:09 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2014-07-10 13:37 ` Sudeep Holla
2014-06-25 17:30 ` [PATCH 7/9] ARM64: kernel: add support for cpu cache information Sudeep Holla
2014-06-27 10:36 ` Mark Rutland
2014-06-27 11:22 ` Sudeep Holla
2014-06-27 11:34 ` Mark Rutland
2014-06-25 17:30 ` [PATCH 8/9] ARM: " Sudeep Holla
2014-06-25 22:33 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2014-06-26 11:33 ` Sudeep Holla
2014-06-26 0:19 ` Stephen Boyd
2014-06-26 11:36 ` Sudeep Holla
2014-06-26 18:45 ` Stephen Boyd
2014-06-27 9:38 ` Sudeep Holla [this message]
2014-06-25 17:30 ` [PATCH 9/9] ARM: kernel: add outer cache support for cacheinfo implementation Sudeep Holla
2014-06-25 22:37 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2014-06-26 13:02 ` Sudeep Holla
[not found] ` <1406306692-7135-1-git-send-email-sudeep.holla@arm.com>
2014-07-25 16:44 ` [PATCH v2 7/9] ARM64: kernel: add support for cpu cache information Sudeep Holla
2014-07-25 16:44 ` [PATCH v2 8/9] ARM: " Sudeep Holla
2014-07-25 16:44 ` [PATCH v2 9/9] ARM: kernel: add outer cache support for cacheinfo implementation Sudeep Holla
2014-08-21 10:59 ` [PATCH v3 00/11] drivers: cacheinfo support Sudeep Holla
2014-08-21 10:59 ` [PATCH v3 09/11] ARM64: kernel: add support for cpu cache information Sudeep Holla
2014-08-21 10:59 ` [PATCH v3 10/11] ARM: " Sudeep Holla
2014-08-21 10:59 ` [PATCH v3 11/11] ARM: kernel: add outer cache support for cacheinfo implementation Sudeep Holla
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