Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Fix early CM probing

[Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@nokia.com>]

Hi!

On 08.02.2016 18:46, EXT Paul Burton wrote:
> Commit c014d164f21d ("MIPS: Add platform callback before initializing
> the L2 cache") added a platform_early_l2_init function in order to allow
> platforms to probe for the CM before L2 initialisation is performed, so
> that CM GCRs are available to mips_sc_probe.
> 
> That commit actually fails to do anything useful, since it checks
> mips_cm_revision to determine whether it should call mips_cm_probe but
> the result of mips_cm_revision will always be 0 until mips_cm_probe has
> been called. Thus the "early" mips_cm_probe call never occurs.
> 
> Fix this & drop the useless weak platform_early_l2_init function by
> simply calling mips_cm_probe from setup_arch. For platforms that don't
> select CONFIG_MIPS_CM this will be a no-op, and for those that do it
> removes the requirement for them to call mips_cm_probe manually
> (although doing so isn't harmful for now).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Burton <paul.burton@imgtec.com>

Reviewed-by: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@nokia.com>

> ---
> 
>  arch/mips/kernel/setup.c         |  1 +
>  arch/mips/mm/sc-mips.c           | 10 ----------
>  arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-init.c |  8 --------
>  3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 18 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
> index 569a7d5..5fdaf8b 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
> +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
> @@ -782,6 +782,7 @@ static inline void prefill_possible_map(void) {}
>  void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
>  {
>  	cpu_probe();
> +	mips_cm_probe();
>  	prom_init();
>  
>  	setup_early_fdc_console();
> diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/sc-mips.c b/arch/mips/mm/sc-mips.c
> index 3bd0597..2496475 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/mm/sc-mips.c
> +++ b/arch/mips/mm/sc-mips.c
> @@ -181,10 +181,6 @@ static int __init mips_sc_probe_cm3(void)
>  	return 1;
>  }
>  
> -void __weak platform_early_l2_init(void)
> -{
> -}
> -
>  static inline int __init mips_sc_probe(void)
>  {
>  	struct cpuinfo_mips *c = &current_cpu_data;
> @@ -194,12 +190,6 @@ static inline int __init mips_sc_probe(void)
>  	/* Mark as not present until probe completed */
>  	c->scache.flags |= MIPS_CACHE_NOT_PRESENT;
>  
> -	/*
> -	 * Do we need some platform specific probing before
> -	 * we configure L2?
> -	 */
> -	platform_early_l2_init();
> -
>  	if (mips_cm_revision() >= CM_REV_CM3)
>  		return mips_sc_probe_cm3();
>  
> diff --git a/arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-init.c b/arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-init.c
> index 571148c..dc2c521 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-init.c
> +++ b/arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-init.c
> @@ -293,7 +293,6 @@ mips_pci_controller:
>  	console_config();
>  #endif
>  	/* Early detection of CMP support */
> -	mips_cm_probe();
>  	mips_cpc_probe();
>  
>  	if (!register_cps_smp_ops())
> @@ -304,10 +303,3 @@ mips_pci_controller:
>  		return;
>  	register_up_smp_ops();
>  }
> -
> -void platform_early_l2_init(void)
> -{
> -	/* L2 configuration lives in the CM3 */
> -	if (mips_cm_revision() >= CM_REV_CM3)
> -		mips_cm_probe();
> -}
>