[U-Boot] [PATCH] blk: Remove various places that do flush cache after read

[Y.b. Lu <yangbo.lu@nxp.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bin Meng [mailto:bmeng.cn at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 1:29 PM
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH] blk: Remove various places that do flush cache after
> read
> 
> Hi Yangbo,
> 
> On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 11:29 AM, Y.b. Lu <yangbo.lu@nxp.com> wrote:
> > cmd/mmc.c
> >
> > Maybe SD controller on some vendor platforms doesn't support SNOOP.
> > flush_cache() is required to sync between DDR and cache.
> > Should be careful to remove this.
> >
> 
> Please do not top-posting.
> 
> What you mentioned if snoop is not supported, flush_cache() is required,
> is true, however that's not the issue I am trying to fix here. The
> flush_cache() here after a DMA read will cause issues because stale data
> in the cache will overwrite the correct data in the RAM that is DMAed by
> hardware (in this case, MMC controller).
> 

[Lu Yangbo-B47093] Sorry for my misunderstanding. It looks ok to me now.
flush_cache is indeed redundant after DMA reading.


> Regards,
> Bin