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* [PATCH] arch64: export __flush_dcache_area
@ 2019-05-17 19:59 Mark Salyzyn
  2019-05-17 21:53 ` Catalin Marinas
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Mark Salyzyn @ 2019-05-17 19:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel
  Cc: Catalin Marinas, kernel-team, linux-arm-kernel, Will Deacon,
	Mark Salyzyn

Some (out of tree modular) drivers feel a need to ensure
data is flushed to the DDR before continuing flow.

Signed-off-by: Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@android.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: kernel-team@android.com
---
 arch/arm64/mm/cache.S | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/cache.S b/arch/arm64/mm/cache.S
index a194fd0e837f..70d7cb5c0bd2 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/cache.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/cache.S
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ ENTRY(__flush_dcache_area)
 	dcache_by_line_op civac, sy, x0, x1, x2, x3
 	ret
 ENDPIPROC(__flush_dcache_area)
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__flush_dcache_area)
 
 /*
  *	__clean_dcache_area_pou(kaddr, size)
-- 
2.21.0.1020.gf2820cf01a-goog


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* Re: [PATCH] arch64: export __flush_dcache_area
  2019-05-17 19:59 [PATCH] arch64: export __flush_dcache_area Mark Salyzyn
@ 2019-05-17 21:53 ` Catalin Marinas
  2019-05-20 14:29   ` Mark Salyzyn
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Catalin Marinas @ 2019-05-17 21:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Mark Salyzyn; +Cc: Will Deacon, kernel-team, linux-kernel, linux-arm-kernel

On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 12:59:56PM -0700, Mark Salyzyn wrote:
> Some (out of tree modular) drivers feel a need to ensure
> data is flushed to the DDR before continuing flow.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@android.com>
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: kernel-team@android.com
> ---
>  arch/arm64/mm/cache.S | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/cache.S b/arch/arm64/mm/cache.S
> index a194fd0e837f..70d7cb5c0bd2 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/cache.S
> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/cache.S
> @@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ ENTRY(__flush_dcache_area)
>  	dcache_by_line_op civac, sy, x0, x1, x2, x3
>  	ret
>  ENDPIPROC(__flush_dcache_area)
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__flush_dcache_area)
>  
>  /*
>   *	__clean_dcache_area_pou(kaddr, size)

NAK. Such drivers are doing something wrong, there is a dedicated
in-kernel API for that handles kernel maintenance (hint: DMA).

-- 
Catalin

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* Re: [PATCH] arch64: export __flush_dcache_area
  2019-05-17 21:53 ` Catalin Marinas
@ 2019-05-20 14:29   ` Mark Salyzyn
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Mark Salyzyn @ 2019-05-20 14:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Catalin Marinas; +Cc: Will Deacon, kernel-team, linux-kernel, linux-arm-kernel

On 05/17/2019 02:53 PM, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 12:59:56PM -0700, Mark Salyzyn wrote:
>> Some (out of tree modular) drivers feel a need to ensure
>> data is flushed to the DDR before continuing flow.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@android.com>
>> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
>> Cc: kernel-team@android.com
>> ---
>>   arch/arm64/mm/cache.S | 1 +
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/cache.S b/arch/arm64/mm/cache.S
>> index a194fd0e837f..70d7cb5c0bd2 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/cache.S
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/cache.S
>> @@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ ENTRY(__flush_dcache_area)
>>   	dcache_by_line_op civac, sy, x0, x1, x2, x3
>>   	ret
>>   ENDPIPROC(__flush_dcache_area)
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__flush_dcache_area)
>>   
>>   /*
>>    *	__clean_dcache_area_pou(kaddr, size)
> NAK. Such drivers are doing something wrong, there is a dedicated
> in-kernel API for that handles kernel maintenance (hint: DMA).
Thanks!

-- Mark



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