Re: [PATCH v2] arm64/mm: Correct the cache line size warning with non coherent device

From: Catalin Marinas
Date: Mon Jun 17 2019 - 12:27:33 EST


On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 07:00:34PM +0800, Zhangshaokun wrote:
> On 2019/6/17 18:45, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> > On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 10:44:33AM +0800, Zhangshaokun wrote:
> >> On 2019/6/14 21:11, Masayoshi Mizuma wrote:
> >>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/dma-mapping.c b/arch/arm64/mm/dma-mapping.c
> >>> index 1669618db08a..379589dc7113 100644
> >>> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/dma-mapping.c
> >>> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/dma-mapping.c
> >>> @@ -38,10 +38,6 @@ void arch_dma_prep_coherent(struct page *page, size_t size)
> >>>
> >>> static int __init arm64_dma_init(void)
> >>> {
> >>> - WARN_TAINT(ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN < cache_line_size(),
> >>> - TAINT_CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC,
> >>> - "ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN smaller than CTR_EL0.CWG (%d < %d)",
> >>> - ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN, cache_line_size());
> >>> return dma_atomic_pool_init(GFP_DMA32, __pgprot(PROT_NORMAL_NC));
> >>> }
> >>> arch_initcall(arm64_dma_init);
> >>> @@ -56,7 +52,17 @@ void arch_teardown_dma_ops(struct device *dev)
> >>> void arch_setup_dma_ops(struct device *dev, u64 dma_base, u64 size,
> >>> const struct iommu_ops *iommu, bool coherent)
> >>> {
> >>> + int cls = cache_line_size_of_cpu();
> >>
> >> whether we need this local variable, how about use cache_line_size_of_cpu
> >> directly in WARN_TAINT just like before.
> >
> > The reason being?
>
> Since it is inline function, maybe it is unnecessary, it is trivial.

OTOH, you end up with two reads from the CTR_EL0 register.

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Catalin