Re: [PATCH 1/5] ARM: mm: cache-l2x0: Add base address argument to write_sec callback

From: Jon Loeliger
Date: Wed Jun 11 2014 - 12:00:46 EST


> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/arch.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/arch.h
> index 060a75e..ddaebcd 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/arch.h
> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/arch.h
> @@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ struct machine_desc {
> enum reboot_mode reboot_mode; /* default restart mode */
> unsigned l2c_aux_val; /* L2 cache aux value */
> unsigned l2c_aux_mask; /* L2 cache aux mask */
> - void (*l2c_write_sec)(unsigned long, unsigned);
> + void (*l2c_write_sec)(void __iomem *,
> + unsigned long, unsigned);
> struct smp_operations *smp; /* SMP operations */
> bool (*smp_init)(void);
> void (*fixup)(struct tag *, char **);

> diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0.c b/arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0.c
> index efc5cab..1695eab 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mm/cache-l2x0.c
> @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static void l2c_write_sec(unsigned long val, void __iomem *base, unsigned reg)
> if (val == readl_relaxed(base + reg))
> return;
> if (outer_cache.write_sec)
> - outer_cache.write_sec(val, reg);
> + outer_cache.write_sec(base, val, reg);
> else
> writel_relaxed(val, base + reg);
> }

The parameter order (base, val, reg) seems very non-intuitive.
Are you matching some existing prototype or adhering to some
backwards compatibility issue? If not wouldn't, say, (base, reg, val)
or (val, base, reg) be more intuitive?

Thanks,
jdl
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