[PATCH] arc: Flush and invalidate caches on start

From: Alexey Brodkin
Date: Thu Aug 31 2017 - 10:22:08 EST


This is useful to make sure no stale data exists in caches after bootloaders.
The worst thing could be some lines of cache were locked in a bootloader
for example during DDR recalibration and never unlocked. This may lead
to really unpredictable issues later down the line.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Brodkin <abrodkin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arc/kernel/head.S | 16 ++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/head.S b/arch/arc/kernel/head.S
index 8b90d25a15cc..04e28b664183 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/head.S
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@
#endif
sr r5, [ARC_REG_IC_CTRL]

+ ; Invalidate entire I$
+ mov r5, 1
+ sr r5, [ARC_REG_IC_IVIC]
+
1:
lr r5, [ARC_REG_DC_BCR]
breq r5, 0, 1f ; D$ doesn't exist
@@ -46,6 +50,18 @@
#endif
sr r5, [ARC_REG_DC_CTRL]

+ ; Flush entire D$
+ mov r5, 1
+ sr r5, [ARC_REG_DC_FLSH]
+ ; Wait for flush operation to complete
+1:
+ lr r5, [ARC_REG_DC_CTRL]
+ bbit1 r5, DC_CTRL_FLUSH_STATUS, 1b
+
+ ; Invalidate entire D$
+ mov r5, 1
+ sr r5, [ARC_REG_DC_IVDC]
+
1:
.endm

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2.11.0