From: Will Deacon Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:24:58 +0000 (+0100) Subject: ARM: 7161/1: errata: no automatic store buffer drain X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=11ed0ba1754841316d4095478944300acf19acc3;p=linux-beck.git ARM: 7161/1: errata: no automatic store buffer drain This patch implements a workaround for PL310 erratum 769419. On revisions of the PL310 prior to r3p2, the Store Buffer does not automatically drain. This can cause normal, non-cacheable writes to be retained when the memory system is idle, leading to suboptimal I/O performance for drivers using coherent DMA. This patch adds an optional wmb() call to the cpu_idle loop. On systems with an outer cache, this causes an explicit flush of the store buffer. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Acked-by: Catalin Marinas Tested-by: Marc Zyngier Signed-off-by: Will Deacon Signed-off-by: Russell King --- diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig index 44789eff983f..83aa746e71d6 100644 --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig @@ -1352,6 +1352,18 @@ config ARM_ERRATA_764369 relevant cache maintenance functions and sets a specific bit in the diagnostic control register of the SCU. +config PL310_ERRATA_769419 + bool "PL310 errata: no automatic Store Buffer drain" + depends on CACHE_L2X0 + help + On revisions of the PL310 prior to r3p2, the Store Buffer does + not automatically drain. This can cause normal, non-cacheable + writes to be retained when the memory system is idle, leading + to suboptimal I/O performance for drivers using coherent DMA. + This option adds a write barrier to the cpu_idle loop so that, + on systems with an outer cache, the store buffer is drained + explicitly. + endmenu source "arch/arm/common/Kconfig" diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c index 75316f0dd02a..3d0c6fb74ae4 100644 --- a/arch/arm/kernel/process.c +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/process.c @@ -192,6 +192,9 @@ void cpu_idle(void) #endif local_irq_disable(); +#ifdef CONFIG_PL310_ERRATA_769419 + wmb(); +#endif if (hlt_counter) { local_irq_enable(); cpu_relax();