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authorRussell King <rmk@dyn-67.arm.linux.org.uk>2007-10-27 11:01:35 +0100
committerRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>2007-10-31 15:21:40 +0000
commit0214f9221aa06fba35c0cd5c80641b0fcfcb1cbe (patch)
tree7cf9e67f6acec67b7e9d84768c8fc8821f636162 /arch
parentd8cb70d10a2d4e6b083b89044a68d860d0bf1eec (diff)
downloadlinux-0214f9221aa06fba35c0cd5c80641b0fcfcb1cbe.tar.gz
[ARM] Fix FIQ issue with ARM926
Jon Eibertzon writes:
> We have noticed that the I-cache is disabled while waiting for
> interrupt in cpu_arm926_do_idle in arch/arm/mm/proc-arm926.S
> and we are curious to know why, because this causes us a great
> performance hit when executing in FIQ-handlers. Is it assumed
> here that every individual FIQ-handler re-enables the I-cache?

The I-cache disable is an errata workaround, so the solution is to
disable FIQs across the section with the I-cache disabled.

Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/mm/proc-arm926.S4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm926.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm926.S
index 5b80b6bdd0cb..194ef48968e6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm926.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-arm926.S
@@ -105,9 +105,13 @@ ENTRY(cpu_arm926_do_idle)
 	mrc	p15, 0, r1, c1, c0, 0		@ Read control register
 	mcr	p15, 0, r0, c7, c10, 4		@ Drain write buffer
 	bic	r2, r1, #1 << 12
+	mrs	r3, cpsr			@ Disable FIQs while Icache
+	orr	ip, r3, #PSR_F_BIT		@ is disabled
+	msr	cpsr_c, ip
 	mcr	p15, 0, r2, c1, c0, 0		@ Disable I cache
 	mcr	p15, 0, r0, c7, c0, 4		@ Wait for interrupt
 	mcr	p15, 0, r1, c1, c0, 0		@ Restore ICache enable
+	msr	cpsr_c, r3			@ Restore FIQ state
 	mov	pc, lr
 
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