On 11/05/2012 03:02 PM, Will Deacon wrote:
> Hi Gregory,

Hi Will,

> 
> On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 09:11:44PM +0000, Gregory CLEMENT wrote:
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/coherency.c 
>> b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/coherency.c
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..69e130d
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/coherency.c
>> @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
>> +/*
>> + * Coherency fabric (Aurora) support for Armada 370 and XP platforms.
>> + *
>> + * Copyright (C) 2012 Marvell
>> + *
>> + * Yehuda Yitschak <[email protected]>
>> + * Gregory Clement <[email protected]>
>> + * Thomas Petazzoni <[email protected]>
>> + *
>> + * This file is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
>> + * License version 2.  This program is licensed "as is" without any
>> + * warranty of any kind, whether express or implied.
>> + *
>> + * The Armada 370 and Armada XP SOCs have a coherency fabric which is
>> + * responsible for ensuring hardware coherency between all CPUs and between
>> + * CPUs and I/O masters. This file initializes the coherency fabric and
>> + * supplies basic routines for configuring and controlling hardware 
>> coherency
>> + */
> 
> [...]
> 
>> +int set_cpu_coherent(unsigned int hw_cpu_id, int smp_group_id)
>> +{
>> +    int reg;
>> +
>> +    if (!coherency_base) {
>> +            pr_warn("Can't make CPU %d cache coherent.\n", hw_cpu_id);
>> +            pr_warn("Coherency fabric is not initialized\n");
>> +            return 1;
>> +    }
>> +
>> +    /* Enable the CPU in coherency fabric */
>> +    reg = readl(coherency_base + COHERENCY_FABRIC_CTL_OFFSET);
>> +    reg |= 1 << (24 + hw_cpu_id);
>> +    writel(reg, coherency_base + COHERENCY_FABRIC_CTL_OFFSET);
>> +
>> +    /* Add CPU to SMP group */
>> +    reg = readl(coherency_base + COHERENCY_FABRIC_CFG_OFFSET);
>> +    reg |= 1 << (16 + hw_cpu_id + (smp_group_id == 0 ? 8 : 0));
>> +    writel(reg, coherency_base + COHERENCY_FABRIC_CFG_OFFSET);
>> +
>> +    return 0;
>> +}
> 
> These writels may expand to code containing calls to outer_sync(), which
> will attempt to take a spinlock for the aurora l2. Given that the CPU isn't
> coherent, how does this play out with the exclusive store instruction in the
> lock?

I forward this question to the Marvell experts.

> 
> Will
> 
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