nvdimm expect the flush routines to just mark the cache clean. The barrier that mark the store globally visible is done in nvdimm_flush().
Update the papr_scm driver to a simplified nvdim_flush callback that do only the required barrier. Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.ku...@linux.ibm.com> --- arch/powerpc/lib/pmem.c | 6 ------ arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c | 13 +++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/pmem.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/pmem.c index 5a61aaeb6930..21210fa676e5 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/lib/pmem.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/pmem.c @@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ static inline void __clean_pmem_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long stop) for (i = 0; i < size >> shift; i++, addr += bytes) asm volatile(PPC_DCBSTPS(%0, %1): :"i"(0), "r"(addr): "memory"); - - - asm volatile(PPC_PHWSYNC ::: "memory"); } static inline void __flush_pmem_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long stop) @@ -34,9 +31,6 @@ static inline void __flush_pmem_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long stop) for (i = 0; i < size >> shift; i++, addr += bytes) asm volatile(PPC_DCBFPS(%0, %1): :"i"(0), "r"(addr): "memory"); - - - asm volatile(PPC_PHWSYNC ::: "memory"); } static inline void clean_pmem_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long stop) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c index f35592423380..ad506e7003c9 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c @@ -285,6 +285,18 @@ static int papr_scm_ndctl(struct nvdimm_bus_descriptor *nd_desc, return 0; } +/* + * We have made sure the pmem writes are done such that before calling this + * all the caches are flushed/clean. We use dcbf/dcbfps to ensure this. Here + * we just need to add the necessary barrier to make sure the above flushes + * are have updated persistent storage before any data access or data transfer + * caused by subsequent instructions is initiated. + */ +static int papr_scm_flush_sync(struct nd_region *nd_region, struct bio *bio) +{ + arch_pmem_flush_barrier(); + return 0; +} static int papr_scm_nvdimm_init(struct papr_scm_priv *p) { @@ -340,6 +352,7 @@ static int papr_scm_nvdimm_init(struct papr_scm_priv *p) ndr_desc.mapping = &mapping; ndr_desc.num_mappings = 1; ndr_desc.nd_set = &p->nd_set; + ndr_desc.flush = papr_scm_flush_sync; if (p->is_volatile) p->region = nvdimm_volatile_region_create(p->bus, &ndr_desc); -- 2.26.2