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author | Russell King <rmk@dyn-67.arm.linux.org.uk> | 2007-10-27 06:01:35 -0400 |
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committer | Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> | 2007-10-31 11:21:40 -0400 |
commit | 0214f9221aa06fba35c0cd5c80641b0fcfcb1cbe (patch) | |
tree | 7cf9e67f6acec67b7e9d84768c8fc8821f636162 /arch | |
parent | d8cb70d10a2d4e6b083b89044a68d860d0bf1eec (diff) |
[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.S | 4 |
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) | |||
105 | mrc p15, 0, r1, c1, c0, 0 @ Read control register | 105 | mrc p15, 0, r1, c1, c0, 0 @ Read control register |
106 | mcr p15, 0, r0, c7, c10, 4 @ Drain write buffer | 106 | mcr p15, 0, r0, c7, c10, 4 @ Drain write buffer |
107 | bic r2, r1, #1 << 12 | 107 | bic r2, r1, #1 << 12 |
108 | mrs r3, cpsr @ Disable FIQs while Icache | ||
109 | orr ip, r3, #PSR_F_BIT @ is disabled | ||
110 | msr cpsr_c, ip | ||
108 | mcr p15, 0, r2, c1, c0, 0 @ Disable I cache | 111 | mcr p15, 0, r2, c1, c0, 0 @ Disable I cache |
109 | mcr p15, 0, r0, c7, c0, 4 @ Wait for interrupt | 112 | mcr p15, 0, r0, c7, c0, 4 @ Wait for interrupt |
110 | mcr p15, 0, r1, c1, c0, 0 @ Restore ICache enable | 113 | mcr p15, 0, r1, c1, c0, 0 @ Restore ICache enable |
114 | msr cpsr_c, r3 @ Restore FIQ state | ||
111 | mov pc, lr | 115 | mov pc, lr |
112 | 116 | ||
113 | /* | 117 | /* |