[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v6 6/6] drm: Add arch arm64 for drm_clflush_virt_range

[Michael Cheng]

Ah, thanks for asking this question. It seems like I was not thinking 
correctly. We are trying to flush dcache lines within this function and 
not the tlb.

On 2022-02-08 2:20 a.m., Tvrtko Ursulin wrote:
>
> On 07/02/2022 20:11, Michael Cheng wrote:
>> Use flush_tlb_kernel_range when invoking drm_clflush_virt_range on
>> arm64 platforms. Using flush_tlb_kernel_range will:
>>
>> 1. Make sure prior page-table updates have been completed
>> 2. Invalidate the TLB
>> 3. Check if the TLB invalidation has been completed
>
> Arm does not have a clflush equivalent but invalidating TLBs there 
> includes flushing caches?
>
> Regards,
>
> Tvrtko
>
>> Signed-off-by: Michael Cheng <michael.cheng at intel.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_cache.c | 4 ++++
>>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_cache.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_cache.c
>> index f19d9acbe959..d2506060a7c8 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_cache.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_cache.c
>> @@ -176,6 +176,10 @@ drm_clflush_virt_range(void *addr, unsigned long 
>> length)
>>         if (wbinvd_on_all_cpus())
>>           pr_err("Timed out waiting for cache flush\n");
>> +
>> +#elif defined(CONFIG_ARM64)
>> +    void *end = addr + length;
>> +    flush_tlb_kernel_range(*addr, *end);
>>   #else
>>       pr_err("Architecture has no drm_cache.c support\n");
>>       WARN_ON_ONCE(1);