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| From | Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH] ARM: cache-uniphier: activate ways for secondary CPUs |
| Date | 2016-04-26 10:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <rs64z-3GC-11@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <ro637-7wR-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <rrX1h-4VT-37@gated-at.bofh.it> <rrZw6-6PQ-17@gated-at.bofh.it> <rs64z-3GC-13@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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2016-04-26 16:52 GMT+09:00 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>: > On Tuesday 26 April 2016 09:55:35 Masahiro Yamada wrote: >> Hi Arnd, >> >> 2016-04-26 7:13 GMT+09:00 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>: >> > On Friday 15 April 2016 16:05:46 Masahiro Yamada wrote: >> >> This outer cache allows to control active ways independently for >> >> each CPU, but currently nothing is done for secondary CPUs. In >> >> other words, all the ways are locked for secondary CPUs by default. >> >> This commit fixes it to fully bring out the performance of this >> >> outer cache. >> >> >> >> There would be two possible ways to achieve this: >> >> >> >> [1] Each CPU initializes active ways for itself. This can be done >> >> via the SSCLPDAWCR register. This is a banked register, so each >> >> CPU sees a different instance of the register. >> >> >> >> [2] The master CPU initializes active ways for all the CPUs. This >> >> is available via SSCDAWCARMR(N) registers. They are mapped at >> >> the address SSCDAWCARMR + 4 * N, where N is the CPU number. >> >> >> >> Currently, the outer cache frame work does not support a per-CPU >> >> init callback. So this commit adopts [2]; the master CPU iterates >> >> over possible CPUs setting up SSCDAWCARMR(N) registers. >> >> >> >> Unfortunately, the register offsets of SSCDAWCARMR(N) are different >> >> by SoC. We can live with it by checking the version register. >> >> >> >> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> >> >> >> > >> > Applied to next/soc, thanks! >> > >> > I'm a little lost with the patches you send, could you check that >> > I have applied all the ones you sent for 4.7 so far? >> > >> > Arnd >> >> >> Was this one really applied, or not yet? >> >> My intention was to send this one just for review, >> because outer-cache things are generally in Russell's field. >> >> If you have already applied it, I should drop it >> from Russell's patch tracker. >> (Sorry, I should have mentioned it.) >> >> Please let me know the status. > > Sorry, my mistake, I accidentally sent out my mail early and > then did not put it into arm-soc in the end. > > It's not in arm-soc and it should go through Russell's patch tracker. OK. The others look good to me. Thanks! -- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada
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Re: [PATCH] ARM: cache-uniphier: activate ways for secondary CPUs Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-04-26 00:20 +0200
Re: [PATCH] ARM: cache-uniphier: activate ways for secondary CPUs Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> - 2016-04-26 03:00 +0200
Re: [PATCH] ARM: cache-uniphier: activate ways for secondary CPUs Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> - 2016-04-26 10:00 +0200
Re: [PATCH] ARM: cache-uniphier: activate ways for secondary CPUs Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-04-26 10:00 +0200
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