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authorMatt Fleming <matt@console-pimps.org>2009-12-04 16:18:11 +0900
committerPaul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>2009-12-04 16:18:11 +0900
commita781d1e5ff6277f80ff3c9503775521bc64cf131 (patch)
treece6c6222f86be3bd9bf409b9852a527fdf4b8a14 /arch/sh/kernel
parent7e01c949989b984c074469e04ab99c47367c7187 (diff)
sh: Drop associative writes for SH-4 cache flushes.
When flushing/invalidating the icache/dcache via the memory-mapped IC/OC address arrays, the associative bit should only be used in conjunction with virtual addresses. However, we currently flush cache lines based on physical address, so stop using the associative bit. It is a better strategy to use non-associative writes (and physical tags) for flushing the caches anyway, because flushing by virtual address (as with the A-bit set) requires a valid TLB entry for that virtual address. If one does not exist in the TLB no exception is generated and the flush is silently ignored. This is also future-proofing for SH-4A parts which are gradually phasing out associative writes to the cache array due to the aforementioned case of certain flushes silently turning in to nops. Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt@console-pimps.org> Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
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