linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm: omap: RX-51: ARM errata 430973 workaround

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Date:	Thu, 28 Mar 2013 08:53:30 -0700
From:	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
To:	Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...com>
Cc:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com>,
	Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ивайло Димитров 
	<freemangordon@....bg>, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm: omap: RX-51: ARM errata 430973 workaround

* Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...com> [130328 03:10]:
> On Thursday 28 March 2013 03:20 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 01:56:07PM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> >> * Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@...il.com> [130324 07:31]:
> >>> it is possible to upstream errata 430973 workaround for RX-51?
> >>
> >> I think we should make the SMC handling a generic function for ARM.
> >>
> >> AFAIK just the SMC call numbering is different for various
> >> implementations. So the handler and passing of the parameters
> >> seems like it should be generic.
> > 
> > SMC calls vary greatly in how they are handled.  The only thing that's
> > generic is issuing the SMC call.  All the setup and what arguments are
> > required are completely different from SoC to SoC.
> > 
> > For example, some SoCs require arguments passed via memory.  Others like
> > OMAP its via registers.
> 
> Exactly. As somebody said on the list, that code looks identical but
> it is not. An SMC with barrier instruction is mostly common and nothing
> more than that.

Thanks all, case closed then. There's no way to come up with a generic
SMC function.

Regards,

Tony
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