linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] irqchip: bcm2836: Use a more generic memory barrier call

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Date:	Fri, 08 Apr 2016 11:20:30 -0700
From:	Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>
To:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>
Cc:	linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
	Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] irqchip: bcm2836: Use a more generic memory barrier call

Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org> writes:

> On 04/04/2016 09:44 PM, Eric Anholt wrote:
>> dsb() requires an argument on arm64, so we needed to add "sy".
>> Instead, take this opportunity to switch to the same smp_wmb() call
>> that gic uses for its IPIs.  This is a less strong barrier than we
>> were doing before (dmb(ishst) compared to dsb(sy)), but it seems to be
>> the correct one.
>
> I assume all MMIO is part of the ish domain?
>
> If so, the series,
> Acked-by: Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>

I don't know if this barrier implies ordering all the way out to AXI on
this HW, but I don't think that's a requirement of this function.

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