linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] venus: firmware: add no TZ boot and shutdown routine

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Date:   Mon, 06 Aug 2018 13:48:52 +0530
From:   Vikash Garodia <vgarodia@...eaurora.org>
To:     Stanimir Varbanov <stanimir.varbanov@...aro.org>
Cc:     hverkuil@...all.nl, mchehab@...nel.org, robh@...nel.org,
        mark.rutland@....com, andy.gross@...aro.org, arnd@...db.de,
        bjorn.andersson@...aro.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-soc@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        acourbot@...omium.org, linux-media-owner@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] venus: firmware: add no TZ boot and shutdown
 routine

Hi Stanimir,

Thanks for your review.

On 2018-07-25 15:06, Stanimir Varbanov wrote:
> Hi Vikash,
> 
> On 07/04/2018 10:06 PM, Vikash Garodia wrote:
> 
<snip>

>> 
>>  #define VENUS_PAS_ID			9
>> -#define VENUS_FW_MEM_SIZE		(6 * SZ_1M)
>> +#define VENUS_FW_MEM_SIZE		(5 * SZ_1M)
> 
> This change should be subject to a separate patch.
Ok.

> 
<snip>

>> +	writel_relaxed(reg, reg_base + WRAPPER_A9SS_SW_RESET);
>> +
>> +	/* Make sure reset is asserted before the mapping is removed */
>> +	mb();
> 
> mb() is used for compiler barrier as far as I know, isn't better to 
> just
> read the register and keep the comment?

mb() can ensure that the instructions are ordered. This is needed to 
ensure
reset before the mapping is removed.

Thanks,
Vikash