linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 4/6] ARM: spear: use the core cpu hotplug functions

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Message-ID: <CAKohpo==Kfh-MqdiGQBBgi3X+s61o-J880YZffY20A3aTWpQvQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 20 May 2013 12:22:16 +0530
From:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:	Sanjay Singh Rawat <sanjay.rawat@...aro.org>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linaro-dev@...ts.linaro.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 4/6] ARM: spear: use the core cpu hotplug functions

Please write spear as SPEAr.

On 20 May 2013 12:03, Sanjay Singh Rawat <sanjay.rawat@...aro.org> wrote:
> Generic arm cpu hotplug related functions are moved to core hotplug code,
> remove the functions from the platform code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sanjay Singh Rawat <sanjay.rawat@...aro.org>
> ---
>  arch/arm/mach-spear/hotplug.c |   37 +------------------------------------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 36 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-spear/hotplug.c b/arch/arm/mach-spear/hotplug.c
> index d97749c..988a9a6 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-spear/hotplug.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-spear/hotplug.c
> @@ -15,42 +15,7 @@
>  #include <linux/smp.h>
>  #include <asm/cp15.h>
>  #include <asm/smp_plat.h>
> -
> -static inline void cpu_enter_lowpower(void)
> -{
> -       unsigned int v;
> -
> -       asm volatile(
> -       "       mcr     p15, 0, %1, c7, c5, 0\n"
> -       "       dsb\n"
> -       /*
> -        * Turn off coherency
> -        */
> -       "       mrc     p15, 0, %0, c1, c0, 1\n"
> -       "       bic     %0, %0, #0x20\n"
> -       "       mcr     p15, 0, %0, c1, c0, 1\n"
> -       "       mrc     p15, 0, %0, c1, c0, 0\n"
> -       "       bic     %0, %0, %2\n"
> -       "       mcr     p15, 0, %0, c1, c0, 0\n"
> -       : "=&r" (v)
> -       : "r" (0), "Ir" (CR_C)
> -       : "cc", "memory");
> -}
> -
> -static inline void cpu_leave_lowpower(void)
> -{
> -       unsigned int v;
> -
> -       asm volatile("mrc       p15, 0, %0, c1, c0, 0\n"
> -       "       orr     %0, %0, %1\n"
> -       "       mcr     p15, 0, %0, c1, c0, 0\n"
> -       "       mrc     p15, 0, %0, c1, c0, 1\n"
> -       "       orr     %0, %0, #0x20\n"
> -       "       mcr     p15, 0, %0, c1, c0, 1\n"
> -       : "=&r" (v)
> -       : "Ir" (CR_C)
> -       : "cc");
> -}

I am not the best at assembly code but I can see that the
two codes (here and hotplug.c) are slightly different.

How can we ensure if this patch is okay?
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