linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 05/24] openrisc: head: refactor out tlb flush into it's own function

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Date:   Fri, 24 Feb 2017 13:48:10 +0100
From:   Jonas Bonn <jonas@...thpole.se>
To:     Stefan Kristiansson <stefan.kristiansson@...nalahti.fi>
Cc:     Stafford Horne <shorne@...il.com>, linux@...ck-us.net,
        openrisc@...ts.librecores.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 05/24] openrisc: head: refactor out tlb flush into it's
 own function

On 02/24/2017 11:54 AM, Stefan Kristiansson wrote:
> eOn Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 10:57:19AM +0100, Jonas Bonn wrote:
>> On 02/24/2017 05:32 AM, Stafford Horne wrote:
>>> From: Stefan Kristiansson <stefan.kristiansson@...nalahti.fi>
>>>
>>> This brings it inline with the other setup oprations done like the cache
>>> enables _ic_enable and _dc_enable.  Also, this is going to make it
>>> easier to initialize additional cpu's when smp is introduced.
>> This patch confuses me.  The TLB flush is moved to a point after MMU's are
>> enabled.  The TLB flush should happen before enabling the MMU, shouldn't it?
>>
> It still happens before the MMUs are enabled, the patch only refactors the code
> out into a function that is called from the place where it was open coded
> before.

Right.  What's the point of moving it then?

/Jonas

>
> Stefan