linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/9] powerpc: Remove SYNC on non 6xx

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Message-Id: <cf59a61d9e6da20e45c872a02460b783092127aa.1597336548.git.christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Date:   Thu, 13 Aug 2020 16:36:33 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
To:     Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/9] powerpc: Remove SYNC on non 6xx

SYNC is usefull for Powerpc 601 only. On everything else,
SYNC is empty.

Remove it from code that is not made to run on 6xx.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S   | 1 -
 arch/powerpc/kernel/head_booke.h | 1 -
 arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S    | 1 -
 3 files changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S
index 5b282d9965a5..44c9018aed1b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ turn_on_mmu:
 	lis	r0,start_here@h
 	ori	r0,r0,start_here@l
 	mtspr	SPRN_SRR0,r0
-	SYNC
 	rfi				/* enables MMU */
 	b	.			/* prevent prefetch past rfi */
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_booke.h b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_booke.h
index 18f87bf9e32b..71c359d438b5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_booke.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_booke.h
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ ALT_FTR_SECTION_END_IFSET(CPU_FTR_EMB_HV)
 #endif
 	mtspr	SPRN_SRR1,r10
 	mtspr	SPRN_SRR0,r11
-	SYNC
 	RFI				/* jump to handler, enable MMU */
 99:	b	ret_from_kernel_syscall
 .endm
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S
index 7bb46ad98207..070465825c21 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S
@@ -365,7 +365,6 @@ _GLOBAL(kexec_smp_wait)
 
 	li	r4,KEXEC_STATE_REAL_MODE
 	stb	r4,PACAKEXECSTATE(r13)
-	SYNC
 
 	b	kexec_wait
 
-- 
2.25.0