linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 15/21] ARM: dma-mapping: always invalidate WT caches before DMA

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <CACRpkdbMry_UUYN1MuXTUpRXV+Tj9RSDvN-iBdvR8hDfkTaX4w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 31 Mar 2023 11:01:51 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Vineet Gupta <vgupta@...nel.org>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@...aro.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, Guo Ren <guoren@...nel.org>,
        Brian Cain <bcain@...cinc.com>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>,
        Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen@...nel.org>,
        Stafford Horne <shorne@...il.com>,
        Helge Deller <deller@....de>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>,
        John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@...sik.fu-berlin.de>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>,
        Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@...renesas.com>,
        Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@...rochip.com>,
        linux-snps-arc@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-oxnas@...ups.io,
        linux-csky@...r.kernel.org, linux-hexagon@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org, linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-openrisc@...r.kernel.org, linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-sh@...r.kernel.org, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-xtensa@...ux-xtensa.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/21] ARM: dma-mapping: always invalidate WT caches
 before DMA

On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 2:16 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org> wrote:

> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
>
> Most ARM CPUs can have write-back caches and that require
> cache management to be done in the dma_sync_*_for_device()
> operation. This is typically done in both writeback and
> writethrough mode.
>
> The cache-v4.S (arm720/740/7tdmi/9tdmi) and cache-v4wt.S
> (arm920t, arm940t) implementations are the exception here,
> and only do the cache management after the DMA is complete,
> in the dma_sync_*_for_cpu() operation.
>
> Change this for consistency with the other platforms. This
> should have no user visible effect.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Looks good to me.
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

Yours,
Linus Walleij