linux-kernel - [PATCH v6 08/10] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Update comment about STE liveness

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Message-ID: <20230816211849.v6.8.I7a8beb615e2520ad395d96df94b9ab9708ee0d9c@changeid>
Date:   Wed, 16 Aug 2023 21:18:48 +0800
From:   Michael Shavit <mshavit@...gle.com>
To:     iommu@...ts.linux.dev, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     robin.murphy@....com, will@...nel.org, jean-philippe@...aro.org,
        jgg@...dia.com, nicolinc@...dia.com,
        Michael Shavit <mshavit@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v6 08/10] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Update comment about STE liveness

Update the comment to reflect the fact that the STE is not always
installed. arm_smmu_domain_finalise_s1 intentionnaly calls
arm_smmu_write_ctx_desc while the STE is not installed.

Signed-off-by: Michael Shavit <mshavit@...gle.com>
---

Changes in v6:
- New commit

 drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c
index de87150cd0242..3c8bfeca89d5c 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c
@@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@ int arm_smmu_write_ctx_desc(struct arm_smmu_master *master, int ssid,
 		cdptr[3] = cpu_to_le64(cd->mair);
 
 		/*
-		 * STE is live, and the SMMU might read dwords of this CD in any
+		 * STE may be live, and the SMMU might read dwords of this CD in any
 		 * order. Ensure that it observes valid values before reading
 		 * V=1.
 		 */
-- 
2.41.0.694.ge786442a9b-goog