linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] locking: Introduce prepare_sync_core

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Message-ID: <1a9275e7-db07-42e8-9c34-8cd6ffe185d3@efficios.com>
Date:   Mon, 27 Nov 2023 07:53:02 -0500
From:   Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
To:     Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@...il.com>, paulmck@...nel.org,
        palmer@...belt.com, paul.walmsley@...ive.com, aou@...s.berkeley.edu
Cc:     mmaas@...gle.com, hboehm@...gle.com, striker@...ibm.com,
        charlie@...osinc.com, rehn@...osinc.com,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] locking: Introduce prepare_sync_core_cmd()

On 2023-11-27 05:32, Andrea Parri wrote:
> Introduce an architecture function that architectures can use to set
> up ("prepare") SYNC_CORE commands.
> 
> The function will be used by RISC-V to update its "deferred icache-
> flush" data structures (icache_stale_mask).
> 
> Architectures defining prepare_sync_core_cmd() static inline need to
> select ARCH_HAS_PREPARE_SYNC_CORE_CMD.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@...il.com>
> Suggested-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>

Reviewed-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>

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