From d5624bb29f49b849ac8d1e9783dbf9c65cf33457 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Xiongfeng Wang Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2021 11:55:56 +0800 Subject: asm-generic: introduce io_stop_wc() and add implementation for ARM64 For memory accesses with write-combining attributes (e.g. those returned by ioremap_wc()), the CPU may wait for prior accesses to be merged with subsequent ones. But in some situation, such wait is bad for the performance. We introduce io_stop_wc() to prevent the merging of write-combining memory accesses before this macro with those after it. We add implementation for ARM64 using DGH instruction and provide NOP implementation for other architectures. Signed-off-by: Xiongfeng Wang Suggested-by: Will Deacon Suggested-by: Catalin Marinas Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211221035556.60346-1-wangxiongfeng2@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas --- include/asm-generic/barrier.h | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/asm-generic') diff --git a/include/asm-generic/barrier.h b/include/asm-generic/barrier.h index 640f09479bdf..4c2c1b830344 100644 --- a/include/asm-generic/barrier.h +++ b/include/asm-generic/barrier.h @@ -251,5 +251,16 @@ do { \ #define pmem_wmb() wmb() #endif +/* + * ioremap_wc() maps I/O memory as memory with write-combining attributes. For + * this kind of memory accesses, the CPU may wait for prior accesses to be + * merged with subsequent ones. In some situation, such wait is bad for the + * performance. io_stop_wc() can be used to prevent the merging of + * write-combining memory accesses before this macro with those after it. + */ +#ifndef io_stop_wc +#define io_stop_wc do { } while (0) +#endif + #endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */ #endif /* __ASM_GENERIC_BARRIER_H */ -- cgit v1.2.3