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| author | Russell King <rmk@dyn-67.arm.linux.org.uk> | 2007-10-27 14:01:35 +0400 |
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| committer | Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> | 2007-10-31 18:21:40 +0300 |
| commit | 0214f9221aa06fba35c0cd5c80641b0fcfcb1cbe (patch) | |
| tree | 7cf9e67f6acec67b7e9d84768c8fc8821f636162 /include | |
| parent | d8cb70d10a2d4e6b083b89044a68d860d0bf1eec (diff) | |
| download | linux-0214f9221aa06fba35c0cd5c80641b0fcfcb1cbe.tar.xz | |
[ARM] Fix FIQ issue with ARM926
Jon Eibertzon writes:
> We have noticed that the I-cache is disabled while waiting for
> interrupt in cpu_arm926_do_idle in arch/arm/mm/proc-arm926.S
> and we are curious to know why, because this causes us a great
> performance hit when executing in FIQ-handlers. Is it assumed
> here that every individual FIQ-handler re-enables the I-cache?
The I-cache disable is an errata workaround, so the solution is to
disable FIQs across the section with the I-cache disabled.
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
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