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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/asm-arm/cacheflush.h b/include/asm-arm/cacheflush.h
index 03cf1ee977b7..e68a1cbcc852 100644
--- a/include/asm-arm/cacheflush.h
+++ b/include/asm-arm/cacheflush.h
@@ -459,15 +459,19 @@ static inline void flush_ioremap_region(unsigned long phys, void __iomem *virt,
#define __cacheid_vivt_asid_tagged_instr(val) (__cacheid_type_v7(val) ? ((val & (3 << 14)) == (1 << 14)) : 0)
#if defined(CONFIG_CPU_CACHE_VIVT) && !defined(CONFIG_CPU_CACHE_VIPT)
-
+/*
+ * VIVT caches only
+ */
#define cache_is_vivt() 1
#define cache_is_vipt() 0
#define cache_is_vipt_nonaliasing() 0
#define cache_is_vipt_aliasing() 0
#define icache_is_vivt_asid_tagged() 0
-#elif defined(CONFIG_CPU_CACHE_VIPT)
-
+#elif !defined(CONFIG_CPU_CACHE_VIVT) && defined(CONFIG_CPU_CACHE_VIPT)
+/*
+ * VIPT caches only
+ */
#define cache_is_vivt() 0
#define cache_is_vipt() 1
#define cache_is_vipt_nonaliasing() \
@@ -489,7 +493,12 @@ static inline void flush_ioremap_region(unsigned long phys, void __iomem *virt,
})
#else
-
+/*
+ * VIVT or VIPT caches. Note that this is unreliable since ARM926
+ * and V6 CPUs satisfy the "(val & (15 << 25)) == (14 << 25)" test.
+ * There's no way to tell from the CacheType register what type (!)
+ * the cache is.
+ */
#define cache_is_vivt() \
({ \
unsigned int __val = read_cpuid(CPUID_CACHETYPE); \