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authorKonrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>2012-08-13 15:39:10 -0400
committerKonrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>2012-08-13 15:39:10 -0400
commit0980bd9cd32de2fef7eaa2858345c49d14498625 (patch)
tree41f5f823d0569a81b22037e79c22d823933a63f1 /arch/tile/include/asm/cache.h
parent78821b2c0299ab807d483802f09897728b93bce0 (diff)
parent0d7614f09c1ebdbaa1599a5aba7593f147bf96ee (diff)
Merge commit 'v3.6-rc1' into linux-next
* commit 'v3.6-rc1': (9532 commits) Linux 3.6-rc1 mm: remove node_start_pfn checking in new WARN_ON for now ARM: mmp: add missing irqs.h arm: mvebu: fix typo in .dtsi comment for Armada XP SoCs ARM: PRIMA2: delete redundant codes to restore LATCHED when timer resumes libceph: fix crypto key null deref, memory leak ceph: simplify+fix atomic_open sh: explicitly include sh_dma.h in setup-sh7722.c um: Add arch/x86/um to MAINTAINERS um: pass siginfo to guest process um: fix ubd_file_size for read-only files md/dm-raid: DM_RAID should select MD_RAID10 md/raid1: submit IO from originating thread instead of md thread. raid5: raid5d handle stripe in batch way raid5: make_request use batch stripe release um: pull interrupt_end() into userspace() um: split syscall_trace(), pass pt_regs to it um: switch UPT_SET_RETURN_VALUE and regs_return_value to pt_regs MIPS: Loongson 2: Sort out clock managment. locks: remove unused lm_release_private ...
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/tile/include/asm/cache.h')
-rw-r--r--arch/tile/include/asm/cache.h12
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/tile/include/asm/cache.h b/arch/tile/include/asm/cache.h
index 392e5333dd8b..a9a529964e07 100644
--- a/arch/tile/include/asm/cache.h
+++ b/arch/tile/include/asm/cache.h
@@ -27,11 +27,17 @@
#define L2_CACHE_ALIGN(x) (((x)+(L2_CACHE_BYTES-1)) & -L2_CACHE_BYTES)
/*
- * TILE-Gx is fully coherent so we don't need to define ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN.
+ * TILEPro I/O is not always coherent (networking typically uses coherent
+ * I/O, but PCI traffic does not) and setting ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN to the
+ * L2 cacheline size helps ensure that kernel heap allocations are aligned.
+ * TILE-Gx I/O is always coherent when used on hash-for-home pages.
+ *
+ * However, it's possible at runtime to request not to use hash-for-home
+ * for the kernel heap, in which case the kernel will use flush-and-inval
+ * to manage coherence. As a result, we use L2_CACHE_BYTES for the
+ * DMA minimum alignment to avoid false sharing in the kernel heap.
*/
-#ifndef __tilegx__
#define ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN L2_CACHE_BYTES
-#endif
/* use the cache line size for the L2, which is where it counts */
#define SMP_CACHE_BYTES_SHIFT L2_CACHE_SHIFT