From 393239be1ba69dcd29be504ffe14938509795821 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fuad Tabba Date: Mon, 24 May 2021 09:30:00 +0100 Subject: arm64: Fix cache maintenance function comments Fix and expand comments for the cache maintenance functions in cacheflush.h. Adds comments to functions that weren't described before. Explains what the functions do using Arm Architecture Reference Manual terminology. No functional change intended. Acked-by: Mark Rutland Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210524083001.2586635-18-tabba@google.com Signed-off-by: Will Deacon --- arch/arm64/include/asm/cacheflush.h | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) (limited to 'arch/arm64') diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cacheflush.h index 70b389a8dea5..26617df1fa45 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cacheflush.h +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cacheflush.h @@ -30,31 +30,44 @@ * the implementation assumes non-aliasing VIPT D-cache and (aliasing) * VIPT I-cache. * - * flush_icache_range(start, end) + * All functions below apply to the interval [start, end) + * - start - virtual start address (inclusive) + * - end - virtual end address (exclusive) * - * Ensure coherency between the I-cache and the D-cache in the - * region described by start, end. - * - start - virtual start address - * - end - virtual end address + * __flush_icache_range(start, end) * - * invalidate_icache_range(start, end) - * - * Invalidate the I-cache in the region described by start, end. - * - start - virtual start address - * - end - virtual end address + * Ensure coherency between the I-cache and the D-cache region to + * the Point of Unification. * * __flush_cache_user_range(start, end) * - * Ensure coherency between the I-cache and the D-cache in the - * region described by start, end. - * - start - virtual start address - * - end - virtual end address + * Ensure coherency between the I-cache and the D-cache region to + * the Point of Unification. + * Use only if the region might access user memory. + * + * invalidate_icache_range(start, end) + * + * Invalidate I-cache region to the Point of Unification. * * __flush_dcache_area(start, end) * - * Ensure that the data held in page is written back. - * - start - virtual start address - * - end - virtual end address + * Clean and invalidate D-cache region to the Point of Coherency. + * + * __inval_dcache_area(start, end) + * + * Invalidate D-cache region to the Point of Coherency. + * + * __clean_dcache_area_poc(start, end) + * + * Clean D-cache region to the Point of Coherency. + * + * __clean_dcache_area_pop(start, end) + * + * Clean D-cache region to the Point of Persistence. + * + * __clean_dcache_area_pou(start, end) + * + * Clean D-cache region to the Point of Unification. */ extern void __flush_icache_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end); extern void invalidate_icache_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end); -- cgit v1.2.3