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[U-Boot] ARM v7: Flush icache when executing a program with go

Message ID 1353842010.17518.3.camel@home.hno.se
State Changes Requested
Delegated to: Albert ARIBAUD
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Commit Message

Henrik Nordström Nov. 25, 2012, 11:13 a.m. UTC
ARM v7 runs with icache enabled. For reliable results the go command
needs to flush the icache before jumping or it may risk running
cached instructions that differ from what currently is in memory.

---
 arch/arm/cpu/armv7/Makefile   |    1 +
 arch/arm/cpu/armv7/cmd_boot.c |   37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 arch/arm/cpu/armv7/cmd_boot.c

Comments

Wolfgang Denk Nov. 25, 2012, 5:41 p.m. UTC | #1
Dear Henrik Nordström,

In message <1353842010.17518.3.camel@home.hno.se> you wrote:
> ARM v7 runs with icache enabled. For reliable results the go command
> needs to flush the icache before jumping or it may risk running
> cached instructions that differ from what currently is in memory.

This should never be an architecutre specific thing.  Whether we flush
caches or not should be the same on all architectures.

> +#ifdef CONFIG_CMD_GO
> +unsigned long do_go_exec(ulong (*entry)(int, char * const []), int argc,
> +				 char * const argv[])
> +{
> +	invalidate_icache_all();
> +	return entry(argc, argv);
> +}

We really need a prototype for this function in a global header file.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk
Henrik Nordström Nov. 25, 2012, 11:14 p.m. UTC | #2
sön 2012-11-25 klockan 18:41 +0100 skrev Wolfgang Denk:
> Dear Henrik Nordström,
> 
> In message <1353842010.17518.3.camel@home.hno.se> you wrote:
> > ARM v7 runs with icache enabled. For reliable results the go command
> > needs to flush the icache before jumping or it may risk running
> > cached instructions that differ from what currently is in memory.
> 
> This should never be an architecutre specific thing.  Whether we flush
> caches or not should be the same on all architectures.

Agreed.

But this needs some "flush icache if supported & enabled for current
arch" function that do not yell loudly if icache not supported/enabled.
invalidate_icache_all() yells loudly if not implememented by the current
arch.

Regards
Henrik
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diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/Makefile b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/Makefile
index 4fdbee4..da1b5e8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/Makefile
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@  COBJS	+= cache_v7.o
 
 COBJS	+= cpu.o
 COBJS	+= syslib.o
+COBJS	+= cmd_boot.o
 
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_AM33XX)$(CONFIG_OMAP44XX)$(CONFIG_OMAP54XX)$(CONFIG_TEGRA20),)
 SOBJS	+= lowlevel_init.o
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/cmd_boot.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/cmd_boot.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6758a55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/cmd_boot.c
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ 
+/*
+ * (C) Copyright 2000-2003
+ * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
+ *
+ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+ * project.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Misc boot support
+ */
+#include <common.h>
+#include <command.h>
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_CMD_GO
+unsigned long do_go_exec(ulong (*entry)(int, char * const []), int argc,
+				 char * const argv[])
+{
+	invalidate_icache_all();
+	return entry(argc, argv);
+}
+#endif