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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/parisc/include/asm/ldcw.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/parisc/include/asm/ldcw.h | 36 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/ldcw.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/ldcw.h index e080143e79a3..b432a67c793c 100644 --- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/ldcw.h +++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/ldcw.h @@ -2,14 +2,28 @@ #ifndef __PARISC_LDCW_H #define __PARISC_LDCW_H -#ifndef CONFIG_PA20 /* Because kmalloc only guarantees 8-byte alignment for kmalloc'd data, and GCC only guarantees 8-byte alignment for stack locals, we can't be assured of 16-byte alignment for atomic lock data even if we specify "__attribute ((aligned(16)))" in the type declaration. So, we use a struct containing an array of four ints for the atomic lock type and dynamically select the 16-byte aligned int from the array - for the semaphore. */ + for the semaphore. */ + +/* From: "Jim Hull" <jim.hull of hp.com> + I've attached a summary of the change, but basically, for PA 2.0, as + long as the ",CO" (coherent operation) completer is implemented, then the + 16-byte alignment requirement for ldcw and ldcd is relaxed, and instead + they only require "natural" alignment (4-byte for ldcw, 8-byte for + ldcd). + + Although the cache control hint is accepted by all PA 2.0 processors, + it is only implemented on PA8800/PA8900 CPUs. Prior PA8X00 CPUs still + require 16-byte alignment. If the address is unaligned, the operation + of the instruction is undefined. The ldcw instruction does not generate + unaligned data reference traps so misaligned accesses are not detected. + This hid the problem for years. So, restore the 16-byte alignment dropped + by Kyle McMartin in "Remove __ldcw_align for PA-RISC 2.0 processors". */ #define __PA_LDCW_ALIGNMENT 16 #define __PA_LDCW_ALIGN_ORDER 4 @@ -19,22 +33,12 @@ & ~(__PA_LDCW_ALIGNMENT - 1); \ (volatile unsigned int *) __ret; \ }) -#define __LDCW "ldcw" -#else /*CONFIG_PA20*/ -/* From: "Jim Hull" <jim.hull of hp.com> - I've attached a summary of the change, but basically, for PA 2.0, as - long as the ",CO" (coherent operation) completer is specified, then the - 16-byte alignment requirement for ldcw and ldcd is relaxed, and instead - they only require "natural" alignment (4-byte for ldcw, 8-byte for - ldcd). */ - -#define __PA_LDCW_ALIGNMENT 4 -#define __PA_LDCW_ALIGN_ORDER 2 -#define __ldcw_align(a) (&(a)->slock) +#ifdef CONFIG_PA20 #define __LDCW "ldcw,co" - -#endif /*!CONFIG_PA20*/ +#else +#define __LDCW "ldcw" +#endif /* LDCW, the only atomic read-write operation PA-RISC has. *sigh*. We don't explicitly expose that "*a" may be written as reload |