Hi Alexandru, On 11/25/20 4:51 PM, Alexandru Elisei wrote: > The GICv3 driver executes a DSB barrier before sending an IPI, which > ensures that memory accesses have completed. This removes the need to > enforce ordering with respect to stats_reset() in the IPI handler. > > For GICv2, we still need the DMB to ensure ordering between the read of the > GICC_IAR MMIO register and the read from the acked array. It also matches > what the Linux GICv2 driver does in gic_handle_irq(). > > Signed-off-by: Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@xxxxxxx> > --- > arm/gic.c | 9 +++++++-- > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arm/gic.c b/arm/gic.c > index 4e947e8516a2..7befda2a8673 100644 > --- a/arm/gic.c > +++ b/arm/gic.c > @@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ static void stats_reset(void) > bad_sender[i] = -1; > bad_irq[i] = -1; > } > - smp_wmb(); Here we are (pair removed). Still the one in check_acked still exists. > } > > static void check_acked(const char *testname, cpumask_t *mask) > @@ -150,7 +149,13 @@ static void ipi_handler(struct pt_regs *regs __unused) > > if (irqnr != GICC_INT_SPURIOUS) { > gic_write_eoir(irqstat); > - smp_rmb(); /* pairs with wmb in stats_reset */ > + /* > + * Make sure data written before the IPI was triggered is > + * observed after the IAR is read. Pairs with the smp_wmb > + * when sending the IPI. > + */ > + if (gic_version() == 2) > + smp_rmb(); > ++acked[smp_processor_id()]; > check_ipi_sender(irqstat); > check_irqnr(irqnr); > Thanks Eric