Since the kernel will never run on a system with the VPIPT i-cache
policy, drop the detection code altogether.
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/cache.h | 6 ------
arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c | 5 -----
2 files changed, 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cache.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cache.h
index ceb368d33bf4..06a4670bdb0b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cache.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cache.h
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ static inline unsigned int arch_slab_minalign(void)
#define CTR_L1IP(ctr) SYS_FIELD_GET(CTR_EL0, L1Ip, ctr)
#define ICACHEF_ALIASING 0
-#define ICACHEF_VPIPT 1
extern unsigned long __icache_flags;
/*
@@ -70,11 +69,6 @@ static inline int icache_is_aliasing(void)
return test_bit(ICACHEF_ALIASING, &__icache_flags);
}
-static __always_inline int icache_is_vpipt(void)
-{
- return test_bit(ICACHEF_VPIPT, &__icache_flags);
-}
-
static inline u32 cache_type_cwg(void)
{
return SYS_FIELD_GET(CTR_EL0, CWG, read_cpuid_cachetype());
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c
index a257da7b56fe..47043c0d95ec 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ static struct cpuinfo_arm64 boot_cpu_data;
static inline const char *icache_policy_str(int l1ip)
{
switch (l1ip) {
- case CTR_EL0_L1Ip_VPIPT:
- return "VPIPT";
case CTR_EL0_L1Ip_VIPT:
return "VIPT";
case CTR_EL0_L1Ip_PIPT:
@@ -388,9 +386,6 @@ static void cpuinfo_detect_icache_policy(struct cpuinfo_arm64 *info)
switch (l1ip) {
case CTR_EL0_L1Ip_PIPT:
break;
- case CTR_EL0_L1Ip_VPIPT:
- set_bit(ICACHEF_VPIPT, &__icache_flags);
- break;
case CTR_EL0_L1Ip_VIPT:
default:
/* Assume aliasing */
--
2.39.2
