On 14 December 2010 04:50, Jeff Ohlstein <johlstei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > --- /dev/null > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-msm/headsmp.S [...] > +ENTRY(msm_secondary_startup) > +    mrc   p15, 0, r0, c0, c0, 5  @ MPIDR > +    and   r0, r0, #15       @ What CPU am I > +    adr   r4, 1f         Â@ address of > +    ldmia  r4, {r5, r6}      Â@ load curr addr and pen_rel addr > +    sub   r4, r4, r5       Â@ determine virtual/phys offsets > +    add   r6, r6, r4       Â@ apply > +pen: > +    wfe > +    dsb               @ ensure subsequent access is > +                    @ after event As I wrote in a different e-mail, this DSB isn't actually needed as the processor shouldn't speculate beyond the WFE. But it's harmless anyway. > --- /dev/null > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-msm/platsmp.c [...] > +int boot_secondary(unsigned int cpu, struct task_struct *idle) > +{ > +    static int cold_boot_done; > +    unsigned long timeout; > +    printk(KERN_DEBUG "Starting secondary CPU %d\n", cpu); > + > +    if (cold_boot_done == false) { > +        prepare_cold_cpu(cpu); > +        cold_boot_done = true; > +    } > + > +    pen_release = cpu; > +    __cpuc_flush_dcache_area((void *)&pen_release, sizeof(pen_release)); > +    outer_clean_range(__pa(&pen_release), __pa(&pen_release + 1)); > +    __asm__("sev"); > +    dsb(); What's the need for the dsb() here (one before SEV maybe)? Also, do we need to add a "memory" clobber to the SEV asm, not sure whether the compiler would try to reorder the code. -- Catalin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arm-msm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html