Agreed. This probably comes from the downstream code, I think.. But I agree it's actually redundant.
Thank you for pointing this out. On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 11:27 AM, Russell King - ARM Linux <li...@arm.linux.org.uk> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at 01:47:22PM -0800, Eric Anholt wrote: >> +int __init bcm2836_smp_boot_secondary(unsigned int cpu, >> + struct task_struct *idle) >> +{ >> + unsigned long secondary_startup_phys = >> + (unsigned long)virt_to_phys((void *)secondary_startup); >> + >> + dsb(); >> + writel(secondary_startup_phys, >> + intc.base + LOCAL_MAILBOX3_SET0 + 16 * cpu); > > Please explain why you need this dsb() - I can't see a reason for it. > writel() has a barrier internally prior to writing the register, and > therefore I think the above dsb() is entirely redundant. > > -- > RMK's Patch system: http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/patches/ > FTTC broadband for 0.8mile line: currently at 9.6Mbps down 400kbps up > according to speedtest.net. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/