On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 17:36:00 -0300
Murilo Opsfelder Araujo <muri...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> On 03/14/2018 07:40 PM, Mauricio Faria de Oliveira wrote:
> > From: Michael Ellerman <m...@ellerman.id.au>
> >
> > rfi_flush_enable() includes a check to see if we're already
> > enabled (or disabled), and in that case does nothing.
> >
> > But that means calling setup_rfi_flush() a 2nd time doesn't actually
> > work, which is a bit confusing.
> >
> > Move that check into the debugfs code, where it really belongs.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <m...@ellerman.id.au>
> > Signed-off-by: Mauricio Faria de Oliveira
> > <mauri...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> ---
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c | 13 ++++++++-----
> > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
> > b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c index c388cc3..3efc01a 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
> > @@ -846,9 +846,6 @@ static void do_nothing(void *unused)
> >
> > void rfi_flush_enable(bool enable)
> > {
> > - if (rfi_flush == enable)
> > - return;
> > -
> > if (enable) {
> > do_rfi_flush_fixups(enabled_flush_types);
> > on_each_cpu(do_nothing, NULL, 1);
> > @@ -902,13 +899,19 @@ void __init setup_rfi_flush(enum
> > l1d_flush_type types, bool enable) #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
> > static int rfi_flush_set(void *data, u64 val)
> > {
> > + bool enable;
> > +
> > if (val == 1)
> > - rfi_flush_enable(true);
> > + enable = true;
> > else if (val == 0)
> > - rfi_flush_enable(false);
> > + enable = false;
> > else
> > return -EINVAL;
> >
> > + /* Only do anything if we're changing state */
> > + if (enable != rfi_flush)
>
> Hi, Mauricio.
>
> Do we need to take into account if no_rfi_flush == true?
I think it makes sense you are able to override that using debugfs.
It's interface used for diagnostics and testing.
If this was in sysfs it would be a different story.
Thanks
Michal
