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arm64: Execute DSB during thread switching for TLB/cache maintenance

The DSB following TLB or cache maintenance ops must be run on the same
CPU. With kernel preemption enabled or for user-space cache maintenance
this may not be the case. This patch adds an explicit DSB in the
__switch_to() function.

Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Catalin Marinas 12 years ago
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      arch/arm64/kernel/process.c

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arch/arm64/kernel/process.c

@@ -313,6 +313,12 @@ struct task_struct *__switch_to(struct task_struct *prev,
 	hw_breakpoint_thread_switch(next);
 	contextidr_thread_switch(next);
 
+	/*
+	 * Complete any pending TLB or cache maintenance on this CPU in case
+	 * the thread migrates to a different CPU.
+	 */
+	dsb();
+
 	/* the actual thread switch */
 	last = cpu_switch_to(prev, next);