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    arm64: Avoid cpus_have_const_cap() for ARM64_HAS_CACHE_DIC · 6766a8ef
    Mark Rutland authored
    In icache_inval_all_pou() we use cpus_have_const_cap() to check for
    ARM64_HAS_CACHE_DIC, but this is not necessary and
    alternative_has_cap_*() would be preferable.
    
    For historical reasons, cpus_have_const_cap() is more complicated than
    it needs to be. Before cpucaps are finalized, it will perform a bitmap
    test of the system_cpucaps bitmap, and once cpucaps are finalized it
    will use an alternative branch. This used to be necessary to handle some
    race conditions in the window between cpucap detection and the
    subsequent patching of alternatives and static branches, where different
    branches could be out-of-sync with one another (or w.r.t. alternative
    sequences). Now that we use alternative branches instead of static
    branches, these are all patched atomically w.r.t. one another, and there
    are only a handful of cases that need special care in the window between
    cpucap detection and alternative patching.
    
    Due to the above, it would be nice to remove cpus_have_const_cap(), and
    migrate callers over to alternative_has_cap_*(), cpus_have_final_cap(),
    or cpus_have_cap() depending on when their requirements. This will
    remove redundant instructions and improve code generation, and will make
    it easier to determine how each callsite will behave before, during, and
    after alternative patching.
    
    The cpus_have_const_cap() check in icache_inval_all_pou() is an
    optimization to skip a redundant (but benign) IC IALLUIS + DSB ISH
    sequence when all CPUs in the system have DIC. In the window between
    detecting the ARM64_HAS_CACHE_DIC cpucap and patching alternative
    branches there is only a single potential call to icache_inval_all_pou()
    (in the alternatives patching itself), which there's no need to optimize
    for at the expense of other callers.
    
    This patch replaces the use of cpus_have_const_cap() with
    alternative_has_cap_unlikely(), which will avoid generating code to test
    the system_cpucaps bitmap and should be better for all subsequent calls
    at runtime. This also aligns better with the way we patch the assembly
    cache maintenance sequences in arch/arm64/mm/cache.S.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
    Cc: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
    Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarCatalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
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