MIPS: Octeon: Use optimized memory barrier primitives.
In order to achieve correct synchronization semantics, the Octeon port had defined CONFIG_WEAK_REORDERING_BEYOND_LLSC. This resulted in code that looks like: sync ll ... . . . sc ... . . sync The second SYNC was redundant, but harmless. Octeon has a SYNCW instruction that acts as a write-memory-barrier (due to an erratum in some parts two SYNCW are used). It is much faster than SYNC because it imposes ordering on the writes, but doesn't otherwise stall the execution pipeline. On Octeon, SYNC stalls execution until all preceeding writes are committed to the coherent memory system. Using: syncw;syncw ll . . . sc . . Has identical semantics to the first sequence, but is much faster. The SYNCW orders the writes, and the SC will not complete successfully until the write is committed to the coherent memory system. So at the end all preceeding writes have been committed. Since Octeon does not do speculative reads, this functions as a full barrier. The patch removes CONFIG_WEAK_REORDERING_BEYOND_LLSC, and substitutes SYNCW for SYNC in write-memory-barriers. Signed-off-by: David Daney <ddaney@caviumnetworks.com> To: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/850/Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
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