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In gic_read_iar() we use cpus_have_const_cap() to check for ARM64_WORKAROUND_CAVIUM_23154 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 ARM64_WORKAROUND_CAVIUM_23154 cpucap is detected and patched early on the boot CPU before the GICv3 driver is initialized and hence before gic_read_iar() is ever called. Thus it is not necessary to use cpus_have_const_cap(), and alternative_has_cap() is equivalent. In addition, arm64's gic_read_iar() lives in irq-gic-v3.c purely for historical reasons. It was originally added prior to 32-bit arm support in commit: |
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Linux kernel
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