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arm64: Remove unnecessary ISBs from set_{pte,pmd,pud}

Commit 7f0b1bf04511 ("arm64: Fix barriers used for page table modifications")
fixed a reported issue with fixmap page-table entries not being visible
to the walker due to a missing DSB instruction. At the same time, it added
ISB instructions to the arm64 set_{pte,pmd,pud} functions, which are not
required by the architecture and make little sense in isolation.

Remove the redundant ISBs.

Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Will Deacon 7 years ago
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24fe1b0efa
1 changed files with 1 additions and 5 deletions
  1. 1 5
      arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h

+ 1 - 5
arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h

@@ -224,10 +224,8 @@ static inline void set_pte(pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte)
 	 * Only if the new pte is valid and kernel, otherwise TLB maintenance
 	 * or update_mmu_cache() have the necessary barriers.
 	 */
-	if (pte_valid_not_user(pte)) {
+	if (pte_valid_not_user(pte))
 		dsb(ishst);
-		isb();
-	}
 }
 
 extern void __sync_icache_dcache(pte_t pteval);
@@ -434,7 +432,6 @@ static inline void set_pmd(pmd_t *pmdp, pmd_t pmd)
 {
 	WRITE_ONCE(*pmdp, pmd);
 	dsb(ishst);
-	isb();
 }
 
 static inline void pmd_clear(pmd_t *pmdp)
@@ -485,7 +482,6 @@ static inline void set_pud(pud_t *pudp, pud_t pud)
 {
 	WRITE_ONCE(*pudp, pud);
 	dsb(ishst);
-	isb();
 }
 
 static inline void pud_clear(pud_t *pudp)