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For memory accesses with write-combining attributes (e.g. those returned by ioremap_wc()), the CPU may wait for prior accesses to be merged with subsequent ones. But in some situation, such wait is bad for the performance. We introduce io_stop_wc() to prevent the merging of write-combining memory accesses before this macro with those after it. We add implementation for ARM64 using DGH instruction and provide NOP implementation for other architectures. Signed-off-by: Xiongfeng Wang <wangxiongfeng2@huawei.com> Suggested-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Suggested-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211221035556.60346-1-wangxiongfeng2@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.