[PATCH 1/2] bsps/aarch64: Flush cache before disabling MMU

Kinsey Moore kinsey.moore at oarcorp.com
Fri Feb 10 22:00:35 UTC 2023


To ensure data consistency, the cache much be flushed before disabling
the MMU. When the MMU is disabled, all accesses are treated as
non-cachced and thus will bypass the cache.
---
 bsps/aarch64/include/bsp/aarch64-mmu.h | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/bsps/aarch64/include/bsp/aarch64-mmu.h b/bsps/aarch64/include/bsp/aarch64-mmu.h
index ebc224b9e1..2101ef4ae0 100644
--- a/bsps/aarch64/include/bsp/aarch64-mmu.h
+++ b/bsps/aarch64/include/bsp/aarch64-mmu.h
@@ -420,7 +420,13 @@ aarch64_mmu_disable( void )
 {
   uint64_t sctlr;
 
-  /* Enable MMU and cache */
+  /*
+   * Flush data cache before disabling the MMU. While the MMU is disabled, all
+   * accesses are treated as uncached device memory.
+   */
+  rtems_cache_flush_entire_data();
+
+  /* Disable MMU */
   sctlr = _AArch64_Read_sctlr_el1();
   sctlr &= ~(AARCH64_SCTLR_EL1_M);
   _AArch64_Write_sctlr_el1( sctlr );
-- 
2.30.2



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