From: davem@davemloft.net (David Miller)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] [ARM] force dcache flush if dcache_dirty bit set
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:16:28 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091012.031628.98420072.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20091012100023.GC29310@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk>
From: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:00:23 +0100
> The problem which has been identified is that when flush_dcache_page() is
> called, there is a mapping, and so the page is marked for lazy flushing.
> However, by the time update_mmu_cache() gets called, the mapping has gone
> and so update_mmu_cache() does nothing.
Now I understand, thanks.
Ok, I'll remove the mapping check from the sparc64 flush_dcache()
function, seems the right thing to do.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-10-12 10:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-10-12 8:50 [PATCH] [ARM] force dcache flush if dcache_dirty bit set Nitin Gupta
2009-10-12 9:07 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2009-10-12 9:37 ` David Miller
2009-10-12 10:00 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2009-10-12 10:16 ` David Miller [this message]
2009-10-12 16:09 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-10-12 17:03 ` Russell King
2009-10-12 17:12 ` Nitin Gupta
2009-10-12 18:06 ` Hugh Dickins
2009-10-15 21:48 ` Kyle McMartin
2009-10-13 2:07 ` Paul Mundt
2009-10-14 17:10 ` Catalin Marinas
2009-10-15 11:59 ` Catalin Marinas
2009-10-12 10:28 ` Nitin Gupta
2009-10-12 11:08 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2009-10-12 11:16 ` Nitin Gupta
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