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From: rabin@rab.in (Rabin Vincent)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] ARM: Assume new page cache pages have dirty D-cache
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:52:01 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100628142201.GA3287@debian> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100625120132.30030.5577.stgit@e102109-lin.cambridge.arm.com>

On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 01:01:32PM +0100, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> @@ -508,6 +508,12 @@ void ___dma_page_dev_to_cpu(struct page *page, unsigned long off,
>  		outer_inv_range(paddr, paddr + size);
>  
>  	dma_cache_maint_page(page, off, size, dir, dmac_unmap_area);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Mark the D-cache clean for this page to avoid extra flushing.
> +	 */
> +	if (dir != DMA_TO_DEVICE)
> +		set_bit(PG_dcache_clean, &page->flags);

off + size does not necessarily cover the full page.  We probably
shouldn't be setting it as clean unless it does? 

Also, off + size can cover multiple physically contiguous pages, so
perhaps they too can be set as clean if they're fully covered.

Rabin

  reply	other threads:[~2010-06-28 14:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-06-25 12:01 [PATCH 0/3] Cache maintenance on VIPT caches Catalin Marinas
2010-06-25 12:01 ` [PATCH 1/3] ARM: Assume new page cache pages have dirty D-cache Catalin Marinas
2010-06-28 14:22   ` Rabin Vincent [this message]
2010-06-28 16:49     ` Catalin Marinas
2010-06-25 12:01 ` [PATCH 2/3] ARM: Introduce __sync_icache_dcache() for VIPT caches Catalin Marinas
2010-06-25 12:01 ` [PATCH 3/3] ARM: Use lazy cache flushing on ARMv7 SMP systems Catalin Marinas
2010-07-16 13:19 ` [PATCH 0/3] Cache maintenance on VIPT caches Rabin VINCENT
2010-07-16 14:39   ` Catalin Marinas
2010-07-20  9:56     ` FUJITA Tomonori
2010-07-20 11:37       ` Catalin Marinas
2010-07-20 11:42         ` Catalin Marinas
2010-07-20 13:39       ` Catalin Marinas
2010-07-20 15:22         ` Nicolas Pitre

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