From: Takanori Kawano <t-kawano@ebina.hitachi.co.jp>
To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [Linux-ia64] Modifing memory attributes needs cache flush
Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 08:39:38 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-ia64-105590698805781@msgid-missing> (raw)
It noticed current ia64 code doesn't flush any processor
cache before modifing memory attributes, though the following
description in SDM vol2 Section4.4.2 says it should be done.
If software modifies the memory attributes for a page, software must flush
any processor cache copies with the Flush Cache(fc) instruction for the
following memory attribute changes:
speculative/non-speculative, cacheable/uncacheable(for transitions from
cacheable to uncacheable), and coherency. Software must flush any coalescing
buffers if a page is changes from coalescing to any other attribute.
Does anybody know why the current code doesn't flush cache?
I have some problem that seems to be caused by the ansence
of cache flush and I am writing a patch fixes it, so I'll
appreciate any information about it.
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Takanori Kawano
Hitachi Ltd,
Internet Systems Platform Division
t-kawano@ebina.hitachi.co.jp
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2002-01-09 8:39 Takanori Kawano [this message]
2002-01-10 19:17 ` [Linux-ia64] Modifing memory attributes needs cache flush David Mosberger
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