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From: William Jhun <wjhun@ayrnetworks.com>
To: linux-mips@oss.sgi.com
Subject: rm7k flush_icache_line() in rm7k_dma_cache_*
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 11:38:44 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020415113844.A21747@ayrnetworks.com> (raw)

Hello,

We've been experiencing some problems with our RM7k cache code which is
based on the sgi mm/rm7k.c from around kernel version 2.4.2. While
trying to track this down, we noticed that someone added a call to
flush_icache_line() in the rm7k_dma_cache_*() routines (now
mm/c-rm7k.c). What is the reason for this? It is our understanding that
the instruction cache does not write back, and so stale cache lines in
the icache which are later used for data/dma would seem innocuous. Is
this not true? We could not find a CVS log entry to explain this,
either. Did anyone experience problems without these calls to
flush_icache_line()?

Thanks,
Will

             reply	other threads:[~2002-04-15 18:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-04-15 18:38 William Jhun [this message]
2002-04-16  7:41 ` rm7k flush_icache_line() in rm7k_dma_cache_* Ralf Baechle

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