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From: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Alain Knaff <alain@knaff.lu>,
	markh@compro.net, fdutils@fdutils.linux.lu,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: DMA cache consistency bug introduced in 2.6.28
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:21:40 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3aaxhjwaz.fsf@intrepid.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0912170916420.15740@localhost.localdomain> (Linus Torvalds's message of "Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:27:56 -0800 (PST)")

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:

> On x86, where all caches are supposed to be totally coherent (except for 
> I$ under very special circumstances),

BTW SWIOTLB is a non-coherent "cache" in some sense, though I'd be
surprised if it's related. Anyway mentioning $CPU and $RAM at the very
least would be a good idea in such cases.
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa

  reply	other threads:[~2009-12-17 18:21 UTC|newest]

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2009-12-17 17:00                                                                     ` DMA cache consistency bug introduced in 2.6.28 (Was: Re: [Fdutils] Cannot format floppies under kernel 2.6.*?) Alain Knaff
2009-12-17 17:27                                                                       ` Linus Torvalds
2009-12-17 18:21                                                                         ` Krzysztof Halasa [this message]
2009-12-17 20:46                                                                         ` Alain Knaff
2009-12-17 21:14                                                                           ` Linus Torvalds
2009-12-17 22:11                                                                             ` Alain Knaff
2009-12-17 22:43                                                                               ` Linus Torvalds
2009-12-17 23:24                                                                                 ` Alain Knaff
2009-12-18  8:59                                                                                   ` Mark Hounschell
2009-12-18 10:55                                                                                     ` [Fdutils] DMA cache consistency bug introduced in 2.6.28 (Was: " Mark Hounschell
2009-12-18 15:01                                                                                       ` [Fdutils] DMA cache consistency bug introduced in 2.6.28 Krzysztof Halasa
2009-12-18 15:22                                                                                       ` [Fdutils] DMA cache consistency bug introduced in 2.6.28 (Was: Re: Cannot format floppies under kernel 2.6.*?) Linus Torvalds
2009-12-18 15:28                                                                                         ` Mark Hounschell
2009-12-18 15:45                                                                                           ` Linus Torvalds
2009-12-18 20:04                                                                                             ` Mark Hounschell
2009-12-18 20:15                                                                                               ` Linus Torvalds
2009-12-22 15:11                                                                                                 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-12-22 17:38                                                                                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2009-12-22 17:57                                                                                                     ` Mark Hounschell
2009-12-22 23:37                                                                                                       ` Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2009-12-23  0:22                                                                                                         ` Mark Hounschell
2009-12-23 13:02                                                                                                           ` Mark Hounschell
2009-12-23 15:10                                                                                                             ` Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2009-12-23 15:34                                                                                                               ` Mark Hounschell
2009-12-23 15:57                                                                                                                 ` Mark Hounschell
2009-12-23 16:31                                                                                                                 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-12-23 16:38                                                                                                                   ` [Fdutils] DMA cache consistency bug introduced in 2.6.28 Andi Kleen
2009-12-23 16:49                                                                                                                     ` Linus Torvalds
2009-12-23 17:08                                                                                                                       ` Andi Kleen
2009-12-25 12:21                                                                                                                         ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-12-25 20:33                                                                                                                           ` Andi Kleen
2009-12-26  9:38                                                                                                                             ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-12-26 16:40                                                                                                                               ` Andi Kleen
2009-12-27 12:28                                                                                                                                 ` Alain Knaff
2009-12-28  1:54                                                                                                                                   ` Andi Kleen
2009-12-28 10:27                                                                                                                                     ` Alain Knaff
2009-12-28 14:54                                                                                                                                       ` Andi Kleen
2009-12-27 11:09                                                                                                                         ` Pavel Machek
2009-12-28 20:54                                                                                                                           ` Mark Hounschell
2009-12-23 17:19                                                                                                                       ` Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2009-12-23 17:16                                                                                                                         ` Andi Kleen
2009-12-23 20:11                                                                                                                       ` alain
2009-12-23 17:41                                                                                                                     ` Mark Hounschell
2009-12-23 18:01                                                                                                                       ` Linus Torvalds
2009-12-23 18:11                                                                                                                         ` Mark Hounschell
2009-12-23 19:18                                                                                                                       ` Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2009-12-23 19:35                                                                                                                         ` Mark Hounschell
2009-12-23 20:30                                                                                                                           ` Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2009-12-23 20:34                                                                                                                             ` alain
2009-12-23 21:34                                                                                                                               ` Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2010-01-08 17:42                                                                                                                             ` Mark Hounschell
2010-01-12  0:19                                                                                                                               ` Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2010-01-12  9:04                                                                                                                                 ` Mark Hounschell
2010-01-15  2:01                                                                                                                                   ` Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2010-01-15  9:39                                                                                                                                     ` Mark Hounschell
2010-01-15 18:02                                                                                                                                     ` Mark Hounschell
2010-01-21 19:09                                                                                                                                       ` [PATCH] x86: Disable HPET MSI on ATI SB700/SB800 Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2010-01-22 22:00                                                                                                                                         ` [tip:x86/urgent] " tip-bot for Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2010-01-23  6:51                                                                                                                                         ` tip-bot for Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2010-01-23  7:21                                                                                                                                         ` [PATCH] " Yuhong Bao
2010-01-25 17:10                                                                                                                                           ` Andreas Herrmann
2010-01-28  9:17                                                                                                                                             ` Mark Hounschell
2010-01-28 13:25                                                                                                                                               ` Mark Hounschell
2010-01-28 13:41                                                                                                                                                 ` Borislav Petkov
2010-01-28 14:45                                                                                                                                                   ` Mark Hounschell
2010-05-17 14:59                                                                                                                                             ` Andreas Herrmann
2010-05-17 15:10                                                                                                                                               ` Yuhong Bao
2010-05-17 15:12                                                                                                                                               ` Linus Torvalds
2010-05-17 16:46                                                                                                                                                 ` Andreas Herrmann
2010-05-18  0:56                                                                                                                                               ` Robert Hancock
2010-05-18  1:02                                                                                                                                                 ` Linus Torvalds
2010-05-18  1:06                                                                                                                                                   ` Robert Hancock
2010-05-18  8:45                                                                                                                                                 ` Andi Kleen
2010-05-18 23:22                                                                                                                                                   ` Robert Hancock

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