Re: Flush_cache_page inteface (was: Re: [PATCH] Cache alias issues for swapped page)

2000-09-10 Thread David S. Miller
From: NIIBE Yutaka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date:Mon, 11 Sep 2000 11:10:13 +0900 Then, there is another issue for physically tagged cache system in the function memory.c:break_cow. It calles flush_cache_page(vma, address). For physically tagged cache system, we need

Flush_cache_page inteface (was: Re: [PATCH] Cache alias issues for swapped page)

2000-09-10 Thread NIIBE Yutaka
Russell King wrote: > Also, I believe that the use of flush_page_to_ram() is wrong here, since > this seems to be intended to be used when the kernel has been writing to > its direct mapped version of the page, which is should not have been (if > it has, then the act of writing is a bug, not

Flush_cache_page inteface (was: Re: [PATCH] Cache alias issues for swapped page)

2000-09-10 Thread NIIBE Yutaka
Russell King wrote: Also, I believe that the use of flush_page_to_ram() is wrong here, since this seems to be intended to be used when the kernel has been writing to its direct mapped version of the page, which is should not have been (if it has, then the act of writing is a bug, not the

Re: Flush_cache_page inteface (was: Re: [PATCH] Cache alias issues for swapped page)

2000-09-10 Thread David S. Miller
From: NIIBE Yutaka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date:Mon, 11 Sep 2000 11:10:13 +0900 Then, there is another issue for physically tagged cache system in the function memory.c:break_cow. It calles flush_cache_page(vma, address). For physically tagged cache system, we need __physical