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* ARM: add size argument to __cpuc_flush_dcache_pageRussell King2009-12-141-1/+1
| | | | | | | ... and rename the function since it no longer operates on just pages. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
* ARM: Add kmap_atomic type debuggingRussell King2009-10-111-0/+2
| | | | | | | Seemingly this support was missed when highmem was added, so DEBUG_HIGHMEM wouldn't have checked the kmap_atomic type. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
* ARM: 5691/1: fix cache aliasing issues between kmap() and kmap_atomic() with ↵Nicolas Pitre2009-09-041-0/+8
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | highmem Let's suppose a highmem page is kmap'd with kmap(). A pkmap entry is used, the page mapped to it, and the virtual cache is dirtied. Then kunmap() is used which does virtually nothing except for decrementing a usage count. Then, let's suppose the _same_ page gets mapped using kmap_atomic(). It is therefore mapped onto a fixmap entry instead, which has a different virtual address unaware of the dirty cache data for that page sitting in the pkmap mapping. Fortunately it is easy to know if a pkmap mapping still exists for that page and use it directly with kmap_atomic(), thanks to kmap_high_get(). And actual testing with a printk in the added code path shows that this condition is actually met *extremely* frequently. Seems that we've been quite lucky that things have worked so well with highmem so far. Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
* [ARM] kmap supportNicolas Pitre2009-03-151-0/+116
The kmap virtual area borrows a 2MB range at the top of the 16MB area below PAGE_OFFSET currently reserved for kernel modules and/or the XIP kernel. This 2MB corresponds to the range covered by 2 consecutive second-level page tables, or a single pmd entry as seen by the Linux page table abstraction. Because XIP kernels are unlikely to be seen on systems needing highmem support, there shouldn't be any shortage of VM space for modules (14 MB for modules is still way more than twice the typical usage). Because the virtual mapping of highmem pages can go away at any moment after kunmap() is called on them, we need to bypass the delayed cache flushing provided by flush_dcache_page() in that case. The atomic kmap versions are based on fixmaps, and __cpuc_flush_dcache_page() is used directly in that case. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@marvell.com>
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