KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
A bit new idea. How about this ? == - Set PG_arch_1 if "icache is *not* coherent"
page-flags.h: * PG_arch_1 is an architecture specific page state bit. The generic code * guarantees that this bit is cleared for a page when it first is entered into * the page cache. I do not think you can easily change it. I can agree, making nfs_readpage() call an architecture dependent service is not an easy stuff either. :-)
- make flush_dcache_page() to be empty func. - For Montecito, add kmap_atomic(). This function just set PG_arch1.
kmap_atomic() is used at several places. Do you want to set PG_arch1, everywhere kmap_atomic() is called?
Then, "the page which is copied by the kernel" is marked as "not icache coherent page" - icache_flush_page() just flushes a page which has PG_arch_1. - Anonymous page is always has PG_arch_1. Tkae care of Copy-On-Write.
You can allocate (even in user mode) an anonymous page, hand-create or read() in some code from a file, and mprotect(...., EXEC)-it. The page has to become I-cache coherent. I am not sure I can really understand your proposal. I cannot see how the compatibility to the existing code is made sure. Thanks, Zoltan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/