Explicitly set non-cached caching attributes for MMIO regions. Default write-back mode can cause CPU to cache device memory, causing invalid reads and unpredictable behavior.
Invalid read and write issues were observed on ARM64 when mapping the notification area to userspace via mmap. Signed-off-by: Kommula Shiva Shankar <[email protected]> --- drivers/vhost/vdpa.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c index 05a481e4c385..b0179e8567ab 100644 --- a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c +++ b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c @@ -1527,6 +1527,7 @@ static int vhost_vdpa_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma) if (vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start != notify.size) return -ENOTSUPP; + vma->vm_page_prot = pgprot_noncached(vma->vm_page_prot); vm_flags_set(vma, VM_IO | VM_PFNMAP | VM_DONTEXPAND | VM_DONTDUMP); vma->vm_ops = &vhost_vdpa_vm_ops; return 0; -- 2.48.1
