[PATCH] [ARM] force dcache flush if dcache_dirty bit set
David Miller
davem at davemloft.net
Mon Oct 12 05:37:44 EDT 2009
From: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux at arm.linux.org.uk>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:07:10 +0100
> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 02:20:23PM +0530, Nitin Gupta wrote:
>> Same problem exists on mips too.
>
> Nice catch. This logic came from sparc64, so I think you'd want to talk
> to davem about it as well.
>
> In the mean time, submitting your fix to the patch system would be great,
> thanks.
Sparc64 flushes unconditionally when there is no page mapping.
So, it should be fine here.
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