[Question] flush_dcache_page() need to flush icache?
Ming Lei
tom.leiming at gmail.com
Wed May 1 04:53:47 EDT 2013
On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com> wrote:
>
> It depends on the definition of 'self'. If by that you mean the user
> application, it hasn't modified itself and it can't trigger
> flush_dcache_page().
Yes, you are right, and it is the case in which one user application
modifies code of another application. I mean if it is possible to flush
icache only under this situation, which should be very rare.
Thanks,
--
Ming Lei
More information about the linux-arm-kernel
mailing list