> If this is just to ensure the I Cache coherency for modified code
> then the following should be sufficient:
>
> cache Hit_Writeback_D, offset(base_register)
> cache Hit_Invalidate_I, offset(base_register)
>
> The ordering does matter however since the Hit_Invalidate_I makes
> sure the write buffer is flushed.
I'm probably jumping into the middle of something, sorry...
The MIPS32/MIPS64 release 2 architecture includes a useful instruction
SYNCI which does the whole job (repeat on each affected cache line)
and is legal in user mode; this will take a while to spread but I'd
recommend it as a model worth following.
So I hope that kernels will provide one function for "I've just
written instructions and now I want to execute them", and not export
the separate writeback-D/invalidate-I interface.
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Dominic Sweetman
MIPS Technologies
dom@mips.com
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