Re: flush_kernel_dcache_page() not needed ?

[Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>]

On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:46:54 +0200, Franck Bui-Huu <vagabon.xyz@gmail.com> 
wrote:
> > Indeed.  But copy_strings() is not rare case (called on each execve),
> > so there might be some constraints which make us free from the
> > aliasing problem.
> 
> The point is that this _generic_ function has been created so we need
> to understand if MIPS architecture needs to implement it or not,
> whatever its current usages. This was actually what I was trying to
> understand with this thread.
> 
> Whatever the constraints, they don't seem to be intended at all since
> flush_kernel_dcache_page() is called... So even if the current code is
> working fine, it seems very fragile _if_ MIPS needs to implement this
> cache helper.

Yes, agreed.

> > I'll look at it further, but any testcase are welcome.

I found the reason.

do_execve()
  copy_strings()
    flush_kernel_dcache_page()
  search_binary_handler()
    load_elf_binary()
      setup_arg_pages()
        shift_arg_pages()
          move_page_tables()
            flush_cache_range()

And MIPS flush_cache_range() blasts whole dcache!  That's why empty
flush_kernel_dcache_page() was enough for now.  

Anyway, here is a patch.


Subject: [MIPS] Implement flush_kernel_dcache_page()

Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>
---
diff --git a/include/asm-mips/cacheflush.h b/include/asm-mips/cacheflush.h
index 4933b49..82e734d 100644
--- a/include/asm-mips/cacheflush.h
+++ b/include/asm-mips/cacheflush.h
@@ -79,6 +79,13 @@ extern void (*flush_icache_all)(void);
 extern void (*local_flush_data_cache_page)(void * addr);
 extern void (*flush_data_cache_page)(unsigned long addr);
 
+#define ARCH_HAS_FLUSH_KERNEL_DCACHE_PAGE
+static inline void flush_kernel_dcache_page(struct page *page)
+{
+       if (cpu_has_dc_aliases)
+               flush_data_cache_page((unsigned long)page_address(page));
+}
+
 /*
  * This flag is used to indicate that the page pointed to by a pte
  * is dirty and requires cleaning before returning it to the user.