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BUG? linux-mips flush_dcache_page

from [Minchan Kim] [Permanent Link][Original]
To: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>, Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>
Subject: BUG? linux-mips flush_dcache_page
From: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:17:19 +0900
Cc: lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, linux-mips <linux-mips@linux-mips.org>, Chungki woo <chungki.woo@gmail.com>
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Hi, Ralf. 

I suffered form data consistency problem. 

Many code of kernel fs usually allocate high page and flush.
But flush_dcache_page of mips checks PageHighMem to avoid flush
so that data consistency is broken, I think. 

I found it's by you and Atsushi-san on 585fa724. 
Why do we need the check?
Could you elaborte please? 

-- 
Kind regards,
Minchan Kim
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