On Fri, Jul 13 2007, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > It's probably a good idea to have the flush_kernel_dcache_page() in there
> > anyway, if only to serve as an example for people that copy it into
> > architecture-independent drivers, same as what we do for the
> > k{,un}map_atomic() that is also not required on ppc64.
>
> Now my next question: why should I add it, if currently no single driver in
> mainline calls flush_kernel_dcache_page()?
>
> `git grep' finds it in the following files only:
> Documentation/cachetlb.txt
> arch/parisc/kernel/cache.c
> arch/parisc/kernel/pacache.S
> include/asm-parisc/cacheflush.h
> include/linux/highmem.h
Not many drivers fiddle around with stuff like this, it's usually hidden
behind the dma api or in helpers.
--
Jens Axboe
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