KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
A bit new idea. How about this ?
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- Set PG_arch_1 if "icache is *not* coherent"
page-flags.h:
* PG_arch_1 is an architecture specific page state bit. The generic code
* guarantees that this bit is cleared for a page when it first is entered into
* the page cache.
I do not think you can easily change it.
I can agree, making nfs_readpage() call an architecture dependent service
is not an easy stuff either. :-)
- make flush_dcache_page() to be empty func.
- For Montecito, add kmap_atomic(). This function just set PG_arch1.
kmap_atomic() is used at several places. Do you want to set
PG_arch1, everywhere kmap_atomic() is called?
Then, "the page which is copied by the kernel" is marked as "not icache coherent page"
- icache_flush_page() just flushes a page which has PG_arch_1.
- Anonymous page is always has PG_arch_1. Tkae care of Copy-On-Write.
You can allocate (even in user mode) an anonymous page, hand-create or
read() in some code from a file, and mprotect(...., EXEC)-it. The page has
to become I-cache coherent.
I am not sure I can really understand your proposal.
I cannot see how the compatibility to the existing code is made sure.
Thanks,
Zoltan
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